Love the Duotone deflate valves. Means you can roll kite from one end right through. Rolling separate sides of kite into a centre deflate if it's nuking, is a pain in the ass unless folding the kite and rolling both tips at same time. My vote is keep the separate deflate valve! May be it works in w...

Just some notes from behind the scenes... . Thanks for the info. While you are here, a couple comments/requests if I may - from a very long time NKB and current DTK user with 5 Neos and Neo SLS & Wam and Whip and 1 Unit dlab and 2 Unit user: 1) why do you keep using the Airport Valve together with ...

if you want speed, then why not just use e.g. cquad kite or similar?

How many hours did you kite on it? Strong uv location? I'm from germany so no strong uv impact. I had roughly 50 sessions last year. My main spot is by the lake and has no good wind yield so my frequency of use is low compared to someone from the sea. What year model is your kite? Earlier kites had...

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Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:29 pm

So received the Gen 3 with rope. Getting it checked from my usual online retailer but that thing looks really poorly made.
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what's wrong with that one?

+1 for the hook spreader bar change, I wouldn't want to risk with it.

Another good inexpensive option might be the new takoon pump board: 90cm/10L for 400 euro. Very nice looking board. Why don't they want to market it for kitefoiling? Looks like it has a nice rocker line too. The only thing that is a question mark for me is that they use carbon fiber stringers/batto...

I've ridden Whip although earlier, could've been 2020 model, 5'3 and it's a nice board. At 95 kg, the 5'5 should be a good match for you, and much better for covering also lighter winds which the Wam 5'9 wouldn't have suited to you so well. The Whip 5'5' at your weight suits you well for different w...

As I understood it, duotone has the 3D design files in order to manufacture the kites. But are paying a royalty fee to Ralf? And there was some gray area on what would constitute a different design so duotone would not have to pay in the future. And Ralf has a no compete clause and can’t release a ...

BRAKING NEWS: just got very good offer on new Duotone WAM 2022 SLS, 5'9''. How about that one? seems like more advanced board, which is good & bad at the same time I guess :) + just wondering if it isn't tad too small definitely the Fish for your weight and that being your first board as well. It a...

They say the 2024's wingtips have been redesigned, but does this really show in real life flying behaviour compared to the 2022 or 23 models, ie. is the new one truly faster turning and are there other flying differences to the previous models? I have not seen any reviews on the 2024 model, and wond...