RAL INN said...I remember sitting on some sandstone looking rocks at a beach called Sprecks watching the windsurfers, and this dude called Fadi Issa comes and sits next to me. He made mention of them playing with 40m lines for big boosting, I came back and tried 2 sets of lines (2 x 28m) on my 8.4 Airblast. Only tried it once.
You didn't understand something back then though and you probably know better now, 56M lines are simply too long, especially on a 4 line Airblast.
40M lines and an older style inflato was also a lot of line to carry, the smaller kites like the Free Air 6.5 and the Naish 7.0 AR3.5 could do it ok in strong winds, but extreme care needed to be used to avoid involuntary kite loops.
The Blades were designed for long lines, they were at least half the weight of those old inflatos and did not turn so erratically, and had huge lift.
Power kiting on land had been going on for a decade or more before kites started to be used on the water in Hawaii. Using 40M lines was very common, thats where the idea came from. Jason Furness from Flexi showed Elliot and Lou what Blades were and what they could do, back in the day!
Cya and
Goodwinds
Steve
I did a review on the 09 Thruster ages back, if you do a search I'm sure it'll come up. Search around October 08.
How many actually remember that
