What the Maui locals are riding
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The local kiters in Maui I met last week were riding a lot of Best C kites. The rest were about evenly distributed between crossbow, Naish C, shockwave, North, one guy on an Airush, one on a GK sonic, one on a Caution, and one guy on a prototype bow (he was the best kiter out there).
I didn't see any Slinghot, Gaastra, Windwing, or non-lei kites at all.
I didn't see any Slinghot, Gaastra, Windwing, or non-lei kites at all.
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In La Ventana last week, there were an amazingly high % of bow kites out there, STDs, Sonics, and one guy on a Waroo who was kickin it. He was out in 30 mph gusting to 40 on a 7M, and man was he having fun.
Other than that, I didn't pay that much attention to brands.
I was staying with someone who repairs kites, so I did get to see that bow kites are not any more indestructible than C kites. Especially when you overestimate their ease of self-landing and have them relaunch on their own and impale themselves on trees, fences, and buildings.
Other than that, I didn't pay that much attention to brands.
I was staying with someone who repairs kites, so I did get to see that bow kites are not any more indestructible than C kites. Especially when you overestimate their ease of self-landing and have them relaunch on their own and impale themselves on trees, fences, and buildings.
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I can vouch for that...Pablito wrote:In La Ventana last week, there were an amazingly high % of bow kites out there, STDs, Sonics, and one guy on a Waroo who was kickin it. He was out in 30 mph gusting to 40 on a 7M, and man was he having fun.
Other than that, I didn't pay that much attention to brands.
I was staying with someone who repairs kites, so I did get to see that bow kites are not any more indestructible than C kites. Especially when you overestimate their ease of self-landing and have them relaunch on their own and impale themselves on trees, fences, and buildings.
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