After riding on my trusty V13 for the first couple of hours and having a great time, the wind pushed up beyond 30 knots and it was time to land it. A while...
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Mike A
arc_wannabe
Jul 2, 2007 10:31 am
Lach, Get in there!!!!! I have personally counted between 7 and 8 seconds on a jump of hish in 25 knots of dixon park beack in a g13. He certainly goes high!!!...
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beachbeat1971
Jul 2, 2007 7:16 pm
Sold my 17m Bomba last year having been disapoointed with its performance in light winds. Have tried a couple of different bows / hybrids - much better...
28934
lazrunner
Jul 2, 2007 11:57 pm
How much do you weigh? I am 97kg naked, over 100kg with my gear. With my v2-16 I can go upwind flat water-lite chop 12 knots, surf and ocean chop 15 knots. I ...
28935
kennykimmy
Jul 3, 2007 12:13 am
... so you could gain almost a knot if you went naked....
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kennykimmy
Jul 3, 2007 12:15 am
... knots. I ... 30knots, ... low ... 1 ... regularly go ... his ... sorry, could't resist....
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kennykimmy
Jul 3, 2007 1:02 am
... buck 30 soakin wet....
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Gideon Low
gideonlow
Jul 3, 2007 4:39 am
I was out today again on the V-16--this time in high-20's average with solid gusts to 35. When not lining-up a jump, I was basically just in an epic battle...
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kujira99jp
Jul 3, 2007 6:39 am
I'll keep it brief because Wollo pretty much covered everything already, but for those of you who are interested... I got a chance to ride my new Scimitar (150...
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mykl kite
djteklife
Jul 3, 2007 7:32 am
thanks for the review. any comparisons between this and the door board(s) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Wollo
tungsten222
Jul 3, 2007 8:15 am
Recently someone posted a direct comparison Scimitar-Door164, don't remeber which forum. In a nutshell: Low end: equal, high end: Scimitar works well in 30kn,...
28945
mrfloat05
Jul 3, 2007 9:32 am
Check out Shinnies new production board .looks very scimilar to Decays board .Gotta get some longer fins tho DK Cheers lach...
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Wollo
tungsten222
Jul 3, 2007 12:54 pm
There's a couple of those boards in the pipeline, Spleene have one as well. The Shinn board is supposed to be a hybrid with 5 fins what I've see, or is there...
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beachbeat1971
Jul 3, 2007 6:21 pm
I'm 75 kg. Think I'll stay conventional and keep the wetsuit on! So I'm probably looking at 10 knots with a specialist light wind board ? Would 12/13 knots...
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pbaratta72
Jul 3, 2007 6:26 pm
... Well, I haven't put my 16S up against a 15P, but I have done a side by side against a 18P, the 16S easily outpulls, outlifts and out turns the 18P. The...
28950
pbaratta72
Jul 3, 2007 6:32 pm
... having a great time, the wind pushed up beyond 30 knots and it was time to land it. A while later a guy who had been out on a 10m Scorpion offered me a...
28951
mrfloat05
Jul 3, 2007 10:24 pm
The bigger ones will fly ok the smaller will fly like shite ... sure ... again ... but ... for ... 6m, ... not ... because I ... not ... Council. ... 16m ... ...
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Eric Brackenbury
OneofEricsKites
Jul 4, 2007 12:40 am
Any experience with the 13S ? I have one and so far NO FUN I think because I am inland on a wide river so we get very fluctuating winds and so far I don't...
28954
mrfloat05
Jul 4, 2007 9:29 am
ok .Hopefully i won't get into trouble for this but i remeber years ago Pete flicked me a 7 m phantom up in our gusty as mountains for snowkiting assuring me...
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bob dawson
lekite88
Jul 4, 2007 12:59 pm
Even before the release of the Scorpion I was recommending to my customers as well as voicing my opinion on this forum saying that the Scorpion was directly...
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Eric Brackenbury
OneofEricsKites
Jul 4, 2007 1:19 pm
Thanks Guys So now I have to replace my V2 13 that sold to but the Scorpion ! Ah well I KNOW the Scorp is fantastic on ice, ski's or board. Any ideas on how to...
28957
Wollo
tungsten222
Jul 4, 2007 1:51 pm
Yes. Here's what I did. THE ONE WHO SHALL BE OBEYED is a doctor in my case. I sold her my step into kiteing as an addiction I chose to replace another one,...
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Mark Pronk
galgootje
Jul 4, 2007 2:02 pm
Brilliant! That's exactly how i got my new convertible car... Wanted a Honda S2000 for a while, but couldn't "sell" it to "her". Then i came up with exactly...
28959
Wollo
tungsten222
Jul 4, 2007 2:23 pm
Haha... Honda 2000, eh? life begins at 9.000 RPM!!!...
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Mark Pronk
galgootje
Jul 4, 2007 3:06 pm
Amen!!!!!!!!!! It begins at 9000, but revlimiter takes over at 10000, so life's quite limited eh... ;-) Mark...
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jaroskiter
Jul 5, 2007 7:13 am
The Scorpion 13 works great for me on water. It is slow in the rain, but so are all Arcs. So far no other bad behavior here. Great kite! Greetings, Jaros ... ...
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hnrygrls
Jul 5, 2007 10:16 am
Horny dorm room girls waiting to meet you see here >>> http://www.webdatesearch.net/sexylive/...
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Wollo
tungsten222
Jul 5, 2007 2:09 pm
So we all know PL is under represented on most beaches. Here's a cost neutral idea to boost PL: new kites contain no t-shirt anymore. instead, PL adds one...
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Peter Armstrong
peteretepeter
Jul 5, 2007 2:16 pm
why should we advertise them on beaches for free? at least a tshirt is something to wear, i dont mind that. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Wollo
tungsten222
Jul 5, 2007 2:30 pm
A flag is nice to have on your launch site where I kite, to conquer territory from the beach tourists, indicate the (shifting) wind direction and strength....
