several kite companies have claimed they had the bow design many years ago. obviously thats a bunch of BS. Its just a ploy to make them look innovative, when really they are just falling behind and jumping on somebody else's revolutionary designs. if they thought of something similiar years ago, obv...

the Nova might get some hype if they sold it in the U.S. They are missing out on probably the world's biggest market for kiteboarding gear. Now would have been the prime time to jump back in the US market for Takoon since they had their hot new bow kite available at the same time as Cabrinha. The XB...

The Sonic and Rapture 06 haven't been released yet so I would wait untill they are available to hear what other actual customers are saying before buying one. For one thing they will probably be cheaper than the Crossbow, so it might be worth the wait. I hear the Crossbow powerlock bar will be ready...

oh yeah, and it looks like I see ONE PUMP clips on there

if they aren't making one, then what is the picture of? and the backdrop looks like it coule be the gorge, which makes sense considering thats their home base. what doesnt make sense is SS flying a prototype where somebody could see it this easily. they are usually hush hush until last minute. it al...

Is this true? I just heard that before Clinton left he allocated 10 billion dollars to make the levees stronger. He left office before the building started and Bush stopped the effort and sent the money elsewhere. The Bush administration is surely going to smother this information though, as they do...

one more thing. doing a raffle is not a bad idea either. You should contact some of the kite companies regarding this. its just a write off for them and they gain press coverage by being involved. put a little website together, donate all proceeds to the red cross hurricane relief or something. put ...

I think the best thing you can do is donate money. This way the people there helping can disperse the proper supplies in the best way possible. Air dropping food and water would be tough and dangerous. You would have to attach a parachute to the packages or you might cause some serious damage. Plus ...

anybody got a boat? lets go get'em outta there

Ok, so I've got a 32 foot leading edge airtime bladder and the origonal seems to be about 30 or 31 feet long. Can I just fold the ends over? I've heard of people doing this. Whats the process, just one fold on each end or roll the end up or fold it over several times to get the desired length?