For wind-powered sports, black ice is the fastest surface available to modern technology. Ice yacht sailors in certain portions of the Upper Midwest dream about it... I moved to Florida about 18 years ago, but I suppose I have traveled at at least highway speeds on good ice, using a four-line open-c...

Trent, could it be a small number of people with an axe to grind are influencing you? I first rode Aluula black in 2019 at AWSI when Aluula gold was on struts but not yet used in demo kites. We have been selling Aluula Gold since they first hit the market and delamination has happened to zero of th...

This is the most likely problem. Check this one first, because the solution is much simpler than messing around with the mixer. I had the same problem. For me the bridle was well tuned but the kite lines weren't. I didn't notice when riding as I was never fully sheeted in but turns out I was backsta...

Delamination on the gold-colored Aluula kites seems to be a real issue. I saw one post in my Facebook feed talking about it, where one response suggested to keep a brand new kite no longer than three months before selling it. It almost seems like a replay of the whole debacle with Best Kites "Cuben ...

For sure it's the wrong hardware.

And in the photo the bolts look undersized.

Though it's not a sure thing, I would not be surprised if the mounting tracks are damaged.

I'm still enjoying the overall simplicity of the Peaks and the smaller sizes are so much fun to fly in their sweet spots! If I had to pick, the 4m is my favorite. And the 8m is my least - but it has saved me numerous times when the wind was not enough for the 6m. Not sure what I would replace the 8...

At around 84kg. and still on Peak4s, I disagree. 11-12 knots minimum for the 5 meter if you want to ride knee-high plus waves, and at the bottom end you might have to work a bit. I ride the 633, and I don't think the board makes much difference once you become proficient enough to get on foil immedi...

It's not a structurally critical area by any means. If it were my board, or even one a friend sent to me to repair, I'd probably just clean it up a bit, plus maybe a tiny bit of sanding on the edges, if possible. Then mask around it, _very gently_ pry it open a bit, force some epoxy in there, lightl...

I had the Dakine Fusion way back when, not long after I began kitesurfing ... It had sort of a middle-of-the range hook-height back then... When I switched to the Dakine Pyro waist, which was all the rage in the early 2000s, I eventually began switching it out with a Pro Limit seat harness whenever ...

It could be worse:

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