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KOTA Wind Speed & Kite Sizes

Postby fat blokes can fly » Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:56 am

Be interested to know how over powered these athletes are in a given wind. 8)

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Re: KOTA Wind Speed & Kite Sizes

Postby alex85 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:01 pm

From what I understood 35 Knots 9 meter...more or less

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Re: KOTA Wind Speed & Kite Sizes

Postby Tone » Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:05 pm

alex85 wrote:From what I understood 35 Knots 9 meter...more or less
this.

I saw Steven Akersadaqsda (Core rider) being interviewed and he was asked if he was looking forward to stronger winds and getting on a 7 and he laughed and said he doesn't ride 7s....

we had 35 - 40 knots here yesterday evening and I was a 10 Edge, I know the edge comes up big for a 10 but I am 109kg and how those guys who weigh 80kg are riding 9s in 35 knots is nothing short of amazing.

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Re: KOTA Wind Speed & Kite Sizes

Postby Toby » Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:34 pm

Between 8 and 10.
Marc Jacobs broke his 8, so was on 10, then borrowed an 8.

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Re: KOTA Wind Speed & Kite Sizes

Postby ColdWeatherKiter » Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:21 pm

I remember one of the commentators say that kevin was on a 10 the whole day, but correct me if im wrong.

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Re: KOTA Wind Speed & Kite Sizes

Postby nikolaygadzhev77 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:29 pm

Kevin was all the time with 10m torch

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Re: KOTA Wind Speed & Kite Sizes

Postby Starsky » Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:36 pm

Kevin was going if not the highest, definitely the farthest with the longest hang time. That definitely gets the crowd excited and will generally put anyone up at the top of the highlight real in the minds of the beach going spectator.

If that were the scoring criteria, you would have seen them all on 10's.

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Re: KOTA Wind Speed & Kite Sizes

Postby Hpr » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:19 pm

Both Kevin and Jesse were on their 10m Torches.

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Re: KOTA Wind Speed & Kite Sizes

Postby robclaisse » Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:00 am

Actually, Jesse was on an 8 in the Semi's and the Final.

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Re: KOTA Wind Speed & Kite Sizes

Postby Strekke » Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:26 am

Another factor to take into account: we're talking about Cape Town wind. Never felt anything like it, that wind is DENSE!!! First few times I was on the beach there I was like "hmmmm feels like 9m wind" but then once in the air totally OPed and switched to the 7. Ain't no place like it!


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