Where is "here" cuz i'm dying to get out and do some snow kiting. If
it's not too far away, I"m in for a road trip this weekend.


--- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, Darren McChristie
<mcchristie@...> wrote:
>
> I bought a 6.5, I also fly a venom II...The lakes are
> finally frozen around here, so I am hoping to get out
> this weekend. I'll get back to you on that...
>
> Darren
> --- woodman_k <woodman_k@...> wrote:
>
> > Darren
> > What size did you get?
> >
> > It would be interesting if you can compare its power
> > to another
> > known kite. I fly mostly pl venoms in the winter and
> > a comparison to
> > them would be a good benchmark.
> >
> > Stan
> >
> > --- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, Darren
> > McChristie
> > <mcchristie@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I own a smart kite...just purchased it. Haven't
> > had it
> > > out yet but I can tell you it has a huge wind
> > range.
> > >
> > > Darren
> > > --- woodman_k <woodman_k@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hung
> > > > I remember you were playing with a concept air
> > kite
> > > > as a shape
> > > > shifting flat to sled kite.
> > > > Conceptair now makes it. Its called the "smart".
> > > > Have you tried it?
> > > >
> > > > Stan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, hungvu2000@
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > We had this battle about sled .vs. flat long
> > time
> > > > ago.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sled more or less won due to its inherent
> > > > stability and
> > > > the "mysterious"
> > > > > sled boosting effect. Read
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.kitesurfingschool.org/kite.htm#Sled_Boosting
> > > > for the
> > > > sled
> > > > > boosting effect.
> > > > >
> > > > > Even with flat LEI, the kiters' preference is
> > SLE,
> > > > not flat bow.
> > > > SLE
> > > > > has more stability and "sled boosting" effect
> > > > while offering full
> > > > > depower (actually, it's the full depower that
> > is
> > > > important and not
> > > > the
> > > > > flatness of the kite).
> > > > >
> > > > > Do we want a flatter flat LEI? flatter than
> > bow?
> > > > We have foils
> > > > which
> > > > > are probably better and more efficient. Back
> > to
> > > > the future with
> > > > foil?
> > > > > I had this wonderfully sled/foil kite that can
> > > > behave as a foil or
> > > > sled
> > > > > up to the desire of the kiter a while ago...
> > > > >
> > > > > What is next for kites?
> > > > >
> > > > > P.S., I was posting a message about bridle on
> > the
> > > > trailing edge of
> > > > flat
> > > > > LEI a while ago on these groups and it looks
> > like
> > > > someone is
> > > > seriously
> > > > > working on it. Sounds like our discussions at
> > the
> > > > various Yahoo
> > > > > kitesurf groups are always first in trend and
> > > > direction (the same
> > > > thing
> > > > > happened with Flat LEI via the original
> > discussion
> > > > at
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kitesurf/message/67005
> > > > )
> > > > >
> > > > > Hung
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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