Postby edt » Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:35 pm
the precurve only helps a bit, the problem is the thickness of the glove makes your grip tire out instantly. think about this, if the precurve really helped you grip the bar, you could put a glove without a hand in it, just the plain glove, on a bar, and it could tug the bar enough to turn the kite. Precurve gives you maybe an ounce of pressure, and we are gripping these bars with somewhere between 5 to 20 pounds. The dakine is the right style. It's a glove with no insulation on the palm, just a thin waterproof cover, and neoprene on the back and sides, if only they made this glove in 6mm instead of 2mm. I've tried ocean fire titanium coldfire rodeo, 5mm dive gloves, nrs 4mm titanium naturals, and the dakine mitts are the only gloves let me kite more than an hour in 35F / 2C, but of course, they need to come in a thicker version. I know how to sew, mite make my own version of the dakine, get a needle thread, 6mm dive mitts, cut the palm open and sew back some pleather, seal it with 3m5200.