Hi everyone.

I have a Crossbow 9 arriving today and am very excited :)

However my partner now does'nt think it is fair that I have one and he doesn't What we want to know is does anyone have a 12 and a 16 and do you need both?? He wants both but I think the 12 would probably do him. He has a 16m contra at the moment.

My partner is about 75kg and is an intermediate kitesurfer. What is the range of each of the kites from your experience? I have also heard the 16 is a bit slow and a bit hard on the arms..

Thanks, ps I have looked through the other posts but haven't really found the info yet.

bloody hell richo. you're looking alright for your age.
must be something in that g c water.
hope you shear boys are having fun
england is just about to light up
its 9 meter weather today.
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Hey snowman, i'm round the 92kg mark, i have a 12 and it suits just fine in just about everything i'm happy to kite in. the low end on my 12 is about the same as the low end on my regular 15.

Wouldnt mind a 9 though........just in case.

I dunno whether its a one kite quiver but it covers the range that my 10 and 15 did, same price too.

I think there will always be conditions that dictate that you go smaller. Would like a 9 but thats just driven by greed.

Not too interested in a 16 or light wind kiting, sub 12kn aint worth it i dont think.

Its kinda like surfing, sub head high sub 12kn pus

Hey Psylor

Saw you guys in the distance up near wavebreak. Dario and I had KFC to ourselves from 1pm to 4.30pm. Just perfect. The northerly was channeling down and the water was very smooth.

Some of the boys went to Shearwater but had a terrible time.

Had the new Crossbow 16 out for the first time. Its an absolute pisser. Upwind machine that ate up the gusts.

Bar pressure is an issue but I think I have it licked with a few mods I have been building. Anyhow Cabrihna have a fix coming in a few weeks.

Richo. Wait till you try the 16 - Wow

Fitzy - Gold Coast OZ

Ken Ken Ken thats the general rule of thumb that i use when its time to go home. You gota cop that floggin so u know u pushed the limit. Just th other day when my unhooked deadman was done over a sandbar i realised that timing 'is everything'.

God psylor if your dad gets too good he'l have to come to Mambo with us !!! - but at least we shall have someone to drive from the airport to Merr thats not pi**ed

Bit hard to xplain- but il try--
Unhook , jump when nearly at the peak of ur jump lift legs up , grab board and place bar underneath knees(as if you were hanging off monkey bars as a kid)this will enable u to extend ur arms with board in hand and stretch back,
Then reach back up swing legs back out replace board and may land one handed (hopefully 2 handed)

U dont get a lot of landings unless u get some good height.
Keep practising (there are sequence shot of a Jap rider (tnuc mus) in kiteforum you cand see the basics there..

Trying to picture u Paulio doing that move.. soo funny. Thats made me feel better over such a piss poor wkend. Didnt end up going. Wind about 8 knts. Had a great day on fri down me sthern end.. kited till 7pm....soo dark with just me and chappy on our 9m's. Every single roll turned into a double from the gusts/tide. Cool day... except for the guy that did the old switcheroony with my slingy pump (yes the one with scott on it) that works Thanks again for the laugh.

Hey Psylor

Hope your Dad is OK. Glad to hear he enjoyed the new Rapture and board. Perfect rig and board for him. He just needs to learn to use the depower. He probably panicked and pulled in on the bar instead of pushing it away from him. I have ridden a Rapture 12 in 33 Kts no problems. 100% depower.

Professor. If you are up near KFC or Shearwater on Tues I will be out on the Crossbow 16 trying out the Bar Mods.

I don't know whether Paulio's description of the Deadman was strictly accurate. The real Deadman was the rider of a jetski near Wave Break Island who unfortunately happened to be just where Paulio wanted to land at the end of a huge jump. He would certainly be a deadman seeing 95 Kgs of screaming Kite Fiend hurtling down from the sky towards him. Now that's a Deadman.

Fitzy - Gold Coast OZ

yea am a lot closer to 97 than most of ya. one foot in the grave and hangin on by the finger tips he he

yea fitzy, have used daves 16 a couple of times, it was so nice i ordered one but common sense prevailed. The 12m is fine. Glad you liked it. reakon you have your light wind days well and truely sorted now. Not gettin out much these days, an hour here and an hour there. Look foward to catching up