Jibe is turn. Footswitch is footswitch. Sounds like you are well ahead of me as I can jibe but not switch my feet in either direction. I downsized from 135 to a Kanaha Shapes 42” (107cm) and it was the best thing I did once I could ride well in both directions. There is still plenty of space (proba...

Sounds like a random production defect to me. That happens. That's rotten luck , a long time ago I had a brand new best Waroo explode the first time I pumped it up. Right next to the inflate valve ripped the strut to bits as well as the bladder. Best gave me a new kite no questions, their explanati...

My Snowkites are all open cell Ozone Access & Manta, 2006-2010.

I spent my first kitefoiling year on F-one IC6 V3 + F-one Pocket Carbon 130cm. After this year, I had a 95% success ratio with a footswitches, easily doing gybes how I want them (no footswitch during the maneuver though), starting to have some successes with upwind tacks, sometimes was able to sit ...

To explain ........ more often than not when I come off the foil it does not float flat, rather it goes tail down vertically with about 20 cm of the nose point upwards (the mast is more or less horizontal under the water) it does not drift downwind ......... I am quite capable of body dragging back...

Sorry, but this doesnt make sense to me... If the mast sinks, the whole setup will drift downwind and you can retrieve the board/foil. Much worse if it floats on its side - can be really difficult to get back to the foil :wink: Regarding foot switches, I will say it doesnt matter at all if heavy or...

Thanks......yes heavy for sure , slow I don't mind within reason as log as the fact doesn't slow my progression. Last week I had a look at a Lift foil, it seemed very nicely made.... how robust are they?

I have a Cabrinha Highrise Carve foil (2020) with their Secret agent board. It's the second kitefoil setup I have owned it's let me progress reasonably given my time constraints. I am aware that the setup isn't light (85cm mast and top plate weigh 2.3 kg), and sometimes when i fall the board floats ...

I reglued all the valves on my 2009 Best Nemesis 5 years ago using 3M 5200 red and the kite still holds air rock solid today. Tried the peel and stick valve on another kite and it only lasted less than a year - must have been a bad batch. Thanks for the Adhesive info, Aquaseal is almost impossible ...

The best time to practice is whenever you can get on the water, the hard part is getting away to be able to kite ;(