For what it's worth, Taaroa Joy will also be available with KF at some point.

There were six races completed yesterday in light wind.. 6 to 7 knots.. so 17 and 18 meter foil kites were all that worked. Results are at Http://hydrofoilprotour.info/results/ The wind looks quite light today so far... :wink: CG That page also has a cool list of all the equipment each rider is on....

New kites from FS, Ozone and Elf Sonic2: https://www.facebook.com/hydrofoilprotour/photos/a.245053855835821.1073741835.123515841322957/245054062502467/?type=1&theater https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xal1/v/t1.0-9/482_245054062502467_148274020566076248_n.jpg?oh=4501dd84be70aee29e2305d29b...

fernmanus wrote:there is not much incentive for kite designers to pursue safer designs. The market is just too small

Have a look at the Open Air versions from Aeros. They are reinforced snowkites made for gliding.

Some of the snowkites from Aeros are available as "Open Air" versions made for gliding. They don't handle much different though, it's mostly about stronger materials. From their website: "OA kites have reinforced canopy structure, stronger suspension and main flying lines, additionally secured pulle...

Diablo line layout: http://bayareakitesurf.com/wp/wp-conten ... 016-en.pdf

Future kite racing could be made more spectator friendly if kites were filled with hydrogen and the riders given roman candles.

I use a 2.9kg F-One 47 carbon race board coupled to a Sword 2, don't know the total weight (I guess 5.5kg max) but it feels pretty light. Those F-one carbon boards look great, but what is the best way to combine them with the Sword2? Is Pro-box compatible with KF or is it necessary to retrofit a ne...

Interesting crash. I'm glad the child wasn't involved.

Let go of the bar in a situation like this, and never hold on with one hand like the guy in the video.

The R1 is on sale at -25% some places, so an R2 is probably just around the corner...

And don't forget about all the other companies that are also getting into race kites: LF Elite, Aeros Compi, Zeeko Helios(?), Storm Thunder, North(?) etc.