i am very surprised all you folks want him to buy a new kite. dude, do what i did. buy it used from last year. you will get kites for less than 50% of their retail prices. many times, person has used it only once or twice. checkout the Chicago kiteboarding forum. they have a good classifieds section...
i am newbie also, my instructor taught us this in case no help is available on land: if there is not help available, i drop my kite in the water near the shore and let the go the bar. the bar rides all the way to the stopper ball and completely kills the kite. then i would stand in shallow water and...
i have searched, searched, and searched for 5th line mods for profire bars. I couldnt find anything. yes, ofcourse I could buy an expensive oneline system, but it is alot more fun to work on it myself. if anyone here who has updated that profire to 5th line.... please post some pics and instruction....