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Postby Peter_Frank » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:36 am
Correct - equipment means a lot, dont get my former post wrong.
But when using small kites and not underpowered, there is not much difference, if any, that was my point.
It is a tottally different matter with bigger kites (less wind) or if out powered light. Here some kites are way better than others, true.
Some or many "race" kites are excellent at this, but definitely not all, as some turn too slow in the big ones.
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Postby abel » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:21 am
For the sake of higher jumps only, maybe using more elastic lines to accumulate "slingshot" like energy, might shoot you higher.
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Postby Toby » Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:21 pm
abel, you need to send it back as well...
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Postby alexprehn123 » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:49 pm
2010 cab switchblades
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Postby Eduardo » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:42 pm
my two cents...
At the risk of offending some... I think most people asking this question are NOT jumping Len10 heights and want to go even higher with kite fine tuning. People who I've seen in person ask this question are doing very modest jumps. They mostly need technique work and will often do the best with the easiest kite. So even if nobody can go higher than Len10 on a Fuel, handing a mediocre jumper a Fuel won't help - they'll get ripped off their edge and get no pop due to bad technique.
I think someone earlier wrote that almost all brands have a big air kite in their line up and that's the one you want. I agree as long as you're above a certain skill level - meaning you already can jump almost as high as any one else at your local beach - you have it all nailed - solid kite skills (for example, can easily down loop a landing), solid pop, etc., then you appreciate the big air kites.
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Postby xray » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:19 am
Toby wrote:xray: nice one
how much wind did you have?
20-24 knots or so
Nico wrote:Gee, nice pic Xray, where was this taken ?
Wink
Nico
Dunno, was nice there though, in fact I'll be back!
Big air kites are nice.....
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Postby wolfje » Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:14 pm
try yourself a Airush Varial 10 ,it goes up and stays up very easy and very high.
I sailed a lot of kites the last years,but I never went so easy so high and long as on the Varial 10
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