Good points! One more situation for method 2: if your kite is headed for rocks or a pier or the course of a big vessel AND there's low wind AND there's no breaking waves AND you quickly pull hand over hand - on a 5th so there's no chance of (partial) relaunch. Don't swim with your legs. Method 1 may...

Cabarete had a kiter robbed and stabbed in his house in 2006

The 'Take 3' message is simple: take 3 pieces of rubbish with you when you leave the beach, waterway or... anywhere and you have made a difference.

http://www.take3.org.au/

Hi Silver, thanks and please inform us.
It will be my reason for changing brand since 2003.
The irritation just sank in too deep.

Ozzy, in case you meant my, not Silvers concern: the qr is more important but nowadays there's more good qrs than just North's.

For years I expected North to come up with something better, but it only got worse. Now someone wrote it be solved in http://www.kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2376560&start=30 Is it better now? So that when completely depowered it doesn't wind around the backlines or the bar or the below-the-bar...

Olympics is great for ....young idealistic riders. Idealistic? Olympics are chauvinistic crazes of nationalism and insanely competitive individualistic extremism this hurts young people even more than adults, physically, psychologically and spiritually. Any real ideal is damaged by nationalism and ...

FredBGG wrote:Kitesurfing can still be incredibly spectacular and just as cool ....

... outside of the Olympics

KiteboardingTampaBay wrote: I still think a single front line is the safest, followed by a REAL 5th line.

On a single front line the kite hangs off-center, less balanced than on 2 or on 5th.
I see it moving a lot more.
Why do you think it's safest?

1 - Assassin
2 - Bandit
3 - Nemesis
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1 - Assassin
2 - Bandit
3 - Nemesis
and in random order:
Switchblade
Blade
Crossbow
Combat
Nuke
Spitfire
Trigger
Fatal
Addiction
Lunacy
Screamer
Smoke
Obsession
Razor
Crazyfly
Envy
Mutiny
Tyrant