I was at Playa Del Carmen a couple weeks ago and I had to walk 10 to 15 minutes from my hotel to get to a spot where there was enough beach space to launch my...
I have been using and playing with a number of bow (or almost bow) and SLE kites in the past year. What I have found is that SLE is better in term of stability...
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 ...
20m line length should be the standard in the future Flat LEI allows us to fully depower such that we can use slightly larger kite We can drastically change...
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 has been along time since I heard anyone use the old term 'sled' referring to a kite. What does it mean exactly? I actually know what you are trying to...
Stan, http://www.conceptair.com/pageG.php?page=kitesnow&lan=en&snow=smart Looks very interesting! Sounds like the ConceptAir guys are head-over-heel with it. ...
just wondering...I am new to the group but I assume this topic has been discussed in the past. Is there or has there been a movement toward a Canadian...
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...
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... ...
thats only a 24 hour road trip from S.O. Ken, well worth it if your jonesing that bad, Darren tell us later how much fun you had today so we can have some...
Hmmm let's see, It's 6:41, Saturday night. If i leave (from Kingston) right now do you think i can get a session in and make it back for work tomorrow at noon?...
Actually, its about a 16 hour road trip...just got back, 30 km/h winds and 6 inches of fresh, dry powder, need I say more. Winds from the east, so I'm not sure...
What it takes is action... One kiter to put in effort... And then you see what suport you get from the community... You can start... it up// It will take lots...
thanks for responding...I was wondering why no one was going to touch that one. I am taking my PASA course in January in Minnesota. I am just getting with a...
The Canadian Kite Federation - Fédération Canadienne du cerf-volant might be an avenue. If people are interested in forming a power-kiting committee/interest...
sounds good to me...is there representation throughout Canada? ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
Hey guys from Ontario, Not sure if anyone knows about it, but maybe you would prefer to use a message board forum to discuss kiting stuff. Seems like it's an...
Interesting http://magenn.com/ I am helping them to look at the potential of prototyping, manufacturing their device (kite?) in Viet Nam. Which kites use the...
We have ice in Keswick at the lower end, 2.5" to 3" out front of Walter street.. but no snow. about six of us out today on skis on glare ice... I am ok with a...
Normally this time of the year we would be out there kitesnowboarding or kiteskiing. So far this year has been so warm. One of our instructors will attempt to...
