Waterwing

Quote: Originally posted by volock

I'm pretty sure it's a dirtsurfer sadsack

Yup that looks like a dirt$urfer ( they aren't cheap ) and home made kite wing. There was a very good thread about a young fellow making a kite wing on here.

They are very cool and right up tour alley Sadsack. You should look into constructing one.

I used the supwing on my landboard - it worked fairly well for that - but it was pretty small. The bigger one was too big for land, but worked on water - though a bit difficult. I got the idea from the windskate. The supwing worked pretty well on water with an sup. I got up to 7-8 mph when it was windy. It actually jibed into the wind nicely. I used it (and the larger one) on the river by where I live. Worked pretty well there because the current went against the wind, so going upwind and getting back down wind was pretty easy on my longboard windsurfer.

I actually got a Kayakite many years ago before i ever thought of traction kites. Used it it little but it didn't pull very hard. Recently though, I tried it again. One really nice thing is you can launch it from the water. I don't see why you couldn't use it with a sup. I also figured out you can make it two line and launch it from the water like a single line, then direct it some like a two line, then reel it back in like a single line. i thought being able to steer it would help you keep from going dead downwind. I tried it last week and did have some success with it but the wind was almost nothing at the time. I'll post a few video's I did. I think the Kayakite might be a good alternative, but maybe a bigger one would be better. Seems to me its just regular sled kite. I'm planning to try it again next time the wind is right.

Here's one i did showing my first try (in years) with the Kayakite. (Not all that serious - this was using it as single line.) My board is kind of like a sup - but pretty wide and short.



The water relaunch npw is standard 9b. I put foam tubes on the keel and in the nose. It worked in flat water right offshore, but I think using quad handles on the water is not that easy to do, and waves and chop would probably make that less viable. i might go back to that eventually.

Quote: Originally posted by alf

supwing didnt saw the title that s exactly what i want to do i guess one day supers will use one you could use it as a windskate http://windskate.com/ i also cant go upwind with my sup tomorow i ll hav more wind i saw your nasawing water relaunchabale can you explain how you build it ? Also i wanted to buy a kayakite does it work on sup?

Quote: Originally posted by Bladerunner

Yup that looks like a dirt$urfer ( they aren't cheap ) and home made kite wing. There was a very good thread about a young fellow making a kite wing on here.

Custom Kitewing V1.0

ATB,
Sam