If you ride in salt water, sooner or later you'll get salt water in the leading edge bladder. After a time, the salt water will cause small salt crystals to form inside the bladder. When that happens, it's a good time to rinse out the leading edge bladder with fresh water. What I do is put about a h...

I've had a Kestrel for about 3 or 4 years now. Don't know if it's a model 2000, but it has worked very well, and when checked against other wind meters appears to be very accurate especially in higher winds.

Thanks. Awesome site.

I have what is called an impingement in my right shoulder. It's where the AC and humorous (sp) (Acrominum joint) does not allow enough room for my upper arm to be extended upwards from the shoulder. I kite hooked in, but after a couple of hours the pain occurs at night when I'm tring to sleep. It's ...

Thanks for the answers. I'll give it a try. Just need to figure out how to work in the Naish safety leash and lines on the Cabrinha loop and strap.

Has anybody rigged Naish kites on powerlok bars? I've got both Cabrinha and Naish kites and really like the powerlok feature of the Cabrinha bars. It helps a lot to lock in full power when you wter start and weigh 205 lbs. I don't like having two loops (fixed and chicken loop) on the Naish bar. I as...

Will be there late November, early December.

What are typical conditions then?

You can get it at most outdoor sports stores for $30. On a 17m or 18m kite, it leaves you about 30 to 40 manual pumps after it finishes its part. Less on smaller kites. If you have Cabrinha kites, it inflates much faster through the large dump valve than the smaller tube valve. Takes about 2 minutes...

For being the oldest?

Or is the fact that I kiteboard the prize?

I'm in Peoria and am wondering if there's anybody kiteboarding in central Illinois on the Illinois river, or Illinois/Iowa on the Mississippi river or any other location that is within 3 hours of Peoria (Chicago, Madison Wisconsin, etc.). Started kiteboarding at South Padre Island, Texas in July and...