If you're on a LEI in the surf, you'll be constantly steering the kite to keep it airborne like the ozone reo story above. If you're under a peak, it'll do it's best to keep flying like a plastic bag above you. You might be steering the Reo kite, but the end goal is not to keep it airborne while yo...

What's with the under hand way of holding that bar though? Foil (kite) people are strange indeed!

Well, to be honest, it's only now in recent hydrofoiling times that we worry about using a 9m in 8kts, and riding downwind towards it. In 2012, In the 17kts+ range that they were intended to be used in, the effect of weight wasn't as critical as what you make it sound. The balance of the kite, its A...

Back a few years when Globe Kites were still making kites, including my all times favorite GK Trix, the kite was built around a Dacron skeleton. Which means that any tear in the canopy would most likely stop at the edge of the Dacron, and not propagate to structural elements (struts/tips/LE). The id...

I wonder if you could dissolve all the inked graphics away. There must be a good cup/100g of useless ink in there. Plain is always lighter!

It's critical to have a short freeride leash when using the front connection to the harness. I had my long leash snag around the end of my kite bar, causing kiteloops. Now I exclusively use a short (30cm) freeride leash connected to my spreader bar and had zero problems. I can unhook too, just no h...

Few remarks: Isn't being pulled underwater more backbreaking when pulled from the front? A big pull from the back, and your body can easily fold forward under the pressure from the water, like when you sit or touch your toes with your fingers. Folding backwards is arguably much harder for your back....

at the same time, there's no reason why a German shop would be the best way to purchase some canadian made kites. Right? To this day, this shop is the only one offering this product, and it's just a pre-order anyway, and maybe OR haven't yet unraveled their sales plan. So by all accounts, it can be ...

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Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:31 pm

They ARE using the “standard” set up now.

I'm confused, I thought the standard was the other standard...
Geez, maybe we should start (or resurrect) a reference topic and see which brand follows which standard, and see which one is therefore the de facto standard...

https://www.coronation-industries.de/shop/de/ocean-rodeo-kites/15480-ocean-rodeo-flite-ultralight-2019-kite.html#/50-10_kite_inklusiv_optionen-kite_only/1101-08_kite_grossen-145 a size for size comparison has a approx 1000 euros difference in price................. :o You pay a lot more for black k...