Good question! The distance that matters is obviously the one from the kite to the split. I have two Duotone/ North bars one from 2018 (22m) and one from 2019 (24m), and surprisingly, the distance FROM THE KITE TO THE SPLIT is not the same, its about 2m longer on the 24m line bar. (its approx. 13.5m...

9 knots on a 7m ? 6 knots on a 9 ? Cmon, foiling is ridiculous enough, no need to exaggerate. for anyone wanting to enjoy themselves a 7m grunty kite starts at about 12 knots for the average rider/wing. Could not agree more. Saw a UFO rider out the other day, foiling on 7m. Took my 7m out (one stru...

@Qiter: he has a unique style. Have you seen some recent riding of him? keep it coming, nice to hear what you guys are workin on. Unfortunately not. Most of the footage is from before 2017 and he was lightyears ahead of everybody else in terms of freestyle skills. But since then, he has completely ...

Often with my 360s I feel a bump from the foil when just getting around heading downwind again, almost like I brush against something underwater. My assumption is that this is the foil stalling out momentarily... Does this happen to anyone else? My 360s don't feel very circular at all (I lost my gp...

Aerial jibe with footswitch. Have seen it first in Loic Brismontier videos. He does it with front straps, just as cool

My deal breaker is just how fragile that tubing is. Always have to be careful about not kinking it, it damages easily, and is a bitch to replace. I did finally get a solution through Kauper-XT. I ended up buying a new winchard and they threw in two replacement tubes for free. On top of price of the...

Yes very nice! And clearly foil kite technique, you can see the kite pulling her over, good timing! This is obviously a bit different with a LEI, where there is less pull and a much shorter "window" to make the switch. The smaller and faster the kite, the more difficult it gets. On a LEI, you need t...

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Tue Jun 23, 2020 4:01 pm

what would happen if you release the QR?

should be working fine, or?

Yes, in my set up no problem. Release would solve it if it gets permanently stuck.
But it came out by itself when I fell in... I obviously didn´t make the tack

I had the same on one occasion, I ride a similar minimalistic bar for foiling. Also no real issue, I crashed and that was it. Similar situation, I was tacking on the foil and fully cranked the bar to bring the kite over and the bar hooked into the short leash. I believe its a freak event, not really...

For inflatable kites: With short lines you sacrifice performance, mainly low end and upwind ability (wind window gets smaller). The upside is that the kite is more reactive, which is nice for certain tricks. So for cruising, long lines, for tricks, short lines. Some tricks, like the "around the worl...