I’m just curious.
I’ve always been envious of those one pump kites, you know the ones that only require you to stick the pump in one spot and inflate the entire kite. It sounds like a pretty convenient feature. Like liquid forces spider inflation or slingshots one-pump system.

But one thing that occurred to me is what would happen if you got a leak, obviously the entire kite deflates but is it an easy one to fix, I would imagine it would be quite a difficult job if all the bladders were integrated like that.

So basically are they easy to fix if they have a leak?

One pump kites are great fast and very easy to pump up.I ride naish kites and all there kites are basically one pump.

Although if something were to go wrong it will be alot more difficult to repair than a standard kite.Naish have a website called naish tv where they will show how to repair it if something were to go wrong.

As for if the leading edge were to go down the struts will stay inflated as they have one way valves internally built in the octopus system.

My Nova's system sounds like the Naish. You don't need to remember to set clips on the connecting tubes like the SS. It's got one way valves on the struts, so when you're pumping the LE, they open up and let air in once LE gets to a certain pressure.

Each strut also has a one way deflate valve, but if you want, you can turn it into a two way valve for quicker deflation using a built in plastic peg, so you don't have to sit there all afternoon squeezing nipples.

(It's for sale too - don't know if I've ever mentioned that)

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Originally posted by g-dog
so you don't have to sit there all afternoon squeezing nipples.

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Hhmmm doesnt sound all that bad

It was $50 less and he was mightily pissed when I told him I'd sold it. Now tell me it wasn't worth every penny!

one pump kite are great, hard to use anything else after you have owned one, super fast to pump up, i just did my LE on my 05 slingy and it wasnt too difficult.

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Originally posted by paulio

Try the new Cabrinha Contra - Semi Bow kite - one pump - Dre emailed me and reckon it got such low end pull in 12knots it took the curls out of his hair

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has it come out already how come its not on the website

got my torch 2 yesterday one pump is jizztastic the best thing ever soo easy

yep rogue i've got one of each and the one pump kite is soo much easier and quicker to get going and also packing up. None of that annoying air escaping from the smaller struts..