Jonathan, with out trying to sound too much like a wise guy, the best way to avoid "marketing hype" is to build your own boards from plywood. I've used ...
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Feb 1, 2006 6:45 pm
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I agree on the plywood. Sounds like you need something in the 165 to 180 range with from 15 to 18" width. If you can find Okume or Maranti marine plywood you...
A FYI for you. I don't use a board leash normally, but, I found I had to come into shore the other day instead of re-launching my kite from the water because I...
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Jonathan, I have had great success with the Cabrinha Prodigy 158 kiteboard. I like this board over other boards because it is large enough to be a forgiving ...
Hello, Jonathan. I'm about your weight, 84 kg, but not tall, however I had the same problem as yours, and now have three boards... :-) Well, now I've been...
I learned on the ubiquitous Slingshot Drake (147cm?) and when I could stay up wind reasonably well I jumped down to a Jimmy Lewis Dominatrix 135 and my riding...
I have to agree with Chris here, I have (and still do) use a Prodigy 158. It has been a really good board for learning and I am really happy with it. ~pedro...
Hello from Athens of Greece. I want to ask if u know any guides that can make u feel comfortable in building my own board. I know its not a 1-2-3 step tutorial...
I got the Slinghsot Drake 147 as my 2nd board (my first was a Lw 169). I had a real problem staying upwing with this board while learning. It is quite narrow...
Eric Wilhelm has some instructions on instructables.com on how to make boards. Tim Andesen has some information at zeroprestige.org. In Greece you should have...
Im a canadien who has started kiting this winter in la ventana, mx. Ill be here till april then will be heading to canada again for summer. I live in the yukon...
with all due respect to the those affected by this sad news, one of the ppl who posted on kiteforum, hinted something about the mishap kitesurfer's "unsafe"...
try bigger board..cabrinha has many also!!!! carlos rudge Rio de Janeiro, Br ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of...
It is great to have all these cold front winds to play with. Who would have thought those smaller kites would come in so handy. Here are some of the ...
I went down on business - there's some great prospects there within a growing economy and a fairly stable situaton. You'll not find the quality of product for...
.....I'll add something that I should have read before I went: www.kitesurfpanama.com/ It appears that I drove right past the prime spot, and when I saw the...
Hi all, I shall be going to the west coast of France with the family this summer, and wondered if there are any good spots on the Vendee coast, or the south of...
Following the success of the 2005 Winterlude Kite Demonstration event, the school Kitesurfingschool.org Ottawa (VL Kites) and the NCC again teamed up to...
2003 Globerider Lift 17.3M and 2004 Globerider Lift2 12M both complete: each kite has it own: bag,pump,repair kit,bar/lines. The 17.3M has a slow leak on one...
Been playing with traction kites and a mountain board the last few weeks. Today I had a two hour lesson in kiteboarding and put it all together. After that,...
Does anyone have a reccomendation for a kiting spot in mexico that will have decent wind in june or july, have a safe, flatwater place for my beginer wife to...
Hi all I'm looking to buy a new kite. I'm looking at the new bow style kites but are they really worth the extra money? I can get a new 2005 naish V4 16m half...
Hi Kitegohst Don't wish to go into the pros and cons of bow/SLE style kites here, there has been enough written elsewhere to conclude that the bow/SLE concept...
Best and GlobeKite (GKSonic) have quite cheap, and in my opinion, good bow kites. I bought a GKSonic 11m myself, because I could not afford to buy a quiver and...
Dear Lex A friend of mine is thinking about getting a bow aswell and he is really hooked on the gksonic i know bow kites have ups and downs but what is really ...
I am in the market for new kites this year and any advice would be appreciated. I primarily ride in the Gorge and have only used North Rhino's (learned in the...
