another light rider situation. My daughter is 45kg, I am teaching her on 5m wave kite. Well its is not flying so well in 10knots, starts to be more interesting 12-13knots, it is not heavy to be honest and can by flown, It a bit hard to judge if her weight is a problem or shorter arms- kite drags her...

Yeah, don’t have tension on lines when someone is turning it over…it’s a danger. If you are not positions well, the kite gets too much power and pushes the person. Position yourself way downwind and the slowly walk upwind to get tension into the lines. Exactly. I see so many kiters on my spot who h...

Mikkelza wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:49 am

Great inputs.

What about hard boards? I am specifically thinking of Gong's wave-kite-boards. Any ones with experiences with these?

I have 2. Catch and Pie- love them. New board for the price of used- love them even more. And latest colour schemes makes it the best looking kiteboard on the beach.

i just buy dyneema rope at boat shops. Any thickness you want, any length. Fraction of price compared to kite companies.

If you can ride few meters- you do not need pay instructor. Thats how i got- my instructor said- practice on your on after 5-7 hours, also he brought me 19m kite in 12 knots to waterstart. And you need a bigger kite and board. 10m kite is probably ok from 18-20knots, if you are beginner- even more.

Why are all wave kite ads are shot in offshore winds?

sooner or later all bags fail. Even 10Eur pouch from amazon. What I do: i have vacuum sealer and meters of plastic foil- make one that fits nicely my phone: https://www.amazon.se/Bonsenkitchen-matf%C3%B6rseglingsrullar-f%C3%B6rvaringsp%C3%A5sar-matf%C3%B6rvaring-vide-matlagning/dp/B07JCNMR9S/ref=zg_...

I always choose kites with black tube. Lay yellow ones on the wet soil at the beach and they will never look good anymore.

The more experienced we are the more confidence we have thinking we can manage difficult situations. I had accidental release by donkeys disk after crash, kite fell in water, got my bar back by pulling lines, but lines in waves got a bit messy and hooked on the bar end. I have was unhooked and hold ...

When you know what you have- check with www.drtuba.eu website sells full sets of bladers 100-200EUR. They seem even to have old drawings of almost all kites. My friend ordered set of very old North Rebel bladders, replaced them in 15 minutes and if canopy is good you got almost new kite.