I have a 165 Mako King for light wind in shallow areas. It does make a difference compared to smaller boards and its fun to ride that monster once in awhile.

Cool. Its been around for awhile. Most of those people wind up getting killed.

If you don't like them, why do you keep buying their products?

Did you buy them?

Thanks for the info regarding the Duotone V-Distributor. Are all of your kites high-V? I can see threading my center lines thru the V-Distributor if its not too painful. If its a hassle, that would discourage me from using one on my low-V bar when all my other kites are low-V. I assume it doesn't we...

I’m a long term kiter and have a quiver of newer Pivots (8m, 10m & 12m). I generally ride in higher winds and swore off owning anything larger than a 12m. I also don’t foil. I generally make the 12m work with a larger board. Just haven’t found a kite larger than 12m I like and always get rid of them...

I couldn't glue the FixMyKite female valve from outside with aquaseal. I tried twice, but both times I couldn't avoid wrinkles that ended up in small leaks. The valve was the FixMyKite valve in which I had managed to ruin the TypeA section, so I tried to glue it with Aquaseal. I successfully reglue...

I have a spare octopus female valve from FixMyKite and it glues from the inside. (bought about two years ago) My bad! I was looking at the valve in the wrong directions. The octopus female valve that I got from FixMyKite has the TypeA in a way to be glued from the outside. Thanks for clarifying. Th...

Finally, someone produces a video that's worth watching. Love the background. I can't stand watching videos with kite tricks on flat water in protected areas. Go Hannah!

Thanks for everyone's help. I'll try another valve now that I know what to do.