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Originally posted by Kober its a bay ..... worst can happen is a 2 hour walk ...... and lost board in channel

Not that bad Konrad.... only 1/4 mile across and is a 30 minute walk or a 10 minute cab ride back over the bridge. But that channel has claimed many boards.

Great to see you getting some ride time lately. Thanks for the calls and the nudgings to get out. Work is just too hectic lately and almost a week down with food poisoning didn't help.
Watch what you eat in the city

I'm grounded.

lol.... Its about 1 mile where we are riding ..... and not sure how you can call cub ......

..... anyhow ... is not bad .....

Hope you get better soon and get some kiting done .....

So, would you give up a Psycho 4 for the X-19? We're thinking of selling off our 19m Psycho 4 SA and either replacing it with a fresh P4 or maybe the X-19.

I have one session so far with X19 ..... so that is not something that I can help deciding ......
With P4 my first reaction was ...... wow ... that thing have so much de-power ........
With X19 you don't have that ...... and P4 is advertised as freestyle kite so it turn faster then S3.... and then I think X19 will be the slowest .......
.... with wind gusting up to 15mph .... I think that was my limit on X19 ....... so for you on ice it will be way lower ..... In this moment I just can't wait to see low end of this kite since that what is made for ...... I update this post when I get chance to fly it again.....

Also ..... My P4 15m is for sale ....... lol

Hmm interesting.

I really like the P4 19m. Turn rate is what sucked me in as it turns faster than the Speed in the same size range and the low end on ice isn't much different. I like the bottom end but I don't know that I would want to give up much of the top end for a little more bottom end.

Does that make sense?

Yes

Okay then.;-)

..... yep..... I think that could be something that make most kiters choose FS .... Will let you know how it goes next time ....

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Another trip to Sandy Hook ....
This time I was planning to teach my brother basics of kiteboarding with Gin Zulu ,,,,,, Forecast was showing 11mph ..... that make it very safe to start introduction ,,,,
When we arrive at beach .... wind just died .... there was no way to launch LIE ..... I decide to try low end on X19 .....
I have few good runs .... trying to learn how to deal with conditions like this ..... Funny that I could go upwind one way with no problems when having hard time staying on board going back .... as you will see on video ..... I drop kite few times in water when wind was almost zero ..... but when I feel breeze on my face I could relaunch it easy ...... and then ....... when in middle of the bay ...... wind die ..... kite collapse and bowtie ...... That was my first time when I have too pack up on water and swim to the shore ....... in Drysuit ,,,,,, crazy ..... I am not riding in those conditions anymore .......
Anyhow ...... when I got home I look at wind alert and see what wind speeds I was riding in ..... below footage that my brother film with his camera was recorded around 5pm according to camera ... when looking at wind alert data that comes from one of wind meters located 200 feet away that was me riding in 5-6mph with 150 door ......

Nicely done!
You'll probably find current is working for you one way and not the other... or your body position is slightly better - a tiny difference but it'll count when you're pushing the margins like that.

But... dry suit in 20'C? FFS harden up you big girly man I went out on Sunday and it was so nice I rode without boots or gloves - 11'C

... why didn't you use the Sector?!?!

... man, I'm jealous of that flat-water! :eekdrull:

lol..... I forgot my wet suit ..... I have nothing under and I was cooking ...... but when I swim to the shore for like 20+min I got very cold from water on incoming tide

Sector dose NOT fit in my car and on my ski rack on roof !!!! .... I need something to mount it ....... Also ...... as I wrote before .... I did not plan to ride that day ......

WETSUIT IN 20'C!!! OMG you big wimp swim harder if you get cold :D

ALWAYS plan to ride no gear = best wind :o

thanks ,,,.... :flaming: