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My experiences Wave riding with different boards and kites

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:51 am
by Kevin Salter
don't know how this ended up here see other post in kitesurfing forum

Re: My experiences Wave riding with different boards and kites

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:38 am
by magic%20Ed
Thanks! Very interesting story.

What about the fins, can you give some more details about them? Including the setup (twin, thruster or quad), foils and materials?

Re: My experiences Wave riding with different boards and kites

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:58 am
by ronnie
Thanks for that info Kevin. That's the kind of post that makes the forum valuable.
Does the size of the waves and therefore the turns, change what gear you prefer, or how much you work the kite?
Do you always ride the same direction wind? What difference does the angle of the wind make to the gear?

Re: My experiences Wave riding with different boards and kites

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:36 am
by Kevin Salter
magic%20Ed wrote:Thanks! Very interesting story.

What about the fins, can you give some more details about them? Including the setup (twin, thruster or quad), foils and materials?
Thrusters with the side fins pointing to about 2" off the centre line at the nose work well, if they are toed to point at the nose as is std on a lot of surfboards they don't track well at speed, and on thrusters for fast waves I use a small rear fin to keep the board turning and tracking well.

Quads that are set up well are more versatile for all conditions and can handle more kite power and speed but the fin grouping needs to be closer together than a thruster fin pack or a quad will feel too stiff.

Side fins with an inside concave foil work really well for kite surfing i.e. fcs M3's .

Re: My experiences Wave riding with different boards and kites

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:55 am
by Toby
now it would be interesting if you can try a 100% wave kite and see differences there...

I just read, Eclipse is releasing a 2009 Wave Kite, the Kima.

Maybe ask Dimitri to let you test one and then compare again.

Re: My experiences Wave riding with different boards and kites

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:10 pm
by ren
Is it possible to read 1-st mess of this thread?

Re: My experiences Wave riding with different boards and kites

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:47 pm
by Kevin Salter
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2350471

Above is the link to the original post :thumb: