Got my changing poncho as a gift, and use it often. At the same time I got the circular plastic pad to stand on while changing. It's got a drawstring around the edge, so you plop your wetstuff on it and pull the drawstring to create a nice, tidy sack for all that sandy, nasty wet gear. Great gifts.

15 - 20 years ago windsurfing race sails had lots of cambers and a HUGE luff pocket to reduce the turbulence on the inside trailing side of the mast. This made for a very fast sail, very stable at high speed, but super heavy and nearly impossible to raise out of the water to do a waterstart with the...

I'm not a very demanding snowboarder or kiter. I like things relatively easy. I use Flow bindings, and like them for a couple of reasons. When I'm on a frozen lake with very little snow and light wind, launching can be a problem. It takes more screwing around to get the kite in the air, which is way...

I usually ride either skis or a snowboard w/ Switchblade on thin snow cover over ice.

Sorry if this has been discussed to death somewhere on the forum, but I can't find an answer when I search. It's been a while since I've used an open foil kite. I've got a 12m Flexifoil Sabre (2009 vintage) and would like to know the approx. equivalent size in LEI. Is a 12m foil kite about the same ...

Peter--nice graphic.I totally agree with you. When I seem to be having trouble getting upwind to my board, I tell myself to not point so high and I get to the board much more quickly, especially in rough water.

Don

At my local beach. Saw a guy I hadn't seen before pumping up a kite. He just didn't look like he knew what he was doing. Finally got rigged up. It was decent wind, so I asked him if he was new to the sport. He said "First time". I asked if he had taken lessons. He said "No, but I think I can figure ...

The exception to the "use a smaller kite" rule is when you have deep, loose snow (actual "powder"). There's a lot of resistance when kiting in that, so a bigger kite (equivalent to water size) makes sense. I second the note about pads. You can't wear too much padding, and make sure you've got a real...

If you're warm enough while kiting and only have an issue on land between sessions, isn't the easiest and most straightforward fix to just put on a warm coat over your drysuit? All this retreating, washing, blow drying, etc. seems like a lot of extra effort, or am I missing something?

Don

Getting bowtied sounds like a formal way of getting kinky!