Originally Posted by
spornrad
Couldn't it simply be that the pilot let the rudder pedal go, the rudder is blown back towards center and the pedal position is now following the rudder? (with a sub-second delay)
(simple fly-by-steelwire PPL here, no clue about big kite hydraulics)
Pedal position does not follow rudder position, it's the other way around. If there's hydraulic pressure rudder will be kept neutral if pedals not touched.