Sangreer84
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What would you pack??
Hello flyers
Just Want to get a few ideas from some kiters out there.
Apart from the kite and mandatory accessories what do you pack in you kite bag?
Would be interesting see what people pull out their bags.
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acampbell
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Location: Las Cruces, NM. Sometimes
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Lots of water bottles both for drinking and as third hand for weighting kite while folding in the wind.
Orange plastic cones as markers for kite lines (parked kite) to keep people from tripping or to keep beach patrol from running them over
http://www.coastalwindsports.com/KiteSpace.jpg
PVC pipe as pole for bright plastic wind streamer, collapsible in sections with slip joints to fit in bag.
http://www.coastalwindsports.com/WindPole.jpg
Sailing gloves
first aid kit, Bullfrog sunscreen
Briistle brush for cleaning sand off everything (me too)
Line for strops, knife & lighter (melt cut ends) plastic tape
Helmet and spare, 661 forearm pads
Harness, control bars, loops & leashes
spare dry clothes, towels
Wrenches & tools (buggy)
Buggy tow leash/ tow bar
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powerzone
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Location: washington state
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bring a snack for you, a snack to share, water for you, water to share, a small repair kit, a wind meter, sunglasses, and a big smile.
Former Flysurfer Representative & Repair Center
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Pablo
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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Tools to rip apart/rebuild buggys, couple spare parts for handles/lines, extra pulley setup, couple extra strops. Extra ground stakes to share, hammer
to pound in ground stakes, lots of kites.
Food/water for me and buddies.
Sysmic S1 Buggy.
0.7m / 1.4m / 2.0m PKD Buster I
4.4m PKD Buster
10m JoJo RM+
6m Flysurfer Outlaw
12m Ozone Access
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Taper123
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Does the bed of my truck count as a kite bag???
Always seems to have lots of water bottles and that magical potion brewed in Milwaulkee.
Shade Canopy and chairs
A revolution and a stunt kite for when not out buggying/mountainboarding
A large single line kite to tie off to the truck to act as a visual marker.
What do you do with your foils?
Charger 8, 12, 19
Scorpion 10, 16
And other foils...
Flexifoil Bug, CrazyFly board, MBS atb
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KYTE SLINGER
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Same here Pablo
2 extra axles forks down tubes, wheels and tires and down tube..., seats and bearings, nuts bolts spacers rims , front fenders, a dozen
ground stakes ,banners, poles
air pump, tools 2 pair of gloves extra sun glasses
Ozone stickers brochures ,several different kite shop biz cards to hand out........ blue magic polish and rags
ground Inds board
5 buggys
sul duel line kites for zero wind
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Bladerunner
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Sail tape !
Cab fare to get back when blown or broken miles downwind .
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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lee_m
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Location: England!
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Sailing gloves
first aid kit
Line for strops, knife & lighter
Helmet and knee pads
spare dry clothes, towel
Wrenches & tools (landboard)
Water and lots of it!
Yesterday i went out and forgot a drink i think i'm still Dehydrated
Ozone Instinct Sport 2 11m
Ozone Access 2 8m
Trampa Mountain Board with Revo trucks
DaKine Pyro 09 Harness
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elkiter
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Location: SF Bay Area
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Telescopic pole & kevlar line attached to a single line parafoil to rescue kites from kite-eating light poles
Peace, Love & Powerkites
My Arsenal:
Predator Mark III 2.8m (Sold)
Jojo RM+ 3.0m
Jojo RM 3000
U-Turn Nitro EVO II 3.1m (Sweet!!! Thanks Ripsession!)
U-Turn Butan 3.5m (For Sale)
Jojo RM 4000 (For Sale)
Jojo RM+ 5.0m
U-Turn Butan 6.5m
Quadrifoil XXL (For sale)
Libre V-max Fullrace (V4A) Stainless Steel
Modified PL Comp with Rear Sus
NAPKRA #US50
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