sledgeracer

Doh!!! way to big to fly in anything other than a breath of wind, had and 8.5, and scare the hell out of me! reconsider fast!!!! Whats wrong with a 4.9 or a 6.6? loads more power than your buster - big - big leap there!

Hi , i was flying blades , then flew a 9.5 sabre , and sold all my blades and got a set of sabres. Great depower, and all kite fly fairly similar in teh range. 11.5 from about 10mph will get you going well, hard work under that , the 7m will go up to about 25mph and a bit more of you are brave enough ! The kites are soo stable to fly , and so predictable, no nasty suprises, loads of lift , with nice float for landings . Found them nicer to fly than the blades, and just suit my riding style - i only use them with a board. As for gusts , yeah they do handle them fairly well, will fold in crazy gusts , but cos of the depower and the bar , gusts tend just to be absorbed by teh bar moving away , rather than the kite pulling you off the board. Try and borrow one first, i did, made me smile from ear to ear , no looking back. Love the easy set up as well, from the bag will take about 1 minute to get it in teh air , no messing on with lines once it is set up. Try first , sure you will like them!

looking forward to the weekend already! cheers guys , i knew there must be some boarders out there! Will have to stop in at terbulance on the way , sounds like i need a radar detector to go with my wind meter! Hope the winds are going th eright way this saturday

cheers all, looks like i will have to travel, how far to prestatyn or llandudno from chester , i have been told the welsh police like their speed cameras too!

cheers , the turbulence web is great will give them a bell, as you say sounds like black rock is the one, Cheers

does black rock sand only open after october? is it banned over the summer - whats the chat regarding that ? i am keen to join in the fun but realise you have to play by the rules as so many beaches with bans on now!

Right , getting somewhat miffed now. Just moved down to chester from Newcastle upon tyne and trying to find somewhere to kite. Went up to ainsdale yesterday, and have now gone through all the form filling and sending off to join TASKC so i can kite there, today went over to the wirral to walk on west kirby beach , thought , that looks like a top kite spot , only to get home and read on here that kiting is very much frowned upon there! why , not sure one of the largest beaches i have seen , must have been acres of sand with no one on them. Anyway , does anyone have a suggestion for a rock hard , landboard friendly beach near chester ie north wales that has a good community of kiters , and sensible rules, and well controlled kiting? currently not liking what i see down here guys, but i know i can be persuaded! Please help , i am desparate for a blast with my board, is it that casualty episode that has made the councils twitchy towards kiteboarding? buggying at 50mph looks more dangerous to me , but you can do that at west kirby!

i would get teh comp 6 , thats what im after for replacing my core 16 , either that or teh comp 16. Trampas are too heavy and wide, if you go for one of those make sure you get one with less ply than they recommend.

i would say the sabre , but as said the samurai is very different kite to teh sabre. The 7m sabre will be great over 18mph winds , but as said before, i woul dtray and stretch to a 9.5m if poss, this is the most versatile from the range

sounds cheeky , but nope, just got to hang on and try and land it! glad you are ok though , gusts suck!

i recommend the MBS comp 6 over amy thing , nice light board , stiif with good pop. Currently upset as i bought a trampa deck to replace my core 16 deck and the thing weighs twice as much , just stupidly heavy used it once and hated it . Well made though coulkd be alright if you got the smallest ply.

I did the same as Bladez, but got a 15ply trampa deck, like lifting concrete, really well made, and certainly indestructable, but soooo heavy. I have taken it off again , and am going to save for an MBS comp 6 deck, These seem great really light, and seem pretty solid. Would recommend steering clear of the rockstar hubs though , mate has broken 2 within 2 weeks, MBS say they are fine for downhill riding but dont cope with the lateral forces that kiters put on them - begs the question - why put them on a kite specific board then?????

cant kiteboard on wollacoombe as far as i know, plus not a square inch of beach at this time of year , also sauntonm is out, westward ho is the only bet really

Got on fine with my 11.5 sabre in 7mph winds on sunday , just jumping but loads of tug to stay up wind - cant comment on the others as havent flown them

thanks guys, looks like some lite winds this weekend so will give it another crack!

body need to stay level i guess, or else bar will tip, and the kite go all over?

so kick the back foot in front or push off back off the back foot? Guess it is easier seeing some one do it , problem i seemed to be having was keeping the kite stable

Right - after some help before i end up in A&E. Want to start doing some rotations now, i was at the beach tonight with my sabre 9.5, and decided to try and do some rotations whilst static and not on the board. Unfortunately did not reall y have a clue where to start or how to do it. As i lifted off, tried throwing a shoulder round , but then the kite went all over and got dragged off to the side. Any tips please?

Druridge bay is one of the best spots , low tide this weekend is about 11am, and wind should be about 12mph onshore on sunday - i hope, there is a kite festival there this weekend . Flying is banned in the middle of duridge bay as there is a wild life reserve, best spot is at the north end near amble. Otherwise bamburgh is also another good spot. Other beaches probably to soft or small. Contact Nigel King aat northern freestylr in amble - they have a web page and that has loads of info on good spots and where not to fly.

Thought the whole idea of asbestos is that it was fire proof - go with the fire idea!

crazy that kiting is banned there, the place is massive , 15min walk to teh sea at low tide and miles and miles along - couldnt believe the signs when i went home the other year - so much space for every one, its not like we wnat to kite near any one any way they just cause hassle!

Had golf balls flying about yesterday , little b~~~ers decided would be fun to play hit the kiter! not best pleased, luckily no budding tiger woods so didnt get close!

i have had a mk1 core 16 for a few years now, great board loads of flex, but i do tend to ground it on landing . The componants are top notch though. Only complaint is it is a little long , think i am going to buy a comp 6 deck and swap over the trucks etc.

have no issues with the gusts, the depower helps ride out the gusts without being yanked off the board, sabre does seem to ride them better than anything else, flown my 9.5 when 3.5 bullets flolding and all over the place, sabre is a good inland kite too - as i said not sure on the frenzies - both designed for snow use, dont remember too much clean wind in the alps? i may be wrong

Test the sabres, just been out with my new 11.5, what a kite!!! just thought i would put it up , wind at about 6mph on the wind meter, worked the kite and got some traveling on the board , then the wind picked up to 10 , keeping my ground and some low jumps. Really fast kite for teh size, predicable and soooo stable, let go of the bar and it just sits where you left it! Also got a 9.5 , this is probably the most versatile size, good from 12mph upward really, was suprised to see the 11.5 felt exactly the same as the 9.5 to fly. Have never flown a frenzy , but they are well recommended to. Sabres are cheaper tho:)