Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone here likes 2:1 bar configuration? Everyone I've spoken to at the beach hates 2:1 - my personal experience with my 12 metre 07 naish boxer is I'll never fly the kite with 2:1 config again - it's a shocker - way too much bar pressure, very hard to turn - so much bar pressure the bar has been weakened somewhat on the ends where the back lines connect. 2:1 after 15 minutes of flying your hands hurt. Now I fly it with the smart bar upgrade which gives that needed extra depower adjustment and it's great. It's the kite I learned on and I didn't know better until I flew other people's kites and when they flew mine they hated it. As soon as I switched I could stay out for twice as long without the grief.

I see a lot of brands selling 2:1 config bars with their kites so I was wondering what other people's experiences are with other brands? I was talking to a guy at the beach the other day - he was flying a cabrihna (I think) and was buggered - same deal his kite is a shocker to turn and wears him out.

Cheers

Its 8:50

I have a Cabrinha Revolver 11m and I've only ever used it in 2:1 mode... Never actually thought to change it to 1:1 cuz I just put the extra bits in the cupboard and forgot about em! The bar pressure is decent in 2:1, but coming from a wakeboarding background it is more gentle on the hands than the constant drag of a wake boat! Suppose I should try it though, never know, I might like it more? Shouldnt 1:1 make the kite LESS responsive rather than MORE because you have to move the bar twice as far to do the same thing??

Like Glenno I learn't on naish boxer 2:1 and it wasn't until I had to buy a new bar and lines that I tried it on 1:1. 2:1 does have loads more bar pressure but when I had it at 1:1 the kite wasn't fully depowering. I swapped back to 2:1 for safety and control. Been thinking its time to go 1:1 again.

Supersane said...

Like Glenno I learn't on naish boxer 2:1 and it wasn't until I had to buy a new bar and lines that I tried it on 1:1. 2:1 does have loads more bar pressure but when I had it at 1:1 the kite wasn't fully depowering. I swapped back to 2:1 for safety and control. Been thinking its time to go 1:1 again.

Mate get the smart bar upgrade - heaps more depower - I just set my kite lines fully powered on the kite end and depower on the bar these days. Doesn't matter how windy. Pretty exxy though $140 for the kit. Depower line is on the chicken loop below the bar and none of that crap above the bar - much better quick release too

Hey Glenno
Did you manage to get out last night?? So frustrating that we've only had offshore winds on the weekends. Bloody work on all the good days!!! Typical!!!

kitebored said...

i don't have any probs with this option on the ss turbo 2

Don't you mean T3?

I also have the Cabrinah omega. Have been surfing 2:1, and just a bit over a week ago changed it to 1:1. Haven't been out with it yet but flew a mates Crossbow last week with 1:1 and it felt heaps different. Kite turned slower. Kept stacking all of the jumps.

I'm keen to give it a go, but also hesitant because 2:1 has more depower. Meaning that I can still go out in the hefty winds—I only have 1 kite—and fly.