Pedro Marcos wrote: ↑Sun May 06, 2018 11:16 pm
grigorib wrote: ↑Sun May 06, 2018 7:58 pm
Pedro Marcos wrote: ↑Sun May 06, 2018 7:16 pm
100kg ? 19m or 21 foil kite
I’ve seen 220 lbs guy (100 kg) foiling under 10/12/14m LEI kites just fine. All on a pocket board and regular freeride wings (hoverglide)
Anything starting above 15m is slow to turn and inefficient to loop. For 120 kg you might need a 15m to foil but below that 12m should be just fine
What is lightwinds for you? For me its 5-7 knots
7 or so. I try to ride cautiously, I don’t like swim-ins. LEIs fly 7 aright so I can ride. I tend to rig long lines for lightwind and whenever I feel I’m going to need a 15m kite I know it’ll not be a fun session.
I admire folks being able to ride 5 knots or 45 knots but I don’t justify buying gear to ride that kind of winds. Not that I can’t but I choose not to. Regardless I’m often the first one or the only one riding and that does it for me
I went from 19m through 16m through my 15m for my lightwind kites and I’m never going back to larger sizes. Again, I’d pay a rental for 15m Sonic to have a session but I’d rather cook a breakfast for the crew and get my riding other time.
Few weeks ago I rode my 11m Rally on 37m lines on friend’s Hoverglide and folks around were struggling to ride their 19m Contras with their “undersized” 160cm doors and I could only shake my head....
Big kites are the past
Foils are beautiful to look at, they’re my love at first sight and I’d demo one anytime but things like challenging drift launcheability and bridle equalizing make them high maintenance. Love foils but I prefer to watch them rather than own them...
And I could squeeze more power, more agility for my 2012 Rally 10m than from my 10m Speed4. I could squeeze more lowend from 17m XR than from my 19m Speed3 Deluxe. These kind of experience are sobering