Without a cup holder you are just fooling yourself..

and do you have knuckle protection on that knife?

Maybe it was just on my CL but the circled part was not pushed tight enough in my opinion. This caused the pin to be able to move up a bit and come closer to be released. Now,it probably does not matter that much, but still it is a easy fix; unscrew the screw, pull it tight and screw back in (turn t...

When you cut your lines, keep the extra material and make extensions of it.

Nice idea!

Just some what ifs;
You drop your kite in water with "deflate" side down, relaunching it with defleat line draggin in the water.
Catch some sea weed on the deflate line

So, my kite of '05 is getting a bit worn but even though the fabric is frayed and the bladder is filled with sand it is still going strong and I like it. However, when dropped the fabric does not repel the water so I am thinking of spraying it with ordinary silicone spray. Anyone who has tried this ...

@alpower I would like if you could elaborate on one point, namely; when the kite is released on the safety is there any tendencies for the kite to bounce back up and invert? Over time I have seen quite a few 5th line kites with a split 5th line do this, when they hit the water they deform, invert an...

Have a look at "reverse launch", you see lot of foil kiters using the same technique. Basically scrounges the TE so the kite lifts up a couple of feet

"At the time, [he] was still wearing a rubber suit and had cling film and "gaffer tape" around him"

in my opinion; was his choice.

Accidents are sad but a very good learning point. Let your kids play with paper clips in the socket.

KevinD wrote: What if a "long distance ocean swimmer" were out there and got caught.

It would make a nice trophy on the mantle piece!

Different fins for different conditions, it all depends on what you want to do and how it should feel doing it. Different fins feel different on different boards etc....