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kitesurfing in BA?
Hi, Where can one learn kitesurfing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and/or rent equipment? Thank you Alexej Jerschow
New To kite Repair and making??????
Hi there i am new to kite surfing i have damaged a few kites and would now like to learn how to fix and make kites, as repair bills keep mounting up. Any info regarding what types of machines are g...
Best stunt kite instructional video?
...that will sell you the first three. If you master the tricks on those videos there is nothing you cannot learn from a description of tricks. His newest video is good but the old ones are the best made...
PEEL5 is this a good Kite???
Yes the 6.2 C-Q pulls like a tank, but is it honestly suitable for someone to learn on? How many innocent C-quads have to die in the hand of inexperienced beginners (Spa and spines broken)? Expecting ...
AKA FIASCO
...o T.I. anyway, but somehow, I don't see an 11 yr. old having the cash to do that just to watch (and learn, of course) On another note - There are a number of sporting activities that are divided ...
Fuerteventure next week!
...ce I dont get to fly too much, this is where i get a good practice in everyday to brush up on my skills, learn no tricks from the German and English fliers, and generally have a great time. I hope to ...
*%$ Lines! How do i wrap them up on a 4 liner?
*grin* It's not as complicated as that. You need to learn to handle the line. It only seems to come with experience. hmmm... Here's something that might help bring 'fast tra...
Quad Line Foils....need advice
...uad or the Q2000 series. The C-quad is going to be more difficult to launch alone. With time you'll learn the tricks to it, but getting it off the ground after downing it can be very difficult. T...
No wind kites
...whispers. Another kite you may want to look at is the Easy Lite (Level One) This was the kite in the AKA Learn to Fly kit we used at the Cleveland Fest. I liked this kites 'feel' I just saw ...
New Years Day Fly BLackheath Sarth Landan
... With 20/20 hindsite, I figure: - Flying in such strong wind wasn't such a good idea. You live and learn... - Doing a long-line launch wasn't such a hot idea either. If I'd have been f...
Dragonfly Quads + The
...that if you try to *correct* the kite with hardware or handle/line configurations, you end up *trying to learn how to play the piano while hanging upside down*. (leaving the piano right-side-up) Doabl...
New Trick?
Friday, with the wind blowing about 18, I decided to mess around with my Alien for a bit. Because of the stronger winds, and my not compensating for it at first, I did a couple of axels without enough...
Are kite fliers losing the plot?
... asking dumb for asking! And why don't you just omit that when you were young people helped you learn things; Instead of saying now that you are old and more experienced you do it all your ow...
Dead Launch
What helped me to learn the dead launch was to first point the kites nose a little to the center of the wind window. Someone in rec.kites wrote that to me when I had the same trouble learning the dead...
AKA Sport Kite Ranking
Okay okay...at the risk of being called pedantic, lol, I gotta ask...who thunk up the ranking names to begin with and since things are a'changin, why hang on to archaic ranking titles. Hows t...
Of buggies, kites, and men, a libre/Jojo/lukas review
Some months ago, on the power kiting mailing list, the question came up about what the best power kite was. I threw in my limited knowledge 2 cents and said something along the lines of... 'I dun...
The Secrets Of Kite Photography
...photography and have seen his previous work. These lectures are eye opening so take the time and learn from the master. ...
Few Tips on Coping with the Wind
I came across a useful discussion on the way to cope with the difficulty of bringing the kite down safely in heavy wind. Crisp explained how he applied a creative solution of Henry Jebe to the p...
 

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