hi.... kiters.....
i need some advise .....i'm looking for a light wind kite...
what are the kite i can look into it..? i'm around 62kgs...
if better still can start to kite around 5-6 knots...
thanks...
Best light Wind kite....
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Re: Best light Wind kite....
You opened up a can 'o worms here. This topic has been covered about 20 time and it almost always degrades into a fight between Flysurfer people vs. LEI people. Search the forum for things like "light wind" and the names of the commonly referred too light wind kites like the Ozone Zephyr and Flysurfers and you'll get way more than you bargained for.
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Re: Best light Wind kite....
Yes "droffats" is correct but not to forget the RENEGADE "INFINITY" from EPIC kites.
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Re: Best light Wind kite....
Wow, that was fast even by Epic standards!
Almost impossible to get non affiliated advice on this forum now...used to be a great source for advice. But the world moves on I guess.
Almost impossible to get non affiliated advice on this forum now...used to be a great source for advice. But the world moves on I guess.
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Re: Best light Wind kite....
I am sorry "droffats" you feel that way but call it what you want. I am just trying to make sure the customer gets a chance to test any kite in order to make the right decision. I can share some emails with you from different customers that use to fly some of the kites that you mentioned on your post plus other brands, but after they tried the INFINITY kite they could not believe the difference. Few of them are actually selling their kite to buy an INFINITY. Even yesterday we had a demo here on the Outer Banks NC (USA), and the only kite out was the INFINITY for 2 hrs then some one put up the FLYSURFER 19 meter. I was not there to tell you what happened but I got a call from one of the kiters to let me know how amazing the INFINITY kite was with the combination of the OXYGEN 135x47 board.
Maybe you need to open your eyes and try other kites also instead of calling this "pimping". I will be happy to send you an INFINITY to demo, but it might take at least 3 weeks because of the demand. I know after you test it you will have a different approach. It happens to the best of us.
Maybe you need to open your eyes and try other kites also instead of calling this "pimping". I will be happy to send you an INFINITY to demo, but it might take at least 3 weeks because of the demand. I know after you test it you will have a different approach. It happens to the best of us.
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Re: Best light Wind kite....
5-6 knots, there are some problems (can extent taht to 8/9knots):
- the relaunch
- the kite staying in the air.
u r light, u can ride at 5-6 knots easely with a raceboard or a foilboard and a 15/19 flysurfer or a 17/18 new lightwind LEI kites (whatever the brand)
problems:
relaunch
under 6-7 knots, only flysurfers relaunch and may be LEI on 5th line or with a ERA system (zeeko brand)
kite in the air:
at 5/6 knots, LEI and Arcs kites tend to fall to the ground/water. and u need to get a bit skilled to keep them in the air ( sinning, looping, whatever), flysurfers in deluxe materiels can keep up until 4/5 knots and will backstall after that in the middle of the window.
note that a wet kite, relaunches harder (foil, LEI,Arc)
i ride in LW winds , for safety, i wait a solid 8knots, that means , i can keep up with lulls until 5 knots, 8knots , i have no trouble for relaunches and the kite is parked and powered and going upwind.
the huge advantage u have is that u r a lightweight rider. and sub 10knots every 5kg is a huge advantage
i went from 65 to 73 kg... i can guarantee u , that my low end....suffered...
my LW board was a 140/42 at 7knots and now...i need solid 8knots....i ll get a directionnal 170/45 for 6 to ? ( and i will hope i won t get more fat )
- the relaunch
- the kite staying in the air.
u r light, u can ride at 5-6 knots easely with a raceboard or a foilboard and a 15/19 flysurfer or a 17/18 new lightwind LEI kites (whatever the brand)
problems:
relaunch
under 6-7 knots, only flysurfers relaunch and may be LEI on 5th line or with a ERA system (zeeko brand)
kite in the air:
at 5/6 knots, LEI and Arcs kites tend to fall to the ground/water. and u need to get a bit skilled to keep them in the air ( sinning, looping, whatever), flysurfers in deluxe materiels can keep up until 4/5 knots and will backstall after that in the middle of the window.
note that a wet kite, relaunches harder (foil, LEI,Arc)
i ride in LW winds , for safety, i wait a solid 8knots, that means , i can keep up with lulls until 5 knots, 8knots , i have no trouble for relaunches and the kite is parked and powered and going upwind.
the huge advantage u have is that u r a lightweight rider. and sub 10knots every 5kg is a huge advantage
i went from 65 to 73 kg... i can guarantee u , that my low end....suffered...
my LW board was a 140/42 at 7knots and now...i need solid 8knots....i ll get a directionnal 170/45 for 6 to ? ( and i will hope i won t get more fat
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Re: Best light Wind kite....
@ dimitri.
i will be de devil advocate because the same situation came when the zephyr came out.
a zephyr was out for 3h on a french lake, and they said blahblabh, a speed 19 was there too and made nothing ( without offend, pretty much the same post u made), don t hit the messenger plz
at the end, we learnt that the guy was a 100kg rider with a 140/40 and had trouble to go upwind and the zephyr rider was a 65kg girl on a 150/45....and of course she was riding fast with all that.
talking about kite size is good, but that s not the only main points.
i will be de devil advocate because the same situation came when the zephyr came out.
a zephyr was out for 3h on a french lake, and they said blahblabh, a speed 19 was there too and made nothing ( without offend, pretty much the same post u made), don t hit the messenger plz
at the end, we learnt that the guy was a 100kg rider with a 140/40 and had trouble to go upwind and the zephyr rider was a 65kg girl on a 150/45....and of course she was riding fast with all that.
talking about kite size is good, but that s not the only main points.
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Re: Best light Wind kite....
I would recommend my FS Speed3 15 because it starts below 10knots and is ok up to 20+ (which gives you time to decide to change to a smaller one). Never falls in the water in lulls. Allows for tricks as well, upwind no problem. The bar design has some flaws that cause line wear. Visit Foilzone for details.