ok the flites are no race kites, but how good are they upwind and in depower ? I know the flites only from the very promising videos on the web...very interesting... wolfgang I had another foil session on the 10M Flite yesterday that started out light for the first hour and then got quite strong bu...
I find the Ozone Edges good but the water relaunch is a bit tricky and requires more finesse Agreed - they are incredible for light wind, with full stability, but they need to be worked hard to keep falling out of the sky during transitions in v light winds and when they go down in light wind, they...
I am a full time foiler for the past 2 years... hundreds of foil sessions and racing. as well as i have ridden e Edge, Velocity, and the Flite kites. They all are great for foiling but i now prefer the Ocean Rodeo Flite at it is quite lightweight and durable still. The Flite does come in smaller siz...
The navigational bouy in this photo is about 2 miles from building/white sailboat in the background. first glance at this photo would look like its a narrow channel of water with on a few hundred feet separating boats/kiter/land http://www.loscocco.net/Kiteboarding-and-Surfing/Damien-Leroy-GGB/i-d49...
Also perspective of distance can be vastly skewed when looking at something like that. Here is a photo i took of Damo 2 years ago when Oracle was out in the bay. its really hard to tell but he was a LONG way away from the boat and in no danger at all. Kiters in both the video above and in this photo...
Salmon Foil Fishing This weekends accidental kite foil fishing catch of a 19.5 lb 36" long salmon at Sherman Island in the Sacramento river certainly has to be one of the craziest things that has ever happened to me kiting. I was about a 3/4 of a mile upwind from the Sherman Island launch kiting on ...