Bladerunner
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Flysurfin' in the rain ???
So it looks like we have little choice but to fly in the rain for the next while. I hope to use this chance to hit the water again with plenty of wind
over the weekend.
Has anyone got experience with Flysurfers in the rain ?
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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DenisLaMenace
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once with the P3 10m on the water
become wet heavier and slower, tough to relaunch
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kitemaker4
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Get a nasa wing not a problem when wet since it is a single skin kite.
Susan (npw goddess);-)
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npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
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domdino
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Yeah i used to fly my p3s in the rain all the time in england, i actually love flying in the rain it feels great but it does make flysurfers heavier
and a bit slower and definitely harder to relaunch, i also never flew them in heavy rain just drizzle... fun  |
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Bladerunner
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Thanks,
My 13m is tough enough to flip when dry. Fortunately, it looks like I'll have enough wind to use the 7m ! It flips easy when dry !!
I have never heard of anyone using NPW's on the water ? Do you actually use yours for surfing Susan ??? Would my 4.8 be big enough ?
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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PHREERIDER
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just had a full rain session couple weeks back on my PL kite ,(not FS, but closed cell) posted about it ...
totally fun... wet, start to finish, 15mph i think, on the water real nice flat section.
around 2 hours,
would not think twice about it .......the only stopper...sparky sparky or inconsistent wind from deluge of rain
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NPWfever
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ARC's should fly fine, very few inlets, and designed to drain water, IDK if FS's do the same, but if I had a FS and a tube, in the same windrange, in
the rain, I would fly the tube.
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