While riding pretty fast and falling you are likely to hit the water with your head sideways.
I think i have sustained slight damaged to my ear with water rushing in, after a week or so it healed.

I have a friend who is always wearing a helmet which covers ears for that reason.

I have the 2014 Bandit 12m with the 2014 large bar. I like safety system and such. So far i haven't any issues with corrosion but i rinse the bar and safety system after each session. I might get an 8m or a 9m down the line but I will probably just use the same large bar. You just get a little more ...

One thing you haven't covered is those answeres is apparent wind effect. It is true that drag, friction limit the speed, that's why racer uses special boards and line to limit friction. The ability of the kite to go upwind is really what limits the speed in normal wind range. As you go faster cross ...

I was taking a lesson and had same issue on Saturday. Wind died and kite fell out of the sky between one of the back line and front line resulting in the kite being inverted. When you get tension on the line you see that one of the back line is wrapped over the center line. To fix it my instructor t...