Leon van Bergen wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:41 pm

Aluula is dangerous slippery!

Totally true.

The first time I tried assisting in landing one in underpowered conditions was, WTF?

The rumor I heard is that the guy is a professional level rider and his prior jump over the pier was successful, with video evidence that I've personally witnessed.

Wind was very gusty Friday.

Thoughts and prayers for the rider's recovery...

The kite can pull the same regardless of the line length. Shorter lines make the flying window smaller, so that the kite has a little less room to accelerate and the operator has a little more time to react. You still have to maintain control and a suitable speed. To a very lesser extent, shorter li...

I can't imagine that an umbrella, a grocery bag, or even a tiny parachute have all that much possibly for efficient use. Seems to me that all these ideas got tried out more than 25 years ago, and a wing or any old kite would be way more efficient. Suit yourself if you are on a really efficient hydro...

Cabarete?
Puerto Rico?

At 84 kg, I designed, built, and rode more than a few 120 cm or shorter twintips back in my day. Sooner or later, you'll find out that short is too short. Nothing wrong with a long board, and some things about longer boards are really good. What really matters is the width combined with the rocker-l...

Lol. At $5,000/ kite for ten kites, it's gonna be charity work with no guarantee on a successful outcome ... The kite market is super competitive. If there really was even a tiny slice of the pie available, you can bet one of the major (or even minor) manufacturers would have jumped at the chance...

I've got no ego, no name, and no slogan.

But send me fifty grand USD, and I'll make ten pigs fly!

The lei guys want something new, but refuse to try other currently available options or even consider anything different.

On the one hand, I get it.

But on the other hand, I totally do not get it...

I just recently saw a video where one of the dock-start guys ended up doing a 5k downwind run.

Or, Something like that... I'm terrible when it comes to numbers ...