I am conducting a kiting survey to better understand our kiting community. PLEASE HELP!!!

Just a few questions:

What are your 3 most used kites?

What size are they?

What do you use them for?

What length lines do you prefer?

What weight (strength) lines do you prefer?

Thank you so much for your time!

Most used - Flysurfer 7m Pulse on stock lines. Almost a 1 kite quiver

Low wind Flysurfer 13m Psycho 3 on stock lines or 9m Blade II on Flexi' lines + handles

High wind + teaching - 2.5m Profoil on flexi' lines + Radsail handles.

Coyote Blades, ATB and then Buggy are my choices of ride. The Flysurfers will be for water as well although I don't do that much at all.

What are your 3 most used kites?

Obviously, I have a two kite bag but most used is the Ace . I use the beamer 3 for high winds

What size are they?

3m and 5m

What do you use them for?

Mostly static flying but I'm learning ATB

What length lines do you prefer?

25m

What weight (strength) lines do you prefer?

Strongest you can get! :P

10m c-kite nemisis ATB, & 25mph + on the water, Naish bar 22m lines #300/#500
12m c-kite boxer ATB, & 25mph +on the water Naish bar 24m lines #300/#500
16m bow 30m lines #500-#800 custom bar....ocean going JL 137..........as a matter of fact I'M GONNA HIT this set up IT RIGHT NOW!

What are your 3 most used kites? I only own 3. Flysurfer Speed 10m, Pansh Legend 3m, Pansh Blaze 5m

What do you use them for? The Flysurfer for everything, the Panshs for high wind and introducing friends to the sport.

What length lines do you prefer? What ever the kite comes with!

What weight (strength) lines do you prefer? See above ^

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Originally posted by azkitemare I am conducting a kiting survey to better understand our kiting community. PLEASE HELP!!! Just a few questions: What are your 3 most used kites? What size are they? What do you use them for? What length lines do you prefer? What weight (strength) lines do you prefer? Thank you so much for your time!

edited *july 28/2008*

i posted something, until i find out who you were. you as a dealer should know what is the correct size to sell to someone.

asking people on this forum, for your business advantage is wrong in my books.

learn to fly before you learn to sell a kite, and possbile sell someone the wrong size for the windrange they want or kiting application.

rant over, sorry to everyone else on the forum.

1 4.7 FLEXI RAGE w/AAA kit buggy / landboard/scud/ static
2 2.5 FLEXI RAGE ( when winds are extreme) buggy / landboard
3 2.0 PANSH ACE ( when wind is like insane!) buggy/ static
25m is fine with me
440lb power
220lb brake
your welcome

my three most used are -

PL Venom 13 meter
Access 8 meter
Blade III 4.9 meter

it all depends on the wind speeds and conditions (gusty or not) on deciding which one that I will use. The Blade III 4.9m is a little tore up after dancing with a log but it was and always will be one of my favorite kites - it always gave me what I wanted, and a bit more.

I use all my kites primarily for buggying - I will static fly from time to time but only to get a little fix in - doesn't replace a good buggy session.

Line lengths are generally about 25 meters (82 feet) and this is what I use - I will sometimes cut down an old set to 10 meters to fly in higher winds.

Proffered line weights are 220 kilo power lines and 120 kilo for brake lines - these are for a fixed bridle kite - the depower kite lines tend to be a bit heftier - I think in the order of 250 - 300 kilo for all four lines - not sure though - I got all my depowers second hand.

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Originally posted by azkitemare I am conducting a kiting survey to better understand our kiting community. PLEASE HELP!!! Just a few questions: What are your 3 most used kites? What size are they? What do you use them for? What length lines do you prefer? What weight (strength) lines do you prefer? Thank you so much for your time!

Montana 3 7.0m
Thunderfoil Titian 3.6m
New Tech Ballistic 4.9m

Scudding, and exercising the tourists dogs on the beach

Montana 72 foot lines 595 pounds
Titian 3.6 100 foot lines 300 pounds
Ballistic 4.9 30 meter lines 500 pound

What are your 3 most used kites?
Sky Country Reflex 4, 7, 10 m

What size are they?
4, 7, 10m
What do you use them for?
Buggy engine
What length lines do you prefer?
depends kite and conditions
What weight (strength) lines do you prefer?
see above

1) Historically, Flexifoil Rage and Peter Lynn Reactors. Now, Crossfire II, Flexi Blurr and still Reactors

2)3.5 Rage, 4.9 Reactor. 5.0 Crossfire II and Blurr, 8.3m Reactor

3) Buggy!

4) 25m

5)Most Brands are 220/100 kg or 485/220 lbs

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Originally posted by azkitemare I am conducting a kiting survey to better understand our kiting community. PLEASE HELP!!! Just a few questions: What are your 3 most used kites? What size are they? What do you use them for? What length lines do you prefer? What weight (strength) lines do you prefer? Thank you so much for your time!

Most used is the 6.5m Blade, 3m Beamer III, then the 5m Crossfire II (limited chances to fly it since receiving it)

Mostly static but my life is about to change with a buggy on the way. Just starting to think about the land board with some success.

I use the factory lines on all my kites so between 20-25 meters.

I use a ozone access 6m and 10m and lately a ozone razor 5.5, the profoil 3.5 is frequent as well...

all are on 25m lines.

BUGGY!

300kg lines on the de-powers and razor. 220/100 kg on the profoil.

That changes in the fall and winter... the wind picks up, subtract the 10 access and add a 4m access and the razor not so much and the profoil more.

My most flown kite really depends on the time of the year and even the types of weather conditions for the year. It seems like 2 years ago my 5.5 was the smallest kite I was flying but for the past year I've rarely had an opportunity to fly anything bigger than my 5.5 so based on the past 12-18 months, I'd say the most flown are:

2.5 and 5.5 JOJO Instinct as well as my Mac Bego 400 (I recently picked up a 2.5 JOJO RM+ though and I imagine this will replace my 2.5 Instinct).

I use them for kite landboarding, kite skiing and static flying.

25m lines are generally fine for me (though I do have a number of 30m sets I put into rotation depending upon conditions).

Depending upon the (fixed bridle) kite I like 300 - 500# power lines and 150 - 220# brake lines (but if I could have only one set I'd go with 500 / 220 and 25m).

My 5m Ace gets out the most, then the Blade. As I get more comfy with the blade it comes out of the bag more often, the Ace less often.

I don't fly the other kites very much, my third fly is actually an HQ symphony 2.7 with a 100' tail, I fly it just for fun and to cool down when my arms are pumped (I fly without a harness, safer that way with my skills being a bit meager) I rarely get strong winds (today was an exception, 20+ knots, I was kicking myself for leaving my legends at home on the other side of the world)

I scud and jump, and hope to get some buggy time this summer.

Lines depend on the wind, I fly the lightest lines I can get away with. 25m most of the time.

Ask me the same questions this time next year and I bet you'll get a different answer.

What are your 3 most used kites?

1. Rage 6m
2. Blade 4.9
3. Ace 2m

What size are they?

see above

What do you use them for?

Landboarding and a little jumping

What length lines do you prefer?

25m

What weight (strength) lines do you prefer?

at least 440/ 220

Thank you so much for your time!