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Finless kiteboard, finless kitesurfing
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Dan Tranh and Dan Bau. Beautiful, exotic musical instruments. Snow, Land, Boat and Night. Buy, Design, Build and Repair. Kite Designing, Making. Flat LEI (Bow Kites. Ride a finless kiteboard! Hyperlite Roam 2006 (left) and Hyperlite Roam 2007 (right). Even wakeboarders now go finless wakeboarding. There are a number of reasons:. Unless you go mostly down-wind (or follow the direction of the pulling force like the wakeboarders do), fins offer almost no help. It's less costly (no fins to buy or replace).
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KiteTelemarking
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Dan Tranh and Dan Bau. Beautiful, exotic musical instruments. Snow, Land, Boat and Night. Buy, Design, Build and Repair. Kite Designing, Making. Flat LEI (Bow Kites. Brent is kitetelemarking in a classic telemark position. Kitetelemarking is easier than kitesurfing so if you live in a colder climate and want to get into kitesurfing, don't wait until spring, go kitetelemarking now! The skill you learn in kitetelemarking will be very useful in kitesurfing. A traction kite, lines and associated control devi...
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Speed Kitesurfing
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Dan Tranh and Dan Bau. Beautiful, exotic musical instruments. Snow, Land, Boat and Night. Buy, Design, Build and Repair. Kite Designing, Making. Flat LEI (Bow Kites. Photo by Jennifer Madore of www.justcallmephotography.ca. If you want to get back the speed sensation of those earlier days in a more control fashion, here are some of the tips and theories we have collected based on our experiences and a number of private emails in the past regarding how to go fast:. Select a board made for speed instead of...
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How To Kitesurf in Light Air
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Dan Tranh and Dan Bau. Beautiful, exotic musical instruments. Snow, Land, Boat and Night. Buy, Design, Build and Repair. Kite Designing, Making. Flat LEI (Bow Kites. Minimum Wind Speed (in Knots) to Fly Decently. Flat Inflatable (Bow Kite). Photo by Jennifer Madore of www.justcallmephotography.ca. Extreme Light Air Equipment. The following equipment and conditions are recommended for light air kitesurfing:. If you have a kite powerful enough to be fully powered up. Smooth water (a lake or a shallow bay)&...
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Kitesurfing in very strong wind
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Dan Tranh and Dan Bau. Beautiful, exotic musical instruments. Snow, Land, Boat and Night. Buy, Design, Build and Repair. Kite Designing, Making. Flat LEI (Bow Kites. Kitesurfing in Heavy Air (Strong Wind). Hung in 35 knots (chest-deep water). Photo by Steve Slaby. If you don't think jumping, tricks or light air kitesurfing is serious enough, try kitesurfing or kiteskiing in heavy air (strong wind more than 30 knots). Kitesurfing/kiteskiing in strong wind is very dangerous. Ride unhooked when you are near...
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Kitesnowblading
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Dan Tranh and Dan Bau. Beautiful, exotic musical instruments. Snow, Land, Boat and Night. Buy, Design, Build and Repair. Kite Designing, Making. Flat LEI (Bow Kites. Since the snowblades are shorter, the kiter has more flexibility can get perform certain tricks easier than longer skis. Besides, it is also somewhat stylish to ride with snowblades. So if you want to do it with more flexibility and style then kitesnowblading is for you! Kitesnowblading is easier than kitesurfing so if you live in a colder c...
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Kitesurfing Rules
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Dan Tranh and Dan Bau. Beautiful, exotic musical instruments. Snow, Land, Boat and Night. Buy, Design, Build and Repair. Kite Designing, Making. Flat LEI (Bow Kites. The rules described in this page may be common knowledge to kitesurfers but may not be so to other water users. When in doubt, a kitesurfer should try to avoid other water users at all cost]. More and more kiters are sharing limited playing grounds. For an excellent description of racing rules of sailing. Opposite tack rule: A boat on port t...
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Kitesurfing Equipment Tuning
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Dan Tranh and Dan Bau. Beautiful, exotic musical instruments. Snow, Land, Boat and Night. Buy, Design, Build and Repair. Kite Designing, Making. Flat LEI (Bow Kites. Equipment tuning is essential in kitesurfing as in any other sport. In kitesurfing, various kitesurfing components have to be tuned differently depending on the condition and the kitesurfer's skill. Following are the main components that need to be tuned:. The board and footstraps. Tune the kite to turn slower:. Tune the kite to fly slower:.
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Kitesurfing Landing
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Dan Tranh and Dan Bau. Beautiful, exotic musical instruments. Snow, Land, Boat and Night. Buy, Design, Build and Repair. Kite Designing, Making. Flat LEI (Bow Kites. Photo by Steve Slaby. So you have learned how to kitesurf, to go upwind, to jump and to do some tricks but your landing is still sometimes very rough. Smooth landing in kitesurfing is somewhat optional; however, for kitesnowboarding it is essential. Unless you want to break some of your bones. To land smoothly you need the following:. Go sli...
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Kitesurfing tips, Kiteboarding tips
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Dan Tranh and Dan Bau. Beautiful, exotic musical instruments. Snow, Land, Boat and Night. Buy, Design, Build and Repair. Kite Designing, Making. Flat LEI (Bow Kites. This page describes some tips for equipment and techniques that you may find useful for kitesurfing (if you have any other tips to add, please contact us. What is a 5th line? How to rig and use a 5th line? Volume versus planning surface. Rider weight and height versus board size. Rider weight versus kite size. Kite size versus board size.