I'm sure you already went to PR and found some great spots to kite. Melia launch isn't great (small beach) but, there is TONS of flat water at the right tide. I was pleasantly surprised when we stayed their for our honeymoon that it was such a good spot that I just lucked into. Granted plenty of bet...

After riding the combat for less than 6 months I can say I'm done with Switch. The Combat is a nice feeling kite and I will continue to fly my 13 but, if anyone wants an 11 hit me up I'll make you a good deal. These kites have had nothing but issues. I've sunk about $200 into repairs after owning my...

a friend of mine who is a sea kayaker took one look at my kite and decided he wanted to tie one on to his kayak for long distance travel, but it's just "not done" in kayaking maybe in the future it would be pretty awesome if kayakers took up kites for their trips, they could stow them below when no...

FYI this is not a "safe" solution but, I kept having this issue too and since I have quick release on my harness I decided to lock off my safety on my leash. I found that kiting in shallow water (3ft or less) and crashing I would inadvertently move the lease quick release out of position setting up ...

i have a friend here in mexico that bought 2 cabs a nomad 13 and a crosbow 10 from what i saw with my own eyes is that the cabrinha bar has to many thing that shouldnt have the slignshot bar is perfect ( am talking 2009 ccs bar...i ride the rpm 10) also the cabs have broken one the bar and the othe...

never tried launching unhooked, and as most of my launching is done unassisted, kite slide way, the pull on launch is quite big, so not sure how that would feel unhooked, in windy conditions I guess it would snatch the bar away, in 11 years I have never seen anyone at all try this, and in my iko/bk...

I've had this happen a couple of times. Seems to me if you just launched the kite with one hand on the chicken loop (like when you hook back in from an unhooked trick) and one hand on the bar it would eliminate this from happening at all. Even launching the kite w/o the donkey dick in would make sur...

Love reverse launching this kite when it crashes...
http://vimeo.com/3275893

Reading this thread it is apparent that there is some sense of entitlement about the type of kiter there is out there and what he/she should do when your in a rescue type of situation. Experienced kiter or not I disagree that a downed inflatable is not any safer with a blown out LE. If you did the r...

I have ridden the 2010 octane and I agree with you that the kite just lacks that grunty feeling. I just bought a 09 RPM 12m and I love the feel of it. Also flew the 2010 fuel for about 45mins and that kite just kills it in the grunt dept (which is obvious). I have a 2008 rev as well and I have notic...