Imho a fin based attachment has a place. If the wind drops out on reasonably flat water a quick and easy way to swim in is to go down to the kite on one line leaving your board attached to your flag line by a fin based attachment. You can then swim the kite in with lines trailing with the option of ...

My helmets are many years old and I have Gath gedi and Gecko surf helmet. I prefer the Gecko for the water and use ski goggles if I want eye protection with it. Imho it might be worth your while checking out Gecko as well as Gath. My gedi design is a bit of a bucket which is ok if you are just cruis...

Flag 53 I have used Ronstan shock blocs as the single pulley on LEIs. They are very light and I was dubious to start with, expecting the adonised layer to wear and then corrode out. There is some signs of wear but they have been on for two years and still functioning well. I have bought SS equivalen...

Hello all, I'm very new to kitesurfing and I bought an 11m Switchblade with the 1x overdrive bar. I've noticed the kite can be slow to respond to inputs from the bar and it's quite sluggish, it also struggles to pull me up on the board. I also noticed the kite responds slightly better when kiting t...

At 100kg, ignore winds below 15kn on a TT, especially as a learner. Take it from me, it's just frustrating for us larger humans. Yep I agree with Blackend! It is so much easier to learn to ride when properly powered. Trouble is you have to get the brain to accept that it is a good idea to tie yours...

Learn how to identify the full trim/sheeting range available for your kite and understand how it effects the way the kite flys. Simplistically, this range is trim out and sheeted in for start of backstall to trim in and sheeted out to the point where the rear steering lines do not have enough tensio...

The attached chart may be useful. It would not be out of place for a big guy to learn with a 17m imho but a two kite quiver would give you more TOW which is, arguably, the most important thing. A 17 paired with a 12 would cover all the beginner friendly range. If you start with a 14 you will have mo...

The attached chart may be useful. It would not be out of place for a big guy to learn with a 17m imho but a two kite quiver would give you more TOW which is, arguably, the most important thing.

I am not qualified to comment regarding the kidney but at your age I would recommend that you look into kite buggy as an introduction to kite sports. This would allow you to learn the kite skills at much lower risk. You would then be able to judge for yourself whether you would be able to handle the...

I would do the same as SWO. The only thing I would add is get the wing nice and warm first and then do the repair in a cool room. This way as the cavity within the wing cools it will suck resin into the crack. If you do it the other way round it will probably blow bubbles at you.