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Postby Tio » Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:23 pm
Hi!
I'm thinking on changing my current Cabs SB 10mts and 8mts.
Any recommendations on the best kite for downwinders and fast turning kiteloops?
Would like a kite that doesn't backstall and fast turning hability.
Thanks!
Tio.
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Postby Mossy 757 » Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:57 pm
Cabrinha FX
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Postby dylan* » Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:55 pm
you can use any kite for downwinders...
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Postby Slappysan » Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:20 am
Everyone knows that Nasa Wings are the best downwind kite.
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Postby bigtone667 » Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:26 am
Will your downwinder include riding waves?
Are the conditions onshore, cross shore, cross on, cross off?
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Postby BigZ » Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:32 am
dylan* wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:55 pm
you can use any kite for downwinders...
+1
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Postby Pemba » Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:30 am
Sure you can also use any kite for upwinders, jumping, freestyle etc. But some might be better for one thing than others. Or not. I kited with a guy that did a downwinder from the north of Mozambique to the border with Somalia (more than 1000 km). He wasn't sponsored by a kite manufacturer and he was using wave kites. Makes sense to me. Good relaunch and good to enjoy the waves if you want to.
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Postby Tio » Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:52 am
bigtone667 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:26 am
Will your downwinder include riding waves?
Are the conditions onshore, cross shore, cross on, cross off?
Conditions side onshore with small waves and choppyy.
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Postby Starsky » Fri Sep 15, 2017 12:02 pm
I guess that totally depends on what your doing.
Down in Hatteras there are two very different options, so two very different kites. Now with foiling, there is at least a third.
Sound side hitting all the slicks is super fun and screams for an all out C kite. You lose so much ground when unhooking so a downwinder is by far the most fun way to play around off the hook. Pretty much all C kites are boosting and looping machines.
Ocean side its clearly wave kites with drift, depower and turning speed as desired qualities.
Downwinder = rig a bit big
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Postby alfredo68 » Fri Sep 15, 2017 12:53 pm
I do 200 km downwinders in my summers each time i go . I use freestyle kites (trigger) that they fly fast to the wind window (zenith) and i would like them to sit more back, because that i prefer to be well powered for downwinders. I should have a better feeling with a pure wave kite ? is that correct?
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