I have an old Naish bag that has a zipper, extends the bag to about 6 feet. Not sure if it is an old kite bag from pre single inflate days or a windsurf sail bag. Anyways, windsurf sail bag is probably best bet. I added a kite pinch valve and leave centre strut inflated....I find it's a hassle to de...

I remain intrigued by canards, but not many others are, seems to make sense, but never caught on in any big way. In a way, the no-stab seems related to canard, as the dominant lifting force is directly under back foot. The small front canard wing also lifts, but maybe it's impact is somewhat minimal...

"Semi-drysuit"....sounds like that was maybe more a thing before surfing wetsuits became so good. Like when I started surfing in the late 80s, wetsuits were so leaky that they were indeed WETsuits. Now, I often no water in my suit until 10 or 15 minutes into the session, with first duck dive. From t...

I agree with all of Peter's and Slappy's points. I see winging as having two main markets: 1) wind newbs, who are happy to lawn mow even if it is slower and lamer, because they don't need lessons and it's very safe 2) sup/surf foilers, for whom the wing is a tool to take the experience they already ...

Inflate: it'll start to fill once bladder is 3/4 hard, pressure equalizes through the small tube. Deflate: key is the tube can't be kinked, so you can't deflate if wing is folded. I put in a pinch valve like for kites, to isolate the bladders, and I leave centre strut inflated on the 6m, put it in a...

Thanks for the review. I have a Gen 1 Ride Engine, after the custom ones but before they added extra webbing straps. I have to admit to be being disappointed about how much it rides up. If regular powered, it's snug, but even a hint overpowered, and it's up into my ribs....to the point of being pain...

FYI here's an H5/NF2 wing for $150: http://www.nwkite.com/forums/t-49112.html Last year the big kite stores had blow out deals on slingshot's older wings (mac kite, real, green hat, etc). Buddy got an H2 and H4/Batwing for $99 each. So keep an eye, Black Friday is here soon. I kited the H4 briefy, w...

If you found it was working fine behind the boat, but having trouble kiting, that means your challenge is flying the kite. Controlling the power, not enough and you can't get on foil, too much and you over-foil and crash. When you are learning to kite foil, you generally want a fair bit of power, an...

Yikes! Sorry to hear it. And glad you're ok. Honestly, kinda seems like you may have got off lucky, as "complacency kills" is all too real in kiting. Those death stats one of the members keeps, there's just as many established experts as beginners. Kiting is like being tied to a thoroughbred horse, ...

I find chugging upwind a bit laborious. Long reaches, pinching up when possible. My gybes seem a bit flakey. Once I turn downwind everything gets easy. Swooshy carving gybes, easy wing flips, the odd bit of towing the wing and playing with the waves. All good. Higher winds have been a nice surprise...