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Just a thought but, why has none of the kite manufactures not made a kite rucksack with integrated harness? I’m thinking of getting the needle and thread out and modding my Ozone Frenzy bag and fitting some spreader bar mounting to the waist band. Has any one done this before?

So my Flysurfer 13 XTC has arrived and is weighting to have its first flight with me and it doesn’t look like I’m going to out for another week. So what can I expect when I do get out. Wind range on land, bottom and top end, what sort of wing speed can I start too jump in and how are the XTC`s at jumping, if anyone can remember that far back. I bought the kite as a cursing machine so jumping is not at top of my list but its nice to know. As a comparison whats the power like when compared to a 06 10m frenzy and a 07 16m bullaroo in about 13mph winds. I used to have one of these back in 2006 but it scared the sh1t out me back then, it didnt get much use and I sold it after 6 months, so this one is a bit of a nostalgia purchase. Cheers.

Hi L60N I’m mostly on a blue and yellow 06 Frenzy, mostly on my ass or pulling the safety. The stray is a very challenging site to fly on, I have tried all sorts of kite to get the best out of the place, and the frenzy is doing just as well as the Venom used to. I do think my flying style suites the Frenzy more than the Venoms and the frenzy is a dame site easier to sort out and get back in the air after its all gone a bit t*ts up. What kite you using? board or buggy? B

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUK305&q=baildon%20moor&lr=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl If you zoom out on this map you will see Baildon golf cause. Baildon golf cause makes up part of the moor, the hill is to the south on the fairway that shown in green on the map. The fairway makes a nice site to landboard on as well, but you didn’t heard that from me. B.

I can be found at Marley sports center with the board or on the top of Baildon moor trying to get to grips with a bit of hill jumping, but most of my flying is at a lunch time on the stray in Harrogate. I’m not a local lad, I moved up here from Huntingdon about 14 years ago. Yes I’m still on “offcomedone” or what every they call it in these parts. I’m looking forward to getting my new 13m XTC for some more days like this. Can anyone remember the difference in the bottom end between the FS XTC 13 and a 06 10 frenzy?

Well I have what seemed to ******** session after ******** session over the last month or so, so today I went out only had an hour spare but hell its better than nothing. The wind was only light 8mph gusting to 12mph and I had a bloody great time on the 10 Frenzy 06. The sun was shining the moon was over my right shoulder ( this was in the middle of the day) and I had 2 Red kites of the bird variety, above me following my kite up and down the field for about 20 minutes. Those big bird of pray are amazing to see, how chilled out was I? Very, it was very surreal. Just though I would share my thoughts.

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=250392476800 A frend is sell this, some one must need one or a cheep spare Cheers B.

I think it kind of also depends on your flying site, if it’s a nice BIG open space I would stick with the roos, if it’s a smaller space then I would go for a foil kite. Now this may just be me and how I fly but I think SLE need a bit of space to get going, you can’t just set of and with in the space of about 20m start jumping, I kind of need to build up to it. Unless your well powered and your probably not going to be to start with. Where as with a foil all the power and speed seem to be there from the off. (Well it is when you fly a Frenzy in land ).I do really like the way some SELs like Irons and Roos fly and handle inland and you feel very safe in strong winds with all that depower to hand. I don’t like fixed kites very much for landbarding, they have there uses, just not for me with a board. Give the 9m Waroo another go in some nice 15ish mph winds, your not going to be well powered but it should be plenty to see how you get on with then inland.

That looks very nice.

Its so much easer to land board with a depower kite. Start of with the kites you have but see if you can get a go on a few different depower kites. I would recommend getting some thing nice and stable with a bit of lift. IMHO just about any newish kite will be ok, its all about where you fly, what you like in a kite and how much cash you have to spend.

http://community.flexifoil.com/showthread.php?t=160350 This guy has a G2 going nice a cheep kite only but for £80 you can not go wrong. Use it see if yo get on with it, then sell it on for what you payed for it and get a VII, when you can find one.

Had the10m 06 Frenzy out in some very nasty winds, something like 8-18 gusty. I was trying to practice some rotations. After 4 or 5 in the same direction I had to use the safety, I lent a bit to far back did a bit of a flat spin onto my head, very elegant. The safety normally works OK in these winds and had been working that day after a bit of flapping about but this time the kite rolled over and sat there on the back lines about 15m of the ground refusing to role back over and land. This happened twice. What do you recon, stop using this kite is such sh*tty weather conditions, due to the twists in the front lines (I can’t see that myself) or some thing more sinister This kite would normally stays in the bag in these conditions but it my best kite for practising 360 and the like. Any ideas

http://www.s2as.com/p/p-Flexifoil_Atom_15m_Kite_Complete-2569.aspx sorry just seen the out of stock

Yep :-)

Self launching is not easy when you first start, plenty of wind helps a lot or if you can get some to show how its done it will save you a lot of time. It is quite easy when you know how.

What year is it? 06 onwards you should be Ok, I don’t know what the 05 or the new 09 stuff is like. The 12m will certainly cover your wind rage of 8 -15 nicely. I have had a 12m 06 and they are very easy kites to fly, I would say you will be maxed out at 15 -18 winds if you are flying inland. They are best around the 12mph mark easy to handle loads of pull and you will get some nice air as well. The 12 is a very big kite, so if you get one take it out in light wind (under 10 mph) with a friend to help. The depower thing can take a bit of getting used to. If its an 06, have a look at this, http://www.virtualkitestore.com/Ozone_Frenzy06_page.htm. And you might need this http://www.flyozone.com/snowkites/en/products/previous-kites/. And don’t right off FS speed, just because it has a repair or two, if it was my cash I would be considering it. I’ve not had one but from there reputation they are very good kites. Hope this helps B.

Put the rage up for sale on e-bay, anything made by flexi will sell on there for a good price. Don’t get rig of the blade until you know what your doing with the depower kite, because the first few times out (if you are by your self) can be very frustrating and going back to the blade will get your kiting mojo back. There are loads of other kites you could go for, in a price range of about £200 - £250. Have a look on here and the rest of the net. Then see if you can get a review from racekites if you can not get to fly any. But its true you can only really tell if your going to get on with a kite by flying it first. Oh and don’t get a cheep LEI, it will cause you so much pain in so many ways. Just my ramblings, please feel free to ignore all this buy the way. Flysurfers are very nice kites by the way. (Well I think so, I’ve have had 3 older ones, not a speed though)

First thing I would say is sell the Rage that should give you some more cash for better kite/more choice. Get your self a go on a PL Venom 13m and if you like it, go buy one. They are fantastic to learn all about how to fly and board on a depower kite. If you don’t like the PL when you fly it, you really can not go wrong with a Ozone Frenzy, something like an 2006 10M should do you nicely. You can pick up a nice one of these for about £220 - £250. (The Frenzy will have a much better low end than the PL) , but if you do end up with a PL, sell your 4.9 and get a MK III 6.6, don’t bother getting a bigger one they are to slow. Hope this is of some help. B.

Very nice.

That’s just bad calmer never order new gear on a Friday, now all that lovely wind we’ve been having all week is going to sod off some were else. You could have waited until after the weekend.

Well they said it was wind powered.

He has sold it.

I was using my old scrub furnace creek deck as a snow board, no binding just the deck. Wasn’t so good in the deep stuff but in the packed down snow on the roads its was good fun. Just about managed a few, not very graceful 180`s and 360`s spins on the ground. I fancy having a go at snowboarding now though.

http://www.visordown.com/motorcyclenews/view/first_look_befaster_carbon_ducati_999/6274.html&source=weeklyemail&attr=news I would if I have that sort of cash.