but how do I lunch then on water, have to hold the handles with both handles all the time then thou

Way to go Bloah

I tried my 9m Blade II on a bar and it didn't work well at all. Not even with the 2:1 crossover. I expected a lot more I understood the kite came from a surf background and that the previous owner removed the brakes ? That makes sense with a 4.9 but didn't work for mine ?
You shouldn't give up ! Try it again with handles !

If Flash Austin wasn't such I kite #@%$#! I bet he would have stuck with foils :wink2:

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Originally posted by bloah I tried to kitesurf with blade 10.5 today, I put it on a bar 50 cm! The kite didn't even want to turn! #@%$#!ty! Had to put it down!

Ha Ha,
Your Frenglish is kicking in :singing: (French Canadian English )
If you want " lunch" on the water you need a Peter Lynn. They auto zenith.

You have to launch from shore and NEVER crash. Body drag out. Getting in the board when flaoting just means getting the kite settled at the zenith ( or along the edge of the window ) then keeping everything calm with the kite using one hand while loading into the board with the other . The strop makes one handed flyin possible.

Zenith isn't the best place to set a fixed bridle kite with the power needed to surf. Practice getting into the board with the kite more like 10 or 2 oclock. I might guess it will be easier to keep the kite calm at those positions one handed as well.

Spelio, How do you set up to get going on the board ?

Yeah, park the kite at or neaer the zeinth. Grab your board stick your feet in the foot straps and go. It's pretty easy once you get out there and go for it.

You just gotta man up and go:evil:

Here's a picture of a stalefish nosegrab thing like my avatar.

Scott

I've gotta say, man what an awesome pic. Looks like a great amount of fun :D. I'm definitely going to get some windsurf harness line to make my strop! :P

It was taken by a professional Japanese photo guy. In that pic I'm riding a 4.9 meter Quadrifoil Competition XL.

Here is another one.