i use to have a liquid force cpr below bar - at top end of the kite it's so hard to adjust that i have to sit down, put the kite on one edge, use both hands to pull the thing in. I got rid of both kite and bar soon after it was too much hassle. Above the bar on the other hand is super easy, I have ...

Yep Hood River is amazing. Started mountain biking there after getting bored kiting literally every day lol, there's a ton of trails for all different riding levels and styles. Should be a bit warmer than Squamish too, the Columbia gets up into the 70s.

Since they are posting pictures of it on social media now I'm guessing the launch is imminent. New bar looks really nice

mast should be as far back as possible, straps as far forward as possible (all of them). if youre still popping out then you're putting too much weight on the back of the board, it should be somewhat centered over the front wing and starting to lean forward as needed when you pick up speed, it does ...

If that's the case, sounds like traditional "pass the cost on to the consumer", with the cost being that you can't use standard fins

Hmm, thanks Gunnar. Maybe I am trying too much at once then. I'm not comfortable changing my feet in the air yet (only landed one so far) when gybing, and after watching your video with that description it sounds like I might have jumped the gun here. I was thinking I could figure out the upwind car...

you shouldn't need to "throw" your legs when you raley, you should just get pulled up and you let your body fly into the position. if you're able to ride upwind unhooked it sounds like you just don't have enough power, you are probably forcing it instead of letting the kite pull you

I'm trying them strapped with the board on the water

I've accidentally ejected a few times by poorly designed QR systems, f.ex the old cabrinha mushroom that has enough surface area it will eject if you crash hard enough, and also the pre-2014 Best that was super easy to accidentally hit when hooking back in. But it should never release on its own, th...

What exactly is the problem with the kite drifting downwind? Does it end up losing power and/or stalling on you? 17 mph isn't exactly "light wind", the kite should fly totally fine in that wind so if it's stalling then you are probably way oversheeted, either from lines being out of tune or having l...