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Toby
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Postby Toby » Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:43 pm
98 kg here.
Riding Rebel 2015 18 with 32m lines.
Board 128x38 TT
I can stay upwind in around 10-12 knots.
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sms-kite
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Postby sms-kite » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:15 pm
Hi,
I am 75kg, I have a special TT (same looking as your door).
I can start to ride with a 15sm tubekite in one strut a 9kts
And I think I am at 8kts with a foilkite in 14sm.
It starts to be fun at 11-12kts, some tricks, jump...
I have a foil, and I think I use it only with smaller wind between 5-6kts to 9-10kts
The weight is a really important point. When I take my little girl with me I need 12kts to be abble to ride... She is 14KG... So if you are at 90kg, I am sure that you will need 12kts.
Cheers
Norbert
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Kamikuza
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Postby Kamikuza » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:38 pm
Heavyweights LOL
Toby wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:43 pm
98 kg here.
Riding Rebel 2015 18 with 32m lines.
Board 128x38 TT
I can stay upwind in around 10-12 knots.
Hundred and mumble mumble kg here.
Riding Switchblade 2018 10m with 22m lines.
Foil board
Can crank upwind for miles and carve around trying to catch the swell and glide
I could ride the same wind on the 21m foil kite and 170x50 twin tip... but it really was the worst kind of lawn mowing. But each to their own
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Postby joriws » Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:36 pm
First time demoing Sonic v1 15m with flydoor xl meaning no touch to new kind of kite. My main kite was lotus 15m at that time.
110kg + gear like wetsuit, pfd and helmet. 4-5m/s est wind. Usually I can go if kite climbs to close zenith. If stalls at 45 deg = > beach time but usually even with my weight I am last man riding.
Jumping upwind = launch and then land upwind from lkunch position.
https://youtu.be/lqmfux98MHI
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BWD
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Postby BWD » Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:01 pm
I think as low as you want.
I have a friend who years ago rode a literal 2'x4' plywood sheet (from the hardware across the street) all over the Real slick in hatteras while no one else could get going.
Think this was with a big LEI, maybe a 17m slingshot turbodiesel. not sure of wind, definitely well under 10 mph as the main challenge was keeping the kite up and moving.
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