Don't put your kite at 12 whilst you are putting the board on. Leave it off centre and you'll find it easier to put your board on: This video covers it (watch to the end to see an example of the problem you described) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zU4VeGuRnc&t=180s +1 IKO determined that keeping...
That’s right, Short line kite will catch you a bit better but will be more aggressive. As far as learning I thought bandit 24m line was pretty hard to learn to loop on, I probably didn’t have great body position, it kept yanking me into Superman and tended to stall, I had tendancy to sheet back in q...
there isn't beach room to setup and a lot of swimmers in center of playa del carmen. I kited a few times off the beach just north of the reef cocoa beach. Overall kiting wasn't great there but i was there only 4 days. I went to Holbox and it was great. Tulum looked ok too. Were you there recently t...
hit a few fish in Florida last time I went down there. It was pretty freaky, each time i would land a jump, fish will get scared and jump right into my chest.
Make sure you sheet in all the way when you steer it, I did notice that you need to be quite powered for it to be responsive since at teh bar it's on / off when sheeting in and out. With bandit you still get some steering when bar isn't sheeted all the way. coming from bandit it feels slow for sure ...
i have had a bruise over my cheek bones, definitly can't let it hang around your neck on tether, after landing a jump it will swing and hit you in the face and it hurts
I bring one of those on vacation but usually i try to fit a helmet.
Tried only once, i feel like head strap is good recipe for gopro smashing you in the face, also video isn't very stable.
Helmet mount gives much better results.