Power Kite Forum

Me and the 'Wing

Kamikuza - 24-7-2009 at 05:33 PM





kitejumper - 24-7-2009 at 05:39 PM

number 3 was definately the best

bigkid - 24-7-2009 at 06:13 PM

I liked the laugh at the end the best, Nice green color too

Kamikuza - 24-7-2009 at 06:54 PM

That's my wife ... isn't she sweet?

ripsessionkites - 24-7-2009 at 07:30 PM

#3 is the best!!! nice ... keep it up.

Hardrock - 24-7-2009 at 07:50 PM

Ha, that was good.

I've always known you was a nut Kamikuza, from your post.

They always make me laugh. The one about the horse, if things got bad, too funny.

The other million was was great also.

Thanks.

Kamikuza - 24-7-2009 at 09:09 PM

:D
I was out the same spot yesterday with the wing, but on skates in the carpark ... I'm much better now ;) no really! Wife had the camera again but the battery was flat :(

bigkid - 24-7-2009 at 10:46 PM

If your wife is anything like mine , she laughed so long the battery went dead....tell her to turn off the camera till she's done laughing.

Drewculous - 27-7-2009 at 11:41 AM

dude that thing is pretty sweet :thumbup:

What kind of wind do they handle?

Kamikuza - 27-7-2009 at 06:07 PM

A lot :lol: they need a good blow to get moving, I don't bother even trying unless the wing will float on the wind without me lifting it up - but then it's rocking :) 6m/s is the bottom end for skates, probably 8ms/s for a board on a good hard surface ... say, 15mph plus and you're grinnin' ;)

They're fairly depowerable too :lol: you got a good control on that ... although the first time I tried it I was hanging on for dear life to try and get moving and I got nailed by a gust and went flying downwind :D now I hold the bars with less of a death grip so the wind will pull the wing out of my hands, not me off the board ...!

sp4cem0nkey - 19-8-2009 at 11:17 AM

Are those wings any good for gusty inland conditions, or does the wind need to be real smooth?

Kamikuza - 19-8-2009 at 05:38 PM

If you want to ride, gusty is fine - I've been using it in a park with trees on all sides and assorted other obstacles. It's easy to sheet out and ride out the gust or dig in and power up big time. Needs a good amount of wind to do it's thing, but once it's going it gets into the apparent wind real nice and hauls ass.

Of course, smooth wind would be nice :)

Bladerunner - 19-8-2009 at 07:48 PM

There was a few people on here that ride kitewings. Often with dirtsurfers.
I know dirtslide is out with his back Prarriewind seems busy with the new kid but what happened to the rest of them ?
Same with NABX. I was hoping to see / try more kitewing but now one attended with one ???

sp4cem0nkey - 19-8-2009 at 10:09 PM

Hmmmm.... I have a friend who was thinking of combining a wing and a set of doom wheels.
I was thinking of combining it with an ATB.
Sometimes I just don't want to deal with lines, you know?

Kamikuza - 19-8-2009 at 10:13 PM

Here, the avaliable spaces are so limited that 20m lines would be too long ... the wing is perfect for those places, close to home. I'd love to get a dirtsurfer but none in Japan and shipping is appalling from the UK or Australia!

lynx69 - 20-8-2009 at 12:57 PM

Thanks for the vids. It's good to see what's going on with your part of the world and wind addiction:thumbup::karate:

flexboardz - 30-10-2009 at 12:54 PM

My contribution to wind (and board) addiction :)
I personally like to ride it on concrete (parking lot) to have a better grip for carving