Hi! I'm wondering about the durability difference between the race-specific kites. If I purchase a used one, will it lose performance over 1-2 years, or the material degrade so much that it rips easily, or loose airtightness. If the bridles are really old and used / assymetrical (no re-streching pos...

18m Kitech Free RS Ultralight 5-15 knots 12m Kitech Free RS 8-20 knots 9m Kitech Free RS over 20 knots My foil is a Moses Havok with a raceboard. Here in Hungary, the 18 gets me on the water almost every single day, and never in my wildest dreams would I have thought back in my windsurfing days, tha...

I recently started doing downwind speedruns with a proper garmin gps watch, and analyze my data. Its very interesting :). I ride a race foil (Moses Havok) with a race foilboard, and a freeride foilkite (Kitech FRS in 18&12), on quite choppy lake conditions. I am comfortable until about 25-26 knots. ...

I found a pretty detailed description, but it seems to be a bit more complicated than I thought...

https://www.riftboards.com/sanding-your-hydrofoil/

Hey all! My Moses Havok set is here in a few days, and I have no idea how to sand the foil out of the box to be race ready. Can someone explain it? I heard it makes a significant difference. How do you keep a race foil in best shape after the first sanding? Cleaning? Washing? Please share your tips ...

Not sure if it's the same everywhere, but most racers on East Coast US have 11m, 15m, and 18m kites now. I have a 9m race kite, but not sure I really need it. I can ride the 11m up to low 20's knots. Above that, foil kites are a handful. So I barely ever ride the 9m. Also at those wind speeds, infl...

I'm 85 kg naked, so 17m as a lightwind kite makes sense for me. I also have no sponsor pressure, just starting out with racing. Thanks for the tip on the harness, it's been 25 years since I used a seat harness for windsurfing, but shouldn't take long to readjust :) Is it a bad idea to use R1V2s for ...

downunder wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:01 pm

So, define a race!

Race meaning a course race with upwind and downwind legs.

Thanks Mossy757! I'm about to put together my first racing set, so I try to gather as much info as possible before I make the purchase, we have no pro racers around here. Regarding wind range and kite sizes. I am going for a 3 kite setup to keep things simple at first. I am 85 kilograms, and I was t...

Hi! What's your suggestion on kite racing line lengths. I read and see everywhere that short lines are the way to go, but how short? How does line length and kite size relate? Do bigger sizes require longer (17-18m) lines, and smaller sizes shorter lines (12-15m)? Or can it be the same? So can a rac...