I've done all of the above (apart from smokong into the bladder!) twice without finding the damn thing. I have two possible solutions: 1) Buy a foil eg psycho 1a) Buy a new bladder (somewhat cheaper) 2) Bring my pump down to the water and inflate the offending strut every hour or so. Has anyone trie...

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i was there for 6 months early this year. Had most sessions at Flat Rock or Ballina river. The Pass always seems too crowded

Jo, that's interesting, I shortened the rope on my SS16 recently. It's a trade off between riding position and depower range, I seem to get the range of oversheet to slack back lines without using the whole length of the rope. I wanted the top stopper to be less of a stretch so I can trim the kite t...

sounds like Hawaiians are agro, egotistical people. They obviously don't ride winds that gust up and down a ten knot range then!

What about the surf localism as well. Is there kite localism going on there too?

that's so right. the spinny-roundy-roundy-splash-in-water looks rubbish. What about the super-smooth transitional moves? Or the long inverted single rotations at height? style definitely rules over technical dificulty. Here's another thing - can you 'claim' a new move on the basis of just making it ...

This happened to me last year. Riding on a humid overcast day but with no sign of thunder or storm clouds. Every jump there was a crack before landing and a strange sensation like touching an electric fence. Obviously I got out to drop the kite and whilst being gently lifted off the beach in gusts I...

I have the 8.4AB and 16m fuel and I weigh about the same as you! Here are my views: the fuel is a much slower turning kite than the AB , and slower than the 11.8ab too. You'll have to adapt to the different riding styles, but that's not such a problem, I use a very short bar on the AB to compensate....