First session on the 4m today. What a fantastic kite for free ride hydrofoiling. That was incredible. The peaks are a big improvement for me. Love the 5, adore the 4. What kind of wind range? I was out on Erie today with the Gong MPro & a 6m wave kite. Wind was probably in the 12-15 kt range (coupl...

Lol Well true history actually described buggying, landboarding and kiteboarding as kite traction sports. A generic term with some actual historical truth. World Sailing just made their $hit up to suit their agenda regarding trying to catagorize kiteboarding as sailing so they can get kiteboardings...

I agree most definitely not sailing. Sailing is sitting in a tub driving a vehicle. With kiteboarding you are part of the craft. That would depend very much on the tub. There's quite a bit of this sort of thing going on now: mothsailboatjpg2.jpg The worst part of considering kiting as sailing is pe...

jumptheshark wrote: ↑

Sat May 23, 2020 9:30 pm

Oh I routinely refer to it as simply kiting, but I do it for the boardsport.

I dunno - foiling barely seems like a "boardsport".

It is both. I know what it isn't... sailing :-0 It is sailing. :jump: Foiling has actually taken it back closer to its sailing genesis. Having said that, free ride cruising on a foil or on a board is very different from kiting with a SB in waves or on a TT going for big air or freestyle tricks. The...

It is both. I know what it isn't... sailing :-0 It is sailing. :jump: Foiling has actually taken it back closer to its sailing genesis. Having said that, free ride cruising on a foil or on a board is very different from kiting with a SB in waves or on a TT going for big air or freestyle tricks. The...

Does yours have the big screw deflate valve. I had the same problem with a 6m envy, and it was slowly leaking from the valve due to the stop valve not closing fully. What I had to do was Everytime I pumped it up, I'd unscrew the valve, which would then seal the stopper with a pop and then screw it ...

TangTonic wrote: ↑

Mon May 18, 2020 8:28 pm

Shhh, don't tell anyone but St. Croix, US Virgin Islands is very nice!

It's "very nice' ... but also pretty expensive & very small.

Honestly, putting down roots in another, very different country, when you're older & retired, is not that easy IMO. The appeal of many of these 2nd/3rd world locations is likely to wear off after a while. Corruption, lawlessness & violence are often a part of the picture, not to mention the possible...

Mr. Doe: I'm in a not un-similar position. I think finding somewhere your wife will be happy over the long term is likely to be very challenging. Obviously, whatever you choose has to meet her needs, or it won't work out. I'm more inclined to think a better idea to have a place somewhere in the US -...