... .......you should have mentioned your weight along with: wind speed - kite size - and butt lard... all are calculated. Also, a 2-finned board sounds a...
You won't have to generate the same amount of pull with the kite because the kite will be pulling from a different angle. The kite will tries to lift you out...
Hi Christos I recon your grief with your kite is the size, though youre not very heavy (compared to me at 140 kilos haha!!!)... I find my 9 and 12 meter kites...
Howdy Try and find a cable-water-ski, dont know where in the world you are, but there are 3 in the UK, loads in germany and a few in spain. The pull is more...
OK, I am 82Kgr and have a Surfactory 157cm board, I have removed 2 of the 4 fins. I have a Naish seat harness. I will not quit, believe me Thank you really for...
... Naish seat harness. ... Chris: Your kite is probably too small. I'm 85kg and my kite for those winds is a 16M. I prefer to work the lower half of a...
Hi Chris, I took forever to be able to stay up and I recently went wakeboarding. The part of wakeboarding that is most like kiteboarding in terms of stance ...
Who were some of the first kiteboarders in YOUR area, city or country? Who were the early riders that picked it up early and flew with it? What did they look...
This september will be my first time to Key West- Looking for ideas on best beach to kite from. Any ideas or thoughts? thx W...
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OneWithWind@...
Aug 11, 2005 12:14 pm
Hi Rick, I'm fairly sure I was the first rider around the tampa area. October of 95 I got my first big foil. I had been in the water playing with a 3 meter...
Congratulation Josh, The next time I am in Tampa bay, I will drop by and see the cute little "princess"; Sounds like I can claim the "title" 3rd kitesurfer in...
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OneWithWind@...
Aug 11, 2005 1:02 pm
In a message dated 8/11/2005 8:59:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, hungvu2000@... writes: Are you still going out with a surfboard once a while? I am...
Who were some of the first kiteboarders in YOUR area, city or country? ... Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail ...
Mt. Everest, also known as Mt. Qomolangma, meaning Goddess Third in Tibetan, is the highest peak in the world. The 8848 meters (29028 feet) high peak, snow...
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Neil Harper
neil.harper@...
Aug 12, 2005 8:13 am
I don't know if this counts, but in the mid 80's there was an English guy who competed at the Weymouth Speed Sailing week using a stack of foils and a pair of...
... There will probably only be one beach area to launch from and it has some restrictions. For more info checkout: http://fksa.org/viewforum.php?f=67 There...
... Before rumors get out of hand--Jacob's Ladder was a Tornado catamaran, powered by a 15-stack of Flexifoil Super 10's (about 28 meters, total). She held the...
Wow Josh, I knew you had been at it quite a while, I had no idea for the last 10 years! That puts you in the same time frame as some of the early guys out in...
... Cool link, Hung. Maoris have been kite fishing in NZ for centuries, but there are fishing kites from elsewhere in the South Pacific which probably date...
Josh, Just check the inventory. NO, I haven't sold the XXXL. I remembered put in on sale a couple years back. I must have decided to hang on to it as a...
Hung, I also have the xxl, but I weigh 230lbs. So I use the psycho 1 15.5 or the new psycho II 26.0 with a very big twin tip that I made out of marine ...
One day a couple of years ago we had my kitesurfer xxxl (9.66), a f-one 9.0 and and a Jojo rage 8.0. The rage was the smallest but had a pulley system at the...
I know you guys are probably going to have a wobble here, but in the UK the wind is, most of the time, crap to say the best. My only Peter Lynn is a 9mtr...
Jokhang Temple has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries. It is the spiritual center of Lhasa and stands in the heart of the old city. It was built in 647AD...
