One part of your description still stands out: "It picked up a few more knots and started to get interesting". That's the crux of the thing. Arguably foil kites like the 18m Sonic4 aren't designed explicitly to be slow turners with a delay in the response. This is a negative tradeoff that comes from...

but it was not my point. My point is that, an easy way to adjust mast position, while on water, without having to walk to the car or carry tools, is desirable :thumb: Yes, that is a very desirable feature, and I've seen something like that https://foilsurfing.net/hydrofoil-wing-screws-review/ also ...

@rnelias, what you've linked is a T-nut that can do both M6 and M8, which is very weird. I think you're more thinking at the "locking" T-nuts, typically using a grub-screw to hold their position in the tracks. But I don't like those, because they require completely undoing 4 bolts. With standard sli...

I tend to share the same foil between kiting and winging, and I also sometimes do both in the same day. If I carry the foil mounted on the kitefoil board and decide that it's a wing day, then I'll have to remove it, and mount it on the wingboard, so it's actually preferable for me now to always remo...

I really don't see the point. Extra weight, extra places where you can have a little bit of slop develop over time, for what? A base plate with open countersunk holes takes literally 1mn max to tighten or loosen the 4 bolts. A track system with double entry like what Gong and North use is also super...

That sounds pretty bad! On the plus side, that'd get him an insurance business class upgrade to come back home.

It's been well over 20yrs, and I'd love to go back. We used to ride more south towards Diabat. Cleaner winds, better waves and more angle. Although Moulay can be a bit overcrowded and mostly a windsurf spot, there is a long stretch of beach a few kms north, we parked the rental Fiat Uno on the side ...

In my personal opinion if the wind is below 15 knots go outside elsewhere! (...) If anyone is really looking to advance on those off days / maybe not so strong days I recommend getting a workout in. (...) I'm sure those suggestions will go super well with the main contributors in that post :roll: :...

Riding back and forth with no tricks is typically what happens when you struggle to go upwind. Can't build enough upwind capital to bw able to spend it in jumps. The big LEI kites of yesteryear were suffering from having a LOT of grunt. Lots of pull for sure, but lots of drag that kept them quite de...

The only way you can get a batch of 23m kites made is go direct. There may only be 3 factories in China that make LEI kites. Get on alibaba and find the water kites and see if they will do a batch of 5 or 10. Keep yours and sell off the rest. All the kite companies are struggling and none are going...