Members of this forum (and subsequent reviews I read) have convinced me to buy an Ocean Rodeo Mako. I am 175 cm and 75 kg. I am an aggressive rider and must deal with choppy conditions here in the Philippines. I am primarily interested in carving turns, but I like to boost too. I use Flysurfer Souls...

Not even a non stitched splice will come apart so it must be something else that happen. Do you have any pictures of the loop? [/quote] I am afraid not. I brought it to be fixed right away. Essentially the end of the line was frayed where it had torn out of the weave. The local guys restitched it an...

I cannot see the point of making ANOTHER kite with a high aspect ratio. The Sonic kites have that covered, don't they?

I think that every effort should be made to enhance the agility of the Soul, including curved batons to round out the leading edge all the way to the tips.

Did you notice the wing tips still collapsing in the strong wind when you returned it to normal. Just wondering if the extra pressure helps with the collapses? I have never had much trouble with wingtips collapsing unless I fly directly toward the kite during a landing, and I have never been unable...

One of my front lines broke today just as I was about to jump. The lines appeared to be in very good condition. In fact, I did a short mixer test ten minutes before the incident. Essentially, the splicing used to form the loop at the end of the line came apart. Its as though the splicing unwound. I ...

One Final Note: Today, we had some real wind - gusting to 25 kts. I am not the bravest of kite surfers, but I have boosted my 9m Soul in 25 kt. wind, and soared above the palm trees. With the above configuration, the kite was so f#*cking strong that I was afraid to do anything. Someone in a previous...

Did you actually do B+1 and C+2? or did you mean (and do) B-1, C-2? 8) Was thinking the same thing. (+ here usually means longer, - means shorter) Sorry sorry sorry. I was trying to be so careful about the numbers. I SHORTENED the B and C lines. I adjusted the four lines (A, B, C, and Z) to make th...

Final Update: After several adjustment/test sessions, I ended up increasing the mixer adjustment slightly and messing only the PMAs at the tips. Adjusting multiple top-skin PMAs just slowed down the kite and did not provide any noticeable benefit in relatively light wind. I have to assume that the s...

Top skin refers to the skin facing the sky, while the kite is flying. Bottom skin refers to the skin with the line attachments. Yes, 1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1 means that I adjusted only the PMAs on the tips, and only by one knot. The wind here has dropped a little, so I will probably be out on my Soul 12m tod...

In the last two days (18 knots steady), I tried two configurations: Configuration A MIXER: A=0, B=0, C=0, Z=0 PMA Bottom skin: 0-0-1-1-1-1-0-0 Configuration B MIXER: A=0, B= -0.5, C= -1.0, Z=0 PMA Top skin: 1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1 RESULTS Configuration A resulted in a very fast moving kite with limited stab...