ssayer- the 4m would work well as it is very controllable a lot more like the small FB foils in turn speed, but with full depower. It should be
real zippy on short lines.
Jason- sandgeddon was one of the reasons I got the 4m. We get that kind of wind here mostly in the winter on the lakes snowkiting. I'm
pretty sure it will be flyable in any wind that I'd knowingly go out in. The 6m did well that day but flying beyond the edge takes too much
attention. You're going to love the 6m........ Just ran out to the van to make sure Holly hadn't sent mine to Amanda for you to roll around in.
Reactors 2.8 3.5 6.9
Peaks 4m 6m 12m
HQ Neo2 11m Ozone Chrono V2 15m WASP 5m
Flexi wide axle w/mids and runners
Skis Nordic skates and winter stuff
Quatro Wing Foilboard Slingshot Foils
NAPKA US06
Lol Ted. I just had to roll around it. I couldn't control myself. I bet Holly got a kick out of that. Man I am so stoked to have a Flysurfer. Single
skin at that!! I should fall right into it from flying my Nasa Stars. Hope so anyway.
Cross Kites Sonic 3, 5m
Ozone Flow 2, 3, 4, 5m
Ace II 4, 5m
NAPKA-US24
4, 5, 6m ATB landsurfer. Custom longboard deck
Buggy: VTT Black Widow v2.0
Sean - that is a work of art!!! Beautiful kite. You've got to be stoked. Can you please take a look at the post I just put up on inserting photos?
You just did exactly what I want to do!
Steve it took me 2 years to figure it out so you'll have to wait
I tried a hundred different ways and the only way I could get it to work was to do what 1oldkid told me to do which was use photo bucket. I created
an account, then you upload photos. Once photos are uploaded you click on the desired picture, then, to the right of the picture click on IMG. When
you do that it will say copied. I then right click in my post on pkf and paste the link. That's it, easy. For whatever reason copying and pasting
from iphoto or other online accounts haven't worked for me but photobucket seemed to be the magic ticket
Just in case anyone needs or wants to change lines on a peak 1 and they don't pay attention when separating the front line from the fls line as I did,
here is what flysurfer sent me. This is a critical connection point for a few reasons and needs to be right. I sent 2 emails, one to flysurferusa
and one to the german flysurfer. They each emailed me a different way, so after more research, the designer of the kite himself sent me this method
and said the other method was wrong.
I like the way you're thinking Jason! Carey has nothing over Travolta on the dance floor, but then again, Carey got to dance with Cameron Diaz and
that can't be a bad thing! :D
Got my new 6m P2 in the mail today from Chris (feyd). It was in spectacular shape as would be expected coming from him. New kite curse; there wasn't
enough wind for a dandelion to bend. I stood all suited up with the bar in my hands waiting for 45 minutes while little hints of a breeze would come
by and then sputter out. I'll get pictures and action videos posted once it is up in the air.
Beautiful colors! Yellow with touches of black. The yellow reminded me of the old Lange ski boots if anybody remembers those.
Some wind kicked up today somewhat unexpectedly ahead of a great thunderstorm and I got my new 6m P2 up in the air! This was the very first time I
ever flew this kite and I've definitely got some work to do before I'm smooth with it. There was barely enough wind for it; I would have preferred to
have my 12m up but I really wanted to try the new one out!
Set up is great with these. Unwind and launch. It would be nice to acquire a bar and lines for all of the stars so they are all ready to go. The
only reason I don't is because I'm switching between long and short lines. So in a perfect world I would need 2 complete sets of of nasa stars with
both long and short lines. Not likely to happen
Like I said on the Born thread, I really like your vids bro. The music sets the fun!! Damn I cant wait to fly my Peak. Another weekend of NW winds
here so no go at my soccer fields. Last weekend was no wind... Getting really old seeing Pink Betty sitting in the corner...
Glad you got to fly your new baby!! Looks good.
Cross Kites Sonic 3, 5m
Ozone Flow 2, 3, 4, 5m
Ace II 4, 5m
NAPKA-US24
4, 5, 6m ATB landsurfer. Custom longboard deck
Buggy: VTT Black Widow v2.0
Jason - glad you liked the music! My son is home from college this summer. He walked by me last night while I was working on these videos and said
"Dad, why are you always putting that cheesy jazz on your videos?"
Ted - most certainly extra points for running down stage extras! :P What you don't hear on the video is me yelling "Incoming!" and the kid shouting
"That is SO COOL!" He had been playing soccer by himself as the only other person on the fields. He stood rock still for about 15 minutes with his
jaw on the ground watching me cruise back and forth. Fan-boy! :D
Peak fans: here is a Peak 2 6.0m vs 12.0m face-off!
I ended up having great winds today, pretty steady at 12+ mph with a lot of 15+ mph mixed in with even a couple of 20 mph gusts for good measure.
I flew my two P2s back to back to compare the two of them. I'd say that the 6.0m was at mildly under powered when the winds were under 15 mph and the
12.0m was mildly over powered when the winds got stronger than that. The behavior of the two kites are very different from each other as I hope the
video demonstrates. I haven't taken a tape measure to the bars, but the bigger kite's bar is quite a bit longer than its little brother.
The 6 is highly maneuverable and responds really well to pilot input. I liken it to a turbo charged 4 cylinder rice burner. Tons of power build up
in steep fast dives. The 12, on the other hand, is just an all-American muscle car with a big bored-out V8. Tons of fun to fly both!
Still a lot to learn on my part to control these two optimally but I was way better on the 6m today than yesterday so I'm on the way up the learning
curve. It took some serious sheeting out and upwind turning to scrub speed before the turn with the 12m today. Amazing depow!!!
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