hey there

I am wanting to start kitesurfing,and i have done a lesson with ian young.I have been recommended to get a 5m flysurfer maniac kite
i would like to know...
what conditions would be best to be able to use the kite? I.E what wind strength? what wind direction? etc

would i be able to use it at preston beach (half hour south from mandurah)? as there aren't many people there.
so if yas can help us out thad be great

cheers
Byron

cheers for that

sargio when you say it is easier to land a foil and quicker to set up and luanch by yourself and the water reluanching is alot easier and quicker what are you comparing it to?? as you said yourself the foil is the only kite you have used give an inflatable a go you might be plesantly suprised
reluanching an inflatable is just another skill that any good kiter should know how to do from the first lesson and once you learn it only takes a matter of seconds to reluanch one anyway.

one thing that i have noticed watching people learn on foils and people learnig on inflatables wich there are plenty of both down at pelican point and i have spent many hours watching them cos its what i get paid to do is that the people learning on inflatables develop better kite flying skills alot sooner than the people on learning foils.
foils vs inflatables is something that we could go on for ages about but at the end of the day it comes down to different things for different people and if it gets you on the water safely and you are having fun then its all good

but sargio you realy should try an inflatable like i said you could be plesantly supprised you too byron

damo.

I am a beginner and have an old wipika 6.5m kite (don’t actually know the model), I was out on Sunday evening but I think it was a bit under powered in 15kts of wind,
what would you recommend I buy for 15kts and lower winds,
Also my wipika is currently set up on 2 lines, is it possible to convert them to 4 lines, and can you get a conversion kit or something for the bar to accommodate the 2nd harness loop.
Thanks for any help available
neil

I am ALWAYS up front with my students about importing FlySurfers and tell them that I am biased ... but as a result of years of experience on almost every type of kite on the market.

I have been teaching longer than anyone else in Australia and taught for years with Wipika LEI. I completely disagree with Damo about the speed of learning flying skills - Damo often teaches with a 2-line LEI to start with and that's fine and sure they will pick up the basics more quickly than going straight to a 4-line kite (of any type) but most people buy a 4-line kite and it only takes about an extra 30 mins max to learn on a 4 line to start with.

I switched to teaching with FlySurfer foils because they are much easier for people to learn 4-line concepts, are safer and are significantly easier to relaunch in even the most demanding conditions. Unlike some others in the sport, I became the importer because nobody else was and I loved the kites - not finding an opportunity and trying to flog the product off.

If you ask my students I always encourage them to try before they buy and make their own decision. But I also tell them to look at the total picture incl: setting up, actually use the safety systems and then relaunch off the water, wind range, repairs and maintenance, life of kite, etc.

I love foils but am the first to admit that most people opt to buy LEI - but then again I am into wave riding and like my own directional boards too I really believe the current popularity of LEI has nothing to do with performance, safety or any logical reasons but is more a result of peer group pressure, marketing and bull**** spread about foils like has appeared on this thread about dropping a kite by yourself, water relaunching, etc.




Cheers,
Ian Young
www.flysurf.com.au
0414 716 812

thats one thing i love about this sport. that there are so many different ways of doing it and they all work. At the end of the day if it gets you on the water safely and you are having fun then its all good
different things for diferent peole

Damo, sounds like you and Ian Young should put your harnesses on and have a kite fight on the water at Peli point.
Like in a Hong Kong action movie, 20m above the water in Slooooow motion. I can see it now, Ian's kite board with its sword like fins, slashing at you lines, and Damo's kite loop, unhooked, head butts...
Blood and heaps of gutz on the beach like KILL BILL.

Love it, I tell the boyz and by the beers... and film it

G'day Byron,if you're not too confused.I've got a 5M maniac and 9.3M warrior 4 sale.$500 for the maniac(1 small professional repair),$1000 for the warrior.I weigh in at a massive 72kg & can fly the warrior from 12kts-23kts,great kite especially for beginners-intermeditate or pro if you're Ian.The maniac also goes great in 20kts+.I learnt on both & never had to chase anything down the beach.Give me a call if you want to know anything more or if you just want to have a fly to see if they really are the kite for you.my contacts;0417925904 or 94473116.cheers

catch the breeze,the kite is still for sale.details as above.cheers fingers