Basic income, the most poorly thought out idea since Marxism In the 1980's when every body in UK got made unemployed, Nobody got hassled signing on for unemployment benefit - or dole as we called it. This small income fueled one of the biggest developments in free climbing - people could concentrat...

nice one Slide.....do you still have to be a member of the club to landboard at Branny....I only kitesurf there now and it's open for all. Try going to Rhossili beach for landboarding - you have a good solid kilometer of very hard packed sand....and the beach from Le Touqet to Berck in north France ...

Rode the kite on TT from 10 mph to 14....kite flew very well... And think I made another convert to the low wind abilities of high aspect foils

You think I'm going to be launching a 13mt sonic II in 25 knots with my skinny 70 Kg........you must be having a giraffe....

Don't come to my beach and hot launch the sonic.

Thanks.
Tony

Don't worry.......hotlaunching @ Toms would be very painful........and not very courteous to the locals

Update: Took the kite to my local landboarding spot.....checked mixer on both sides and was out only by a few mm. Wind was around 5- 7 mph - if that - Hot launched after fully inflating kite and it worked perfectly - no tip tucks - tips stayed out perfectly. In fact the kite was one of the most well...

Nah - checked that - but will test in the park - we have a few light wind days coming ahead. and yes I normally never change lines....but the kite was too good a deal K/O. Though the most bizarre case is I have a pair of 2007 fuels......7 -9 - flew them on the same bar - no probs for a year. Didn't ...

Bit of an odd one here. Bought a nearly new Sonic II 13 mt. Mixer tested - went out using the bar from my Lotus 10 and the kite flew perfectly - Yesterday - rigged up using the bar from my speed 5 6mt - with the leader on outside of bar as per instructions. On launching the lips of the kite would no...

Depends How you ride...I have 13 sonic2, 10 speed lotus for under 25 knts and 9 and 6 fuels for over ....I have no probs going from the lotus to fuel.....apart from less hangtime.

The concrete would be quite abrasive if doing a self launch....maybe get a tarpaulin to place the kite on.