While the 8 meter, (to some extent) and larger sizes (for sure) lose the magical drifting abilities found in the 5 and smaller, they are still great kites for light wind foiling. The advantage of the larger peaks is that they are easy to keep in the air even when the wind falls well below the point ...

This is super interesting. Please keep us updated on your progress and results!

Wonder if it could it could lift someone into the air if they had a kite, like a boat towed parafoil. I think I remember seeing this thing a long time ago before they figured out how to put it in a surfboard. I remember something like that too, from the late 80s or early 90s. It looked a bit like a...

Are you sure it was salt crystals and not all the sand in there? I contend that unless you were compressing the hell out of the kite for storage, neither one was the root of the problem.

Surely most of you know the old grade-school science lesson where you hang two balloons in balance on a stick, then pop one. Thus demonstrating that air has mass and that the mass makes a measurable difference. If anyone's contention is that that a black mattress will heat up and fly better than a w...

A friend of mine who is way more competent and experienced than me, was out riding some "wave" conditions (west coast of Florida so really it is just big chop and shore break). He fell off, ahead of the foil and, as he explained it, somehow the foil rode down the wave, just caught his tooth and chip...

Measure the depth of the hole and be sure any new screw is not too long, but of course it must have several turns to hold well. I often file down the pointed tip of screws until they are blunt so I can get a little more useful screw depth. Try to choose a screw length where you get at least three o...

Peter_Frank wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 07, 2020 6:36 am

Nice, but can not see any "paddle out through inside surf" ?

Peter

Yet the guy is clearly riding waves.... Perhaps the secret is find a spot where you don't have to paddle through inside surf.

How many bladders have failed from a bit of condensation on the inside? Post your experience!

I had an ocean rodeo pryo years ago. It worked great in Wisconsin. Once I moved to Florida it did not work so nice. You had to be super careful of sun exposure and also of getting any any contaminates, such as sunscreen, on the seals. I'm not sure what the newer suits have for seals, but if you spen...