What a disastrous advertisement for ram airs!! Check out the ram air kite collapsing and deforming between 28s -> 34s. This could've easily ended in tears, injuring the rider and/or the windsurfers. It really emphasises the inherent dangerousness and instability of ram airs: because of excessive kite drag, the rider boosted while his kite was still deep in the window, causing him to pendulum under the kite. Then, because the ram air kite is soft and floppy, it collapsed and then partially re-expanded in the middle of the wind window; it then fell to the water in a completely uncontrolled manner. It was only luck that prevented a windsurfer from being in the line of fire.kitexpert wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:38 amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmG9xK_8Vs
Back in 2009 with Psycho4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmG9xK_8Vs
The Soul 6m is only $1500 USD, 8m is $1600 USD.longwhitecloud wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 1:33 amKiteboarding has become an embarra$ment, $3000 kites and showing off your made up jump heights
I guess we see what we wanna see. I see a kite which drifts very well back to the edge off the window after being completely overflown. The LEI I had in 2009 would have dropped straight down leaving me in the lines. Then I see what looks like a foilkite going to 5th line safety with instant powerloss. I don't know if he did that on purpose but the LEI I had in 2009 would have gone to dual Frontline "safety" leaving me with a kite out of control powerfull enough to lift me...Pump me up wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:04 pmWhat a disastrous advertisement for ram airs!! Check out the ram air kite collapsing and deforming between 28s -> 34s. This could've easily ended in tears, injuring the rider and/or the windsurfers. It really emphasises the inherent dangerousness and instability of ram airs: because of excessive kite drag, the rider boosted while his kite was still deep in the window, causing him to pendulum under the kite. Then, because the ram air kite is soft and floppy, it collapsed and then partially re-expanded in the middle of the wind window; it then fell to the water in a completely uncontrolled manner. It was only luck that prevented a windsurfer from being in the line of fire.kitexpert wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:38 amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmG9xK_8Vs
Back in 2009 with Psycho4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmG9xK_8Vs
Ignore the lies. Ram airs are inferior vs inflatables.
Ram airs are DANGEROUS!! Even if what we're seeing here is a deliberate flag-out on the 5th line (rather than a completely uncontrolled ram air collapse), it begs the question: why did the rider feel the URGENT/EMERGENCY need to deploy the safety line???
He's right....here's proof...those aren't twin skin wings filled with air !!
Yeah you're right...The jump was good, the drift was good, the release was good...something fishy must have been going on! I think you are on to something with the explosions.Pump me up wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 2:52 amRam airs are DANGEROUS!! Even if what we're seeing here is a deliberate flag-out on the 5th line (rather than a completely uncontrolled ram air collapse), it begs the question: why did the rider feel the URGENT/EMERGENCY need to deploy the safety line???
The answer is obvious: his ram air kite was about to do something really weird or dangerous (e.g. exploding open in the middle of the power zone), so he took pre-emptive action.
Ignore the lies. Ignore the propaganda. Ram airs are inherently dangerous and are inferior vs inflatables.
Pumpy
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