Hi everyone!

I have een reading this site for sometime, but now i have a question!

I am 14, in the more rural area of North Yorkshire, in the lightweight range at 7 stone and have been kiting with two liners for some time. I recently bought an ATB and have been bombing down hills with it. Much fun

But know i want more, so i have been looking at an Eolo Radsail 2.4sq.m R2F off http://www.skymonster.co.uk/acatalog/Eolo_Radsail_Kites.html - definatley looks like a good , cheap beginer kite! (Cheap is an important thing for me - i have no job!)

Can anyone recomend this kite?
Would it be good to start out with?
Would you recomend kite killers? (i alread have a helmet)
Could I use this kite with an ATB in good wind conditions?

ANY help much appreciated!

Thanx

Howdy,
Getting the bug, huh?

Why not start with one of the sport kites you have.
They don't have the power out at the edge you'll grow to want,
but it's there. Nothing to buy.
It'll help you with the basics of the "rolling anchor" you become on a board.

Most all the 4-line quad (bridled ram-air foils) are essentially 2-line kites with 2 extra lines added to pull the trailing edge flaps.

That's nice but not "necessary".

It's not kite-killers you should be looking at.
And the helmet is a good start.
Think about gloves and eye protection (sunglasses are often not enough).
If you fall, your arms will likely be "up" so hips and shoulders need protection too. Look at hockey or snowboard shorts, with the hip pads.
Likewise knees and ankles.

I think it's more about the skills you'll gain than the name on the gear you use. Quality usually means durabilty and performance.
You often get what you pay for (or don't pay for, as the case may be).

Your last question holds the key...
Any kite is only as good as the flyer and the appropriate winds.
Too much wind and you'll get drug downwind.
Too little wind and you'll struggle and go nowhere.

So we build a quiver to allow access in different conditions.
Medium (12-24 mph) winds first.
That's often a 2.5m-3.5m kite. The 2.4 Radsail might be on the small size.
Next look for a smaller kite for the bigger air and lastly worry about going out in light conditions.
A 6'-8' delta-wing sport kite, properly bridled in winds 12-18 mph, on a mountainboard, on a good surface, should provide you with some motive power.

Skills you learn now will make anything later on work towards potential.

Let us know.


Safen Up! Buggy On!

"Often wrong... But never in doubt"

the coreylama

Thanks for the info!

I probably should have explained myself a bit better, I already know a bit about kiting, and i can control my two liner fine, and get as much pull out of it as possible (indeed i snapped the strings!)

Ill think about buying some hip pads - less pain if i get pulled over! I will hopefully be getting the Kite tomorrow... Santa Claus oughnt to have come :frog:

I will certainly tell you anything and everything!

I got the kite! :singing:

Iv unpacked it, read the manual, watched the DVD and got tangled lines everywhere . . .

Now all i need is some wind!

where abouts do you live in n. yorks?