KiteKim
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lol!
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What he said. RE. the strop thing, it does drop out when you lose power or if you pull on the handles but its fairly easy to hook back in again. Just practise it because its quite hard to keep the flying if your focusing on getting a rope under a hook!
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I want a green flysurfer! Looked awesome, 42 knots must have been fun!
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Same!!!!! I keep asking for new stuff and I always get told 'NO!'.
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If it goes up the stalls, the brake lines are probably to tight. Move the power lines further down the leaders and see if that cures it. Move a little at a time, launch, and if it doesn't fly adjust again. You may end up spending some time tweaking before the kite flys properly, but it will be worthwhile!
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Love my psycho. Just be ware that as its white you might end up cleaning it alot (or maybe that's just me!). But otherwise an awesome board for the money
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Yep! I agree entirely. I took 6 months off sailing and afterwards I couldn't wait to get back in the boat. Now, in the winter (or not at the minute!) I kite and when it warms up again I sail. That way I don't get bored and feel far more motivated. Distract yourself with something (like your house) and after a while you will be itching for a fly!
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I think the trampa hub thing worked (fingers crossed!) so you might be OK! lol:)
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That is of course the easier option... But new hubs are far cooler =D
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That's brilliant! 'Mum, these hubs are nice but the're £90 a set. Now these ones are only £29...' LOL:)
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I think white twistars are definitely the way to go! Now to convince my parents...
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Hmm was thinking about twistars. Good thing it's my birthday as the list is mounting up (kite, hubs, tubes, sailing gear...)! P.s. I guess white is the colour to go for! Do they look good?
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Yeah the inner tube is inflated to a point that it holds its shape, then pushed into the tyre and then the 2 halves of the hub are inserted and tightened. Probably should have made that clear.
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Looked at my board today and found 2 flat tyres:(. Tried re-inflating them but that didn't work, found allen key and took the thing apart to find that there was a split on the inner tube that ran round the inside of the tube (where the 2 sections of hub meet). When inflated, the split opens up and the air rushes out. This is not the first time this has happened (replaced an inner tube a few months ago and filed down edges of all the hubs to prevent it happening again. not happy). As 3 tubes have now split I am a little pissed off and am wondering if this is an issue with scrub hubs. Has anybody else had this problem? Any advice/ tips appreciated and thanks in advance!
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That is beyond awesome.... Words cannot describe the talent ( in both kite and video making!!)
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Yep I have the hot legs and can come of the water sweating! The base layers are also really goof for cycling in th depths of winter, nice and toasty! If you want to spend that much then other manufacturers make thermals for the sea. Try Pinnell and Bax and Purple Marine (google them) and see what they have
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Just wanted to be sure! I guess getting a waist harness that you can do up tight is very important for guys as you don't have a waist for it to sit on quite like us girls!
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Get the size smaller than you think you need. For example, I am a M normally but bought a small harness. Fits me perfectly even over clothes and means that you don't have to tighten it to the max, giving more adjustment range (also lets you get it tight enough not to ride up). My small harness is almost tightened up fully and I could get into and XS harness easy. That's what I read about girlie harnesses, not 100% sure if it works for blokes to but thought I'd tell you what I know.
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Agreed! Cheap cycling gloves are good and it doesn't matter if you wear them out. Also, save money for even more kite stuff!!
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Starting out with land boarding - is my current kite OK?
KiteKim replied to iheartpie's topic in Landboarding
If you were getting a new kite I'd look at something in the 4 - 5m range (flow, rage ect) The problem with smaller kites is that you need more wind to get going and if you make a mistake they tend to be less forgiving. A blade will definitely pick you up in the right winds but as said before it will drop you faster than you can think (don't be put off just aware cos you can avoid it if you know!) A larger kite in less wind is a much better option than finding out what 20 knots can do to you! -
I ride a psycho and it is a great board to learn with. The deck is not that flexible and it provides a stable and steady platform to learn on. Not ridden the tracker so I won't comment but I do really like the psycho. I'd get the psycho so you have a little extra cash when upgrading or you break something £10 in spares is quite useful! Oh and another thing, the graphics are nice to!
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Exactly. Whoever made those fails big time...
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OK. 1 + 5 = 6 15 - 6 = 9 Look at 9 and there you go! In short, yes festa you need to learn to count!
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Get the bigger size (3.5m if you can) because it will be useful later (as a high wind kite) rather than buried in a cupboard or cluttering your house. Have flown the sizes you mention and the 1.8 is fun for an our or so but not enough power to really get moving, the 2.5m got me moving on a board but got bored pretty quickly. The 3.5m would be the size to go for small enough not to scare you but big enough to not zoom round the sky when you make a mistake. Start in lighter winds and work up. Bigger kites in lighter winds are better than smaller kites in lots of wind - I learnt the hard way, it turns out a 2.2m can do some damage!
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Internet Magic Tricks - Amazing tricks, real magic and mind benders! Here is another bad one. Anybody spot why??