It is a little know fact that one of the higer ups at Real has been getting legal advise from his sister who is a lawyer on how to sue the little guy and settle out of court.
"Windsurfing has been cancelled" is a registered trade mark of Real Kiteboarding. That slogan was championed by the front mouth man, Trip Foreman. From an article in a windsurfing magazine Trip was deemed as "The most hated man in windsurfing is a kiteboarder" referencing the story behind the rival...
You know that they have gone truely commercial now just like any other business. Corporations sue on infringements all the time. I am not surprised that Real's ego has grown so much that a couple of guys Matt and Trip I met in the late 90's so stoked about the sport would sink so low. I think that ...
The shape is remeniscent of the Banshee Stunt kite which was the platform for Cory Roesler's Kite Ski back in the day. I don't see anything innovative about this design other than it looks more and more like that stunt kite. Not to be overly critical but to invert the wings outward bleeds off power....
Dont think the sigma concept really applies to a delta style kite. The centre of effort is already pretty far back with that design. I think both sigma and delta are achieving the dame things through different means. To me the delta crtainly looks less complex. The Sigma series looks to be one of t...
I heard Flash is doing fine in Maui as a Mountain Bike Guide and still kites there and still uses Wind Wing kites. Lou Wainman is also still there throwing his two line kite in the air on 10 meter lines. Some friends of mine just got back from Maui.
Sorry about that. I have the Rhino 4 and RRD Type Z both in 20 meters. I've tried several bows 16 meters but they don't have as much power as these two guys except the Crossbow but I don't like the constant bar pressure to maintain the same power all the time. I have a Caution 12m for strong winds. ...
I ride both and I'm always overpowered. I have 3 boards 125, 139, and 179. I weight well over 100kg. Thy both pull like trucks but I still love them. I'm usually riding when nobody else is.