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jim666
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- Kiting since: 2000
- Weight: 84
- Local Beach: Port Fairy, VIC
- Style: Kite foil
- Gear: Cabrinha
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Postby jim666 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 1:01 am
Thanks for great feedback. Heading to Port Douglas, Australia soon and will probably be in some pretty shallow water.
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MaximumAC
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- Joined: Sat Nov 24, 2018 5:00 pm
- Kiting since: 1996
- Local Beach: Chesapeake Bay, Assateague MD
- Style: Foil; Freestyle
- Gear: Flysurfer Soul and Sonics; SAB 679/800 and Mikes Lab Bullet 5
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Postby MaximumAC » Sat Jul 02, 2022 3:01 am
I often waterstart 633 style wings in very shallow water as others have said with lots of power and canted over. I've also found however that I can send the kite to generate a huge amount of lift to pop me out of the water and essentially onto foil at a stand still and then dive hard for forward momentum. This is tricky and obviously requires plenty of power, a fast kite, or both. Did it this evening on a 679, 11m Sonic 3, 82cm mast and thigh deep water.
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