I owned a Hipe v1 5'3 and loved it. No brainer. Quality of previous Gong inflatable? I had no problem at all and it's dead simple to fix an inflatable if you have anything. The 5'3 Hipe was more draggy than a hard board especially when touching down (which is why I decided to go for a hard board). I...
I had Reo 2014 edition in 9m and 7m when they hit the market. Most over hyped kites I've owned... Finally decided to sell them 8 months later after having ruined several wave kiting sessions. Smooth power, decently fast turning but relaunch was a pain in the waves and drift was catastrophic especial...
I have the FR XL and the Wave XL, I have never heard of the Wave XXL My favorite wing is the FR 2, just a good all around wing. I have the FR XL for light wind but usually just leave the FR 2 on the board so I don't use it much. If the waves are really rough like Maui, I prefer the Wave XL. I can k...
Received my 2017 Levitaz EXO. With three light straps the board has just around 3,0 kg. So in combination with the Element-Mono it is around 6,0 kg. Which is not that bad for a, in this combination, nearly indestructible, extrem light wind foil with a volume board. The shown foil with one heavy lev...
I confirm what tswierkocki wrote about the Cloud D's. There was a lot of "flapping"/luffing of the previous generation clouds but these new delta shapes and bridle arrangement seems to have fixed that. Each Cloud D seems to have a bigger range than before. Low end seems about the same but they are ...
Hi tripman. How are you getting your Clouds when Greg will only ship to US?
Friends travelling to the US. Got the kites sent to their hotel from Greg and they bring them to me. Clouds are so small that it's no problem. This way, I can get them within a week. I did it for the C1 and my current C.5.
going upwind, you get your balance from your board, but also from your kite as you can lean on with the pull from the bar, as opposed to downwind where the kite pull is closed to nothing (and you're moving in complete silence as said by kas911). So the upwind position is quite classic for a surfkite...
when talking about freeriding HF, my feeling is that strutless are the real deal. I learned with a C1 8m with 27m lines in about 15knts and that was great. Only had to focus on the foil, a Spotz 2013 with the associated convertible board. 2 years after, I still use Clouds (C.5) for strapless HF and ...
Looks like the infos were accurate. Cloud D are on their way. Greg and his brother have been pretty silent these last months : non video nor Cloud writings. Too busy designing and testing? Anybody knows what the next Cloud D look like?
Following remarks of some living in Maui and today's Greg CloudWritings, would there be a new generation of Cloud coming or other reason for Greg to write this : "I don’t plan to sew additional kites for the remainder of the year. I have reasonable availability currently but wanted to inform any rid...