im a newbie and a part from a few minor misshaps (see other threads) have been loving kiting, anyway i was pretty careful inregards to buying my gear anyuu way to the point i got my kite from a shop and the de power did noit work at all it took me bout 5 weeks so figure this out even after my great indtructor had a shot at it he didnt notice speacial thanks to dys for rigging a new one up for me,

moral: be very careful when buying 2nd hand gear even from shops


dont ask what shop i got it from... it could have been a one off who knows

do you know how to activate it? What's your kite?

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Originally posted by BOOMAN

co2 03 it was useless and yes i know how to use it it did not grip it was a mess steve can u explain it further????

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You talkin to me mate??
I guess so, do you mean that the strap was slipping, so that you could not actually depower the kite?

I guess thats one of the issues with buying used gear, some thinks cannot be checked until they are under load.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve McCormack

i had a very similar problem - but whilst im a newb also it only took two outings to know it wasn'y holding and depowering. You can replace these depower straps quite easily by taking it to a shop and handing over some cash This is something that you can only blame yourself for not picking up on the problem - i mean for a couple of hundred bucks your always going to run into a few hurdles.

boom where do you usually kite in melb?