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[*] posted on 4-2-2011 at 10:00 PM
4 LEI's: 1 or 4 bars?


Those of you who have multiple LEI's, do you have a bar for each one or just hook up one bar to whichever kite you are about to use?

I was thinking about a 6m, 9m, 11m, 14m setup. 14 for ultralight wind, 6m for nuking conditions and the other two to cover the wind range in between.

What about twin tip boards? A 2 board setup? A big one for light wind and then a primary board?






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[*] posted on 4-2-2011 at 10:14 PM


2 bars. Big and small



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[*] posted on 5-2-2011 at 12:58 AM


2 bars:
45 cm bar for 9m and below
55cm bar for 11m and above. Although, the 55cm on the 9m really cranks it for loops.

3 boards:
Lightwind: 146x50
Medium/All-around: 139x41.5 (primary)
Highwind: 136x40ish (quickly becoming the primary)



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[*] posted on 5-2-2011 at 07:01 AM


1 bar for the Cabrinha 13 and 16 ... if I had smaller kites I'd think about a smaller bar. 2 boards works good too but 99.9% of the time I'm on my Flydoor XL :)



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[*] posted on 5-2-2011 at 07:38 AM


one bar flies ALL , dude you don't need 4 kites ...one! maybe 2

a board to learn on usually a bigger lightwind board. then a smaller on for a go to board as skills progress for some a couple of months, others a season or 2. the light wind you rarely go back to it.

for bigger guys a really good light wind boards can have a lot of range.

12m /8m for average rider <190, with one bar.

about every 20 lbs. the scale ticks up a meter 13/9, 14/10 etc... also in the opposite direction.

save some money rather buying too many kites and trip to cabrette for a month and then buy 1 kite 1 board.



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[*] posted on 5-2-2011 at 08:11 AM


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yes save your $$ for a trip to the Domincan Republic..................

I have a 12 and 9 for my primary quiv

bought two lightwinders for us on the jonesing days (15m SS Rev 2 and 13m Ovando)

less than 200 lbs/90kg a 139 to 142x 43/44 would be a nice all rounder, ABS rails, min rocker and flat bottom for early plaining....................I believe Phree rides a 140x42 as his primary..............



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[*] posted on 5-2-2011 at 12:05 PM


people tend to buy less bars than kites new.

lines and bar parts sometimes breaks. people always look for extra bars cause they miss 1 or 2.

it's easier to sell a bar alone than a kite alone.

for resell reasons, I always buy a bar with each kite because reselling a used kite with it's original bar is easier.

also if you have 1 bar for multiple kites, the bar lines will get used faster and will make it odds when selling.

so you pay now for bars, or later !!

you dont need 4 kites. 3 max and 2 is OK.

play with boards, they make a big difference in light wind.

same guy a spleene DOOR with a 12m will go much earlier than a 14m with a 136 regular twin-tip

during kitesurf sessions, the wind can often change. it's easier to go back to shore to only grab a different board.

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[*] posted on 5-2-2011 at 06:41 PM


1 bar - 2 kites

2 boards (light / high wind)



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