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I just got the staples out after they screwed it back together - the pain just keeps ringing. :eek: The co-codamol helps a little. Can't wait for this period to be over.

Anyone recovered from a calcaneal heel fracture? I did mine land boarding. My foot came out of the binding jumping - tiring to get the foot back in, landed with the heal of the edge of the board smacking into the ground. OUCH!

I hope they don't use the cloth they used in the 2011. My kite is 4 months old, hasn't had a lot of use and the trailing edge is fluttering like a heavily used 4 year old kite. light weight crap is the technical term for the 2011 cloth.

As sad as that is people are killed from accident all the time. People die going for walks in the mountains I guess we will have to ban that as well. This is bullshit and you should let us know who campaigned for this so we can write to them asking them to explain how kitesurfing is to be singled out over other sports like skiing or bike riding - now there is a sport that kills thousands a year on the roads. Let see them ban that.

North are having problems with the 2011 kites. The bladders are failing again. Remember the 2007 kite and all the problems kiters had with the kite bladders. Then 2008 kite with the build quality - I went through 3 kites that year. Well the same is happening again. I know three kiters with the Vegas who have had the bladders go. A guy had not just one kite but 2 the 9m & 12m go while he was in Brazil. It cost a lot of money to go all that way to have brand new kites fail on you. Another guy has had a new 9m for 8 weeks and still hasn't used it because the bladders failed each time he when to use it. The guy's at the shop sent him new bladders the next day so he could replace them. Then a different bladder failed. And today the first windy day for weeks the same thing happen again to him. I worry as I have the new Vegas 9m its been fine so far. Great kite by the way more aggressive then the 2010. Love it. I just wish north would stop short changing us on the quality of the bladders. It's not like the kite are cheap.

Our life's are to be put at risk so some greedy banks can still gamble with our money given to them interest free - even though they are all insolvent. The actual words of Mervin King were the banks are insolvent. He didn't say they had a liquidity problem. That was the political spin to make us bail them out. Real capitalism would have all of them go bankrupt. Privatisation hasn't work. Look at all these companies - they invest the leased possible to get the most out for a small group of investors. This will never lead to better public services. Looks like we will be going down the American rout - they can't even afford a fire service so little chance of keeping the coast guard.

It keeps forecasting wind but by the time it gets here its gone. It's like the systems are running out of steam by the time it get to the uk. This is what make you thing the Gulf stream is shutting down.

I don't care about that i just want the wind to come back. We are certainly get extreme weather just look around the world. Why can't that be a lot more extra windy days for us.

Hey, I hope there is some next week. Yeah last winter sucked as did the summer.

As Greenland melts the gulf stream is shutting down. Is this why we aren't getting any wind, at leased on the southeast coast. What's happened to the sw winds? It's been 6 weeks or more since I have seen any wind on a day i wasn't working. The withdrawal symptoms are setting in. What is the future for wind sports if this is the trend to come? Will we have to travel west to get any descent wind?

Anyone fancy a kite session next time it's real windy in the southeast uk.

It's worth looking into! I think the Core bar is similar but much better made. Just wish had the cash for a new bar.

If you have a north bar you should be very careful about the grey depower line breaking. You might think this is nothing new, it has had this problem for 5 year or more. I have been riding north kites since 05 and know these will break, so have changed them on a regular basis. This time the line was only 2 months old and had only just started to show signs of wear. I was out today it was blowing 25 to 30 mph not super windy but good enough for a 9m. I had just looped the kite and was coming down from around 30ft, as i pulled hard on the front hand to landing the depower line broke. If this had happened mid kite loop i would have been in trouble as it was only a foot or so deep. All this is avoidable if north would stop making bars that cut through the depower line. The section the line runs though especially the 2010 bar, { the one I'm using} it wears to a razor sharp edge and cut the line. They should have a look a a slingshot bar or one of the other 5 line setups to see how this can be avoided. The bar cost the earth so you should expect there to be some quality in it's design. So far in one year i have replaced 4 depower lines. I won't even go into how much of a pain in the ass it is changing one. That's another £80 on top of one of the most expensive bars on the market. Has any one else had a bad accident or near miss due to this problem?

I'm looking to get some as soon as i can afford them. Nothing i hate more than loading up and your foot comming out when you launch. Strap are ok if you can't afford bindings. Trust me i've had some heavy landing. I want bindings to keep me feet in these situations.

Dude, If your taking the advise off kiters who kick there boards off when they get some height. You never going to get to the heart of the sport. I ride with heal straps and live for when it's super windy as that's the best time to loop the kite. Big mega loops are not boring trust me! If your thinking you might need to bail out in a jump - then you should take up golf or tennis. These sport will suit your temperament.