With great success I have been using for many years : DANCO 88693 Silicon Grease The product is clear and is very friendly to the pump piston and kite bladders Very slippery and efficient You can buy a small tube for very little cost Do a Google or Amazon search Can also be found in some stores in t...

@Simon It depends on several factors How much does your eyes get splashed with water is the key question Example : TT riding without sunwear ...water runs up the front leg into the eyes Lakes or rivers water could have microbes Warm ocean could have them too If your eyes do not get wet ( or very lit...

Better stock up now with your fave Transitions contacts.

Johnson & Johnson announced June 23 2023 that they are discontinuing those lenses.

Once all the stock remaining is sold that will be it.

Funny Shivix
For Toby it's singular not plural
18m Rebel 2015
One kite quiver

Yes long depower stroke The trimmer is pretty much useless Whooo hooo !! Also need to add that the classic Rebel design flies using the loaded 5th high Y Using the corresponding North bar the kite has a tremendous amount of depower ability It was said by North that it depowers 33% more when pushing ...

Body weight versus big kite ( don't go by the kite company charts...ha ha don't trust AI ) My wife 52kg sometimes borrows my 19m in 12 knots and loves the extra power for getting some jumps plus rips upwind no problem She's no beginner which helps with kite control of any size Kites since 2002 🪁 🏄‍♀...

🐢 21m Not too high aspect Example: take 19 Edge for an idea Keep it's same LE length to make the 21m Go with longer lighter weight 5 struts to add the 2 sq.meters to the rear of the kite That's what I think for now is the easiest to do for Ozone Make a 21 that weighs like the 19 We are not trying to...

Hey
Correct
Learned all my bread & 🧈 butter moves under my 19m

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From experience but with 74kg vs 52kg
Both on 17m kite
Wider board wins
Gets on plane faster being wider/ longer and less rocker
42 cm wide boards x 138cm have a more curved bottom
And less rail length for board to bite the water
Wider tracks better
So 80kg vs 70kg is not a big difference of weight

@ purdyd Yes 40 knots average is a lot Could be 35 to 45kn or 30 to 50kn Steady 40kn quite rare (46 mph) 40kn steady walking both lines is douable In my case 5m on 20m lines Shorter lines = you have less to walk The whole landing process is also quite faster And I stay hooked in Pushing the QR / 1 s...