All the kite manufacturers source their materials from the same place. So you might have one batch of valves manufactured all at once that go out to a bunch of different manufacturers from certain models and certain years. Then when the valves fail 3 years later, like you said it's a disaster. After...

I love the soul it's a fantastic kite. I also love tube kites. There are different hassles with each kite. The foil kite gets leaky with old age and you have to adjust the bridles to get it to fly right. Tube kites the valves delaminate, and if you get pinholes, good luck ever fixing them. I don't m...

it's not the hose. It's the manufacturing process. I think I've replaced 24 valves so far with this problem. It's kind of random exactly where it cracks.

Ice101 make sure you try funalex's advice first. Advice from the internet is worth what you pay for it, but I know funalex is legit.

Nothing you can do but replace every valve if you want to save the kite. Some airush and ozone kites kites from certain years crumbled and failed after a few years of use due to quality control problems at the factory they were made at. The amount or type of plasticizer used in those batches weren't...

good question let us know what you figure out. I have a older soul and manage to keep it flying mostly through trial and error. Always a good idea to mark the old positions, but no going back now.

big air kites go much higher. It depends on which kite you are coming from, but if you want some direct numbers just go back to red bull king of the air I think hmm 2018? That was probably the last year that there was a mix of big air kites and C kites. You will have to search the forum for a while ...

this video (or maybe one just like it I can't remember) really helped me when I was learning pre-load. Watch it! One thing I learned at the time that I didn't understand is that pre-load is not a mini-pop. You don't pop leave the water, then pop again to boost or unhook. You jump. That's the pre-loa...

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