Have you guys tried a flysurfer psycho?
I have a 15.5 and it is a very powerful kite.
If you have a chance to look at a bridle while flying you will be very
confused.
It can depower quite a bit.
I have only ridden with it 4 or 5 times. last time I went out in 6 to 8 mph
and a big board and was able to stay up wind.

It definitely takes some getting used to and it does turn slowly but it
turns!.
At full power it is more powerful than a 20 LEI and a full depower I think it
is close to a 9 or 12.
I do not have enough experience in heavy wind to be sure. I did have to swim
up wind to get my board in about 18 and I could do it with the kite fully
depowered.
I also have an xxxl that probably flies in less wind because it is lighter
but not by much and I can not depower it at all.

Anyway back to the bridle. There are 3 lines. the middle line is attached
to the brake lines so that when you throw away the bar the kite flips on its
back and lies face up ready to relaunch.
When you pull the bar back the A bridle(top) and the B bridle(middle) pivot
off of the brake line. there are sliding rings and pulleys so it is not easy
to describe in words.
At maximum power the A lines and B lines are balanced so that there is power
in both of them. when you pull on the depower strap(like on a LEI kite).
You are tightening the middle line which is now making most of the force go
to the A lines.
It sounds confusing but it does work. It is a foil kite that depowers quite
a bit to give a range of an equivalent LEI of 10 or 12 meters to 23 or 25
meters.

I do not work for them. I have inflatables and I have other foils. This one
does depower a lot.
The way the middle line goes from being a brake line to the B/A line
regulator is similar to the way the lines work in the Cabrinha recon system
where the
front and rear lines are a continuos loop with stoppers to lock it into the
powered position.
George


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