Samuel_j
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Kite For Surf and land? 7m beamer III?
hi everyone I have been flying kites since i was little but ive only been flying traction the past year or so. Im
now getting board of my 1.8sqm radsail and want to start kitesurfing as i do a bit of wakeboarding. the only problem is i want a kite i can use on
water and land so an LEI would be a bit of a nause o and i have £250 to spend anyone have any ideas? maybe a HQ beamer III 7m or something??
thnx sam
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Bladerunner
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Flysurfer or Peter Lynn arcs
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 .
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acampbell
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Well you CAN fly an open cell, fixed bridle foil like the Beamer on the water, but it turns into laundry on a string the minute it hits the water.
The Beamer is a great kite, but not in that application. It would be a slug trying to pull that much power out of it. If you have ever water skied
then you will understand the amount of brute force it takes to pluck you out of the water.
Snowbird is closest with his recommendations but they will still be out of your stated price range. The Peter Lynn Twinskin ARC's like the Venom II
are good cross-over land/ water kites. The Vortex is entry level Water and should be avoided on land unless on skis. The new Scorpion is great on
land for the bug or 'board but tougher to re-launch on water.
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Pablo
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Best bet, keep your eyes open for a used Venom/venom II, I believe the Bomba's good all around as well. For Flysurfer, lots of choices, but they may
be a bit pricier.
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action jackson
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Keep your eye out for a good used Peter Lynn!..........aj
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NPW\'s .5,2.8,6.9 and 15m skytex
145x49 crazy fly,Decay 142x42,aboards z- series 135x40
Pl xr+ buggy , Pl Kitecat hull #5
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Samuel_j
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i have been offered a north rhino at a very reasnable price but am worried about using on land as its an LEI although i could just give up kitesurfing
and stick to boarding lol
Thanks for the advice and will look out for some cheap deals on ebay
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Takoon Wook2 12m LEI
Peter Lynn Twister 7.7m
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powerzone
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also be sure and find a place to get replacement bladders..... when learning and crashing, they can only be fixed so many times.
make sure all the lines are the same length....the 5th center line should be longer of course to reach to the center rib of the kite.
don't forget a harness. and have a blast !
Former Flysurfer Representative & Repair Center
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Samuel_j
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Registered: 1-8-2007
Location: Bristol
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Mood: Must Fly Kite!(**twitching!**) Waiting for Broken arm to heal to fly new takoon
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thanks im gonna wait til my local kite fest and wait til then now (cant make up mind!!)
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Takoon Wook2 12m LEI
Peter Lynn Twister 7.7m
NPW5 2.7m
Unknown 3m
Radsail 1.8m
HQ Symphony
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rrc62
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A used Waroo would do it. They are quite reasonable on the used market and it's a bow, so easy to learn on.
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