Anybody know if a hydrofoil with foil down can drift faster than a kite? (Small ribs drift faster than kites in rideable wind in my experience.) Presumably if you tried to tow it, the hydrofoil would weave about like the donkey tethered to a train and maybe catch up if the tow slowed up for a few s...

My example: Sideshore wind, correctly powered 10m warm sunny TT session, long sandy beach and no breaking waves. Travel buddy has a kite bladder explosion 500m offshore, rolls up lines and is sitting there... facing a long difficult swim with wet laundry, or a long boring swim with lost gear. What w...

Toby wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 03, 2020 7:01 pm

If continously thick and hard, you don't need to worry.

(Man pulled up a tree by a looping kite, which remains looping and keeps him stuck up there)

I'm a creative person but feeling stumped here... Any thoughts on how to lend help in such a situation?

Full info here: https://ozonekites.com/news/article/click-in-loop-stainless-steel-release-lever-part-recall All Click-In Loop users are required to read fully and take action if necessary. We made a routine Quality Control check on all Click-In Loop stock in our factory. We found a small number of C...

GreenHat made a new table of kite weights FYI

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... Yo/pubhtml

"Chickenloop only in hand" - we're making the kiter wait to hook in until the kite is in the launch position and full of wind? I know what you're trying to do here (auto-flagout if kiter lets go), but I won't be taking my eyes off a kite in a launch position to fuss with a donkey dick (or to assembl...

Macster wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:22 am

We get jelly fish the size of basket balls in Melbourne that will knock you off your foil board

Woah, like in Port Philip Bay / Brighton? Or ocean-only?
(I travel there occasionally, good to know what to watch for, thx)

References: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/N1-0k5B2NQu1o9BHaCQ5_G9gwD6FSsP6yorWfRP9EyE37Yqvz0_IPlneRl_NuKsn8u5MU4o3YCV7fsIolQ1feEhFM8e7tpuQ8-69VRhktWXHNLsNvK6WKU_cGGE6Bw9kihnbvlJyX7tvljbfZeUEzvQJcNqoydPYW9x-kUJk2j2x2jjDGGmRC_Q3EWNjF1c8tqdDVZExPIjyE_o5mS1S91P5LgoeOYZSWLuNJqqzUiCzNd5onJcy6sTUpPH1G...

Kites are shipping with even more user-adjustable features...

Has anyone here changed their PMA settings?

Feedback appreciated.