"Lunar lighting?!" There are other factors, more important ones considering the article says most attacks occur in daylight, sigh. Tidal activity. The fuller the moon, the higher the tide. Higher tides have been associated with more fish activity, hence ... The researchers should get away from numb...

Just heard that Peak V5 is coming in January 2022.

I can't answer any of your questions, but I do have some other advise: The Ozone Explore has a weak upwind angle, resulting in slow progress on long kite tours. A high aspect foil kite will work much better unless you'll mostly be going across and downwind.

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Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:23 am

boubou wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:54 am

A kite that could be inflated to be a 9 m or a 12 m, all in one. Depending on the conditions

a long time agodo I remember RRD tried a system to unzip 2 panels?!

That is still a thing:

Aeros Kites sells a reinforced bar built for gliding:

The Little Cloud Pelican has convertible open/closed cells with velcro instead of zippers. I imagine this might save some weight.

https://vimeo.com/219319486

Yup. The difference is obvious. Had a mail exchange on the issue two years ago with Flysurfer but was told something about Reynolds number and optimal wing shape which somehow is supposed to justify wingtips shaped like soggy underwear. Honestly the flapping and wrinkled look never bothered me much...

Ozone had a very pretty single skin XXLite paraglider earlier and I'm glad they picked the Skywalk glove on the kite section too. Hopefully Flysurfer will fix the eartips of the Peak which look a bit weird (not clean as XXLite wingtips) both powered and underpowered The main thing that bothers me t...

This is great. Well done.

Really shows how kiting is not only an "extreme" sport. It can actually be something quite accessible as well.

This is great news. Let's just hope Neil Pryde doesn't get involved...