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...
Hi Wesam, try joining this group as well http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Foildesign/ mainly foil kites but some of the members have made LEI kites. Regards Tim...
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...
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...
One of our instructor, Brent was out kitesurfing this afternoon testing a 11m Waroo 2007. You can see the ice on the rocks near shore in the attached photo. ...
More photos of today kiting. Check the water surface and you can more or less guess the wind speed. We used to kitesnowboard or kiteski in this same area this...
what do you think is the best board on the mkt at the moment - for an "intermediate" kitesurfer ie just started jumping ________________________________ From:...
Kiteboards are pretty "mature" now such that it is more a style and taste issue more than functionality. So it is hard to say which board is the best as most...
... ..............my response parrots Hung's with one exception: given, it seems human nature to feel that any 07 product will perform better than any 06, I...
Is there any information on what parameters cause certain properties to kites and kiteboards? If so, where can I find it? For instance: what does increased...
For kite, check http://kitesurfingschool.org/kite.htm For board: More rocker: less upwind, easier carving, easier jumping off chop More flex: Absorb chop, what...
Thanks Hung! nice and concise info. It seems that there is no disadvantage to concave bottom. Or is there? If not, we will not see any more kiteboards without,...
I am in the process of updating http://kitesurfingschool.org during the holiday season (probably take me a whole month to complete) During the process, I found...
Hi Hung You have made a legendary web site even better! We have had your site as a Link on our site at http://www.suntrax.co.za/kitelinks.asp for about 5 years...
Hi Brian, I have not included all the URLs in the School section yet. Sounds like a good idea to include all of them. For now it is a manual process so it...
Some local kiter did it and kitesurfed on Jan 6, 2007. I came back from a ski trip just in time to take these photos. It was somewhat dark and my camera was...
Anyone kited in ES? I'm thinking about going down for a language school in La Libertad, which is a great surfing spot. Not sure what the wind is like,...
... Contact Jeff at Kitewindsurf in Almeeda. He and his wife Emily have a great kitecamp/commune setup in the winter months at Playa Copal Costa Rica. It's on...
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