We are finishing off our first season teaching with flat kite (Waroo mainly) and here is our report: 1- Don't teach a student with a C kite (too much trouble)...
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Rick Iossi
flkitesurfer
Oct 12, 2006 3:37 pm
The calm days of summer are past and the fall winds are starting to come through and riders are stoked! There are a ton of great events on the way to Florida...
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hungvu2000@...
hungvuatnetc...
Oct 16, 2006 11:27 am
I get cold very easily as I don't have as much "protection" as heavier guys. Normally by this time of the year, my feet feel "numb" after half hour of kiting....
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ISHTAR LUESBY
iluesby@...
Oct 16, 2006 5:24 pm
Hi Hung An old whitewater trick is to wear a super thin polyester sock and a smart wool sock combo inside your wetsuit booties. Both are available at Mec or...
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hungvu2000@...
hungvuatnetc...
Nov 18, 2006 4:34 pm
I was at Playa Del Carmen a couple weeks ago and I had to walk 10 to 15 minutes from my hotel to get to a spot where there was enough beach space to launch my...
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hungvu2000@...
hungvuatnetc...
Nov 23, 2006 12:49 pm
I have been using and playing with a number of bow (or almost bow) and SLE kites in the past year. What I have found is that SLE is better in term of stability...
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George Sarris
jakefarley2000
Nov 23, 2006 2:57 pm
I believe that kite designers can improve on their designs in one other way. That being the drag produced by turbulence around the leading edge bladder. They...
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hungvu2000@...
hungvuatnetc...
Nov 23, 2006 3:16 pm
Don, Bruno and some others have made some experiment about "double skin" inflatable in the past. It's never gotten to the market stage successfully.. Hung. ...
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Chris Glazier
cfglazier
Nov 23, 2006 4:33 pm
Faction kites produced a kite with a second skin on the underside near the leading edge. I never flew one but I understand that it was not a tremendous...
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hungvu2000@...
hungvuatnetc...
Dec 1, 2006 9:27 am
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 ...
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hungvu2000@...
hungvuatnetc...
Dec 1, 2006 3:19 pm
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...
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Hung Vu
hungvuatnetc...
Jan 2, 2007 7:36 pm
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...
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kitesurfr
Jan 11, 2007 5:22 pm
Kiteboarders Wanted - Kiteboard Belize with Cabrinha Pro - Chris "Hollywood" Butzen Kiteboarders Wanted - Are you ready for winter? Or are you ready for a trip...
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khkkiteboarding
Jan 11, 2007 5:22 pm
Kiteboarders Wanted - Are you ready for winter? Or are you ready for a trip of a lifetime to Belize with Cabrinha pro - Chris "Hollywood" Butzen? There are...
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Rick Iossi
flkitesurfer
Jan 16, 2007 9:57 pm
Happy New Year to one and all from the FKA. We're enjoying a particularly good wind season so far in Southern Florida and hope your getting plenty of quality...
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Hung Vu
hungvuatnetc...
Jan 17, 2007 2:59 am
Hope this is as good as the Pyro Dry Suit. Hung. ... Subject: World's First Surfing Drysuit! Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:00:03 -0800 From: Ocean Rodeo...
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Hung Vu
hungvuatnetc...
Jan 29, 2007 3:02 pm
For the Kitesurfing Search Engine, I have included more than 500 kitesurfing related sites including all the leading manufacturers, information and discussion...
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Hung Vu
hungvuatnetc...
Feb 5, 2007 3:31 pm
Interesting! Search for "kite" in this article. http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/05/mazda-hakaze-concept-preview/ Hung....
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LuisFernando
vwlucho
Feb 7, 2007 8:26 pm
Hi, I'm new at kitesurfing and for the past 2 months I've been trying to catch a good day to fly my "big" kite for the first time, but every time I go to the...
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flkitesurfer
Feb 7, 2007 9:13 pm
Luis, Have you had quality pro lessons yet? It costs but there can be a great deal more to traction kiting than being proficient in flying a trainer kite. Not...
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Hung Vu
hungvuatnetc...
Feb 9, 2007 3:58 am
I have updated the home page of http://kitesurfingschool.org and the Link page http://kitesurfingschool.org/kitesurfinglinks.htm and the School page...
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Hung Vu
hungvuatnetc...
Feb 15, 2007 10:40 pm
I went out in a blizzard today with the Waroo 5m. Made a jump, crashed and when I looked for the kite, it was straight down wind and started climbing up across...
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Hung Vu
hungvuatnetc...
Feb 28, 2007 1:36 am
I asked myself this question last night and decide to figure it out using the Kitesurfing Search Engines (including more than 500 kitesurfing sites) at...
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Hung Vu
hungvuatnetc...
Mar 19, 2007 12:55 pm
The new kite energy page is at http://kitesurfingschool.org/kiteenergy.htm Please let me know of any other kite energy products or info would you like to add...
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Hung Vu
hungvuatnetc...
Mar 19, 2007 11:54 pm
Generally, I am a very bad "green guy" (I consume more electricity/gas/beer than average), but I do practice some of of the green kiting stuff (e.g. walk or...
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johndeane100
Mar 20, 2007 2:22 pm
I've just used a 2006 Vegas for the first time and last week it fell to the water. While down, it powered up, inflated edge down, and back edge up. I...
Hi, The '06 Vegas is a 5 line kite. In light wind, when the kite is on the water leading edge down, you pull on the 5th line, but not so much that it...
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johndeane100
Mar 21, 2007 5:25 pm
Hi - I spent about 20 mins trying to haul in the on the centerline but the wind kept the kite powered. I was using my board in the water to add resistance to...
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Alex Tien Do
Alextiendo@...
Mar 23, 2007 2:12 pm
Hi, I always have problem with the valve. I usually use aquaseal (polyurethane glue) Do u know any better solution or other idea by using heat. I am looking...
