I've seen one video of the Peak being launched off some flat water with it neatly on it's back, but is there any real world examples of it being used in the water? Haven't heard if it's possible. I understand ANY four line kite can be used on the water long as you never dunk it, but I'm refering to crashes and reverse relaunching kind of stuff.

I don't see it as being easy if you land it nose down, because of the LE construction. It looks like If it lands nose down, the water would just fill up the nose and act like any other open cell foil that lands nose down in the water. The solution I could think of would be if there were large channels open between the profiles and the actual LE so you could get hard on the brakes and drain the water out slowly until it reverse launches at least.

Quote: Originally posted by Demoknight

I don't see it as being easy if you land it nose down, because of the LE construction. It looks like If it lands nose down, the water would just fill up the nose and act like any other open cell foil that lands nose down in the water. The solution I could think of would be if there were large channels open between the profiles and the actual LE so you could get hard on the brakes and drain the water out slowly until it reverse launches at least.

Pretty much what I was thinking. Nose down in the surf I think would result in an anchor like any other foil. Only hope seems to be able to get the leading edge out of the water somehow before it sinks.