I get the impression the North boards are for riding with more power in the kite whereas the bigger ones are more lightwind wave boards or for using with smaller kites than the North boards. Underground make a biggun and a smaller one don't they? Rrd make 3 different sizes. Slingo 2. I suppose the h...

Well I use the same bars for depower settup and pulley settup. They have a hole in the middle, just have to be stronger in the middle too, that's all. That way on the pulley bar you can pass the 5th through the old depower hole and you can pass the leash over your head anytime and stuff like that bn...

Phil I hate to disagree mate but you don't surf and kite in the same conditions or with the same gear necessarily. A good surf wettie is bi-foddered (dunno what that is in English) because it's really nice and stretchy, like hardly having it on. I had a 5-3 surf suit which was fine in the water all ...

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Yeah, kiting can be colder than surfing, and surfing can be colder than kiting. It depends on the water and air temperature and what you're wearing. I surf and kite all year round and the coldest I've been was when I chose the wrong wettie in spring because the weather looked warm. You're better off...

Yeah use a QR fixed harness line. You can spin the bar to sort the lines than hook out to sort the harness line, or just spin the bar in your hands, or spin yourself the other way. One of the best things about the pulley is the kite is always trimmed right, hook in/out in a second. Great for riding ...

Hi Paco Ask Tux. I'm pretty sure he's using a pulley bar with a North 5th element kite. I've been using this one all last summer http://kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2316296&highlight=pulley I'm now making another with a trim strap instead of the clam cleat because when you really depower with...

Rory onshore in winter on a small beach if you have less than a year's experience isn't really a good idea. I waited out the first winter here. In winter the winds are usually storm winds, so strong and gusty, whereas in summer it's a whole different story. Also you wanna watch over-rating your leve...

It also depends on the conditions. In summer I'll kite beaches with less safety zone in lightwind. In winter and stronger/gustier winds I go to a bigger beach. I wouldn't kite anything stronger than 20 knots onshore from a 50m beach with a medium/small kite. The beach I use in stronger winds has a b...

I was on skimboard a lot last summer. Tried a 6'3 fish but it was a bit of a cruiser. Both without straps, which is cool. Gonna get a Srt like Jasvinda at the end of the month for the winter wave sessions because I'm gonna start riding in the straps and a stock surfboard isn't designed to have you j...