I am hooked in this sport for life.
My whole life circles around kiteboarding.
Has made me a better person and also a miserable wind maniac.
It is like a drug.
Yeah, make one of these. I got this suggestion from RickI who got it from Hollywood, I think. http://images20.fotki.com/v681/photos/6/666681/5103240/kitemount-vi.jpg I have made a few of these now. A couple notes; - Don't worry about that leash hole you see in that photo. You want to leash the came...
Do you guys know if the X3 compression bags you deflate with your kite pump are safe for traveling?
Any chance valves can come unglue or the dacron can get cut with pulleys or whatever?
I am looking to buy a set of these for my next trip.
I believe this type of valve is heat sealed instead of glued. I ended up just making a layer of aquasel on the entire white clothe, like icing on a cake, and formed a rim along the valve to make it air tight again. To test, reseat the bladder in the valve, pump up the kite, and pour a bucket of wat...
drewkite it is the seal that is leaking. You don't actually see the bubbles exactly where the seam fails because they migrate and bubble up near the red because the valve has a top and bottom so the air runs around inside the middle until it goes out. You must remove the valve to fix this. You can ...