BigSiler
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Wind was only 5mph
Beautiful day, miles of beach with No one anywhere.... And I couldnt get going... Grrrrrrrrrr ...
Wind was at 5 mph and my Samurai 5m just wasnt cutting it..Would Switching to the Blade Iv 4.9m today made any difference (I didnt bring it) in my
landbard Attempt ??
What do YOU guys think ?? I have samurai's and a Blade..I Like the Pull of the samurai's..
Should I just get a bigger samurai or should I now be switching to a different Style and size? A more Intermediate Kite ??
Or would the Blade have flown better then the samurai's today??
Thanks Mucho
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samurai 3m, 5m
Blade IV 4.9m
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Pablo
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Simply too little wind for a 5m size kite, in 5mph I'm flying a 13m Century, If you've got the 5m Sammy, I'd track down a 7-9m kite to go with it. 7m
Bullets can be found for cheap, 8.5m Blades are legendary in lower winds.
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action jackson
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32m nasa wing!...............aj 
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BigSiler
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That is One WILD Looking Kite..  |
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SecondWind
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Very cool AJ - and with a Dirtsurfer 
Foil Kites: Flysurfer 12m Sonic 4, 10m Soul V2, Peak 5s and 5.5m Hybrid
LEIs: 9m Naish Pivot, 12m Naish Phoenix
Land: 16" Dirtsurfer GP
H20: 134 Shinn Monk Chromatic, Slingshot 103cm Hope Craft w/ Axis Spitfire 840
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B-Roc
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I agree with Pablo. I'm 145#s and if the winds are in the 5mph range I'm flying my 8.5 Blade III. 5m kites are better around 12mph depending upon
your weight.
If you want to fly in those conditions you need something 7m or larger depending upon your weight.
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
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acampbell
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My Blave IV 4.9 starts flying around 5.5 kts, or 6 mph if it's steady.
Add one more mph and I can get a very leasurly ride in the bug. It does a tad better than my PL Reactor 4.9 in this regard.
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