Hung, I totally agree with you. The sport is driven by the manufacturers and they are all trying to top each other with the next best board and kite every...
Keith, Where abouts in Texas do you live? I am down in Houston and I am looking for a few lakes up north to ride. I have sorta checked out lake Conroe, and I...
Ian, I'm in McKinney, Texas and mainly sail on Lake Lavon which is about 25 minutes from my house. I am not familiar with any the lakes between here and...
If you want a bit of kitesurfing for your brain, read http://www.geocities.com/reystos/wipika/timostelios.html and join the inflatodesign group. From there you...
... Interesting thought. Big boards will definitely be trendy in light wind but I am not sure that they will be trendy in moderate to strong wind. Unless we...
Gday, Just letting people know about the Insane Kite Fest coming up on the 17-19th of this month, at Stockton Beach/Newcastle. There will be a 2 day expression...
If the kitesurfing technology follows what has happened in windsurfing we will see both bigger boards and bigger kites that have enormous wind range and prices...
I designed a 317.928% depowerable kite. I call it the virtual kite. No lines, no bar. You don't have to take it out of the bag to fly it. :) Jake "The liver...
Rick has been maintaining the excellent KSI kitesurfing incidents database in the Files section of the kitesurf group for a few years now. I have been...
I Found your e-mail very interesting But I have a question is that record
only for Florida? do you have the information in general around the world?
because I...
I think Rick got the reports from world wide; however, he is the best person to answer this. P.S., It's best if you read the KSI and not rely on just the ...
the key is "recorded" accidents. there is no requirement to report injuries. you can not make a statement that 54% of all kite surfing injuries are serious...
Hello Hung, Thanks for making such a close study and analysis of the KSI. I agree with some of your study conclusions based upon general impressions formed...
Hello Lissette, The KSI and related resources have been provided for free, that is without cost for the global kiteboarding community covering accidents and...
... injuries. you can not make a statement that 54% of all kite surfing injuries are serious or fatal. any injury less than serious or fatal will never be...
I need a new board to hold down my 16m Rhino, my switch 180 is just too 'sketchy' when the gusts pick up. These things aren't cheap! So the ministry of finance...
A shorter twintip will make handling the board at speed much easier. You really never need a board longer than about 150cm, and that is for marginally light or...
I am thinking about getting into snowkiting. Does anyone have recommendations about: -kite foil sizes? -brands that are decent? -wind speed correlation for...
If you are looking for a kite just for snow then consider bridled foils which are, in my opinion, the most efficient kites available. The Libra Bora is a...
I tried out one of my "not so secret projects anymore" today and it is probably possible. I was hooked in to the chicken loop and flew the LEI kite normally...
Slingshot make great kitesurfing kites, but their land based foils are pretty ordinary compared to foil kites from more experienced manufacturers. Some of the...
The Peter Lynn C-Quads are great on snow. I use them with handles and a backstrap. Great performance and very powerful. Easy relaunch, easy to kill power...
From Bruno's original patent text: " Finally, the struts can be linked together, requiring only one inflating orifice, or seperated, in which case several...
Wow,that makes sense. I try to stand on the tail of the 180, but i keep bouncing over the top of waves etc, and end up down wind really quickly. Short but wide...
I would like such a depower system. It would aid me particularly as I normally have to self-launch and self-land my 21.5 BT as there is rarely any kiters out ...
If the intent is to save time inflating, I recommend a portable battery powered air pump (Sports Air). I pumped up my 21.5 m2 BT yesterday in about 3 minutes ...
Hi George I was sceptical about the SS one pump until I saw one, the connectors are easily removed and can be individually blocked off. The LE bladder removes...
