I really liked how Bill Gates was talking about the crisis and the next steps, way more realistic and logical than what we hear from Washington. I wish more bright business leaders (or former business leaders) would speak up. Bill Gates: State-by-state shutdown won't work Bill Gates: Entire country ...

For me, wearing a mask whenever I go buying groceries every two weeks prevents me from touching my nose etc. shortly after I touched a store item that somebody else might have touched a minute before. I just can't stop that reflex otherwise. Also, if everybody wears masks (not just the people who ar...

Finally spent some time to read this article and yes, it' very good. If you actually read to the end it's something that gives hope if leaders implement the right policies. Don't be fooled by some of the comments on this forum, the author is obviously aware of the 0.6% fatality figure ... and the fa...

I have been riding North tube kites for the last 12 years but recently purchased some freeride foil kites from a different brand and I'm having a blast: Not just for foiling but IMHO jumping in 15 knot conditions is way more fun on a modern foil kite, great height and so much more hangtime. My advic...

Relaunch: Today I saw somebody riding a red 2018 Rebel (with 4 lines) near the Ellenbogen parking lot, north Sylt, Germany. Conditions around noon were crappy, very light and lots of kites were dropping out of the sky. It seemed like relaunching a 4 line Rebel is quite a bit more difficult (no way t...

see also this old thread:
Windgradient graphs
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Are there any English reviews about the 2017 Takoon Icon? And for those that actually own the board: How's this FLAX BIOTEK (linen) construction holding up? https://takoon-family.com/en/shop/boards/icon-surf-kite-board/ There's an Italian Youtube video created by somebody from prokitesurfroma.com. I...

The successful Levitaz Bionic and Banga foils have a longer fuselage compared to other brands. A longer fuselage with a smaller rear wing can create the same torque (to lift the board tip up) but produces less drag than a foil with a shorter fuselage and a larger rear wing. And I would expect that t...

Final Series / Medal Series
Men: http://formulakite.com/images/documents ... nalMen.pdf
Women: http://formulakite.com/images/documents ... lWomen.pdf

(from: http://formulakite.com/index.php/results-and-rankings)

Does anyone know if/how all the races are downloadable?? Haven't seen a download link but I was able to initiate a download using the Firefox plugin "downloadhelper": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/ (Unfortunately it takes forever with my internet connection so ...