crossbow was funnfast
arms are sore but

yea can not blame you but we have not had the gear yet so we are just behind you guys. Oh sorry for that email. he he guess you hit a sore spot

Yeah get ya act together Richo and take ur kranky pills....lol

Im not sayin a thing!!!!

What happened Professor. Stood up the oldman Wipika Palmy king. Went to the alley, and just passible. Catch up with us tommorrow along palmy. Dito Paulio and Richo. Hopefully the BOM's 15-20knt'er will finaly come.. ps moti might be able to help u out with those hole issues.

Yeah il go the alley , dont care how many kites are there. When i sine a Rhino02 20,everyone get outa da way.....lol

Yeah its all laughs till someone gets hurt

yea ya all just jealous[}:)] although i did over do it a bit just a rush o blood i guess.
Truth is strugglin with the bar pressure on the 12, it is startin to give me the ****s...i can not ride one handed. It is not so bad on the 16m but ya should give these things a test ride before you buy.
Happy to give anyone a go

I have the twelve crossbow I find the bar pressure is far far less then the pressure the legs have to have hanging on in gust and on the body also when riding in chop the depower and power range is so much that i find it effortless compared to a arc kite however some time i do like to ride on the ball just no effort kiting

fixing bar pressure of crossbow kite if its a problem.

so what i have done is as follows
1 took a old wipika red tab quick release safety loop the one with the pin
1 leader extension
1 of those slingshot claws the ones you open with your thumb its on the end of most safetys these days

then i put one end of the leader with the claw on it and the other end of the leader the wipika pin then tie the wipika quick relese to my harness hook it has a cross bar on it above the hook so it does not hassle or hinder in any way
so when i ride as you would be aware the crossbow bar has a metal loop that comes out near the bars cntre i just hook to that
and it takes all the pressure and holds the bar if i needed to get rid of it in a hurry pull the red wipika tab and bam just push the bar away and your safety is working

sorry i have had to write this in a hurry
i will come and fix it up later but it works fantastic oh i do ride the bar upside down so the metal bar is at the top

Hey Richo

I spent the last two nights r*****g around in my workshop with a few different ideas for a better XBow Bar setup.

Dave has been complaining a fair bit about the pressure when using his 16 Bow. I have been a bit concerned as I have one on the way from Kitepower and suffer from tennis elbow at times (yep I'm an old prick)

Anyway I worked out a fairly simple way to construct a pulley bar that not only gives similar depower to the XBow Bar but also lets you ride one handed (or no handed if you want to). Also makes the steering very light. Almost like power steering.

I took my 13.5 Yarga down to Shearwater today and tried it out on that. Worked fine although the wind was very light.

Dave had just done a downwinder from Len Fox to Shearwater and I hooked up my new bar setup to his 16 XBow.

His eyes nearly popped out of his head. I rode accross to the other side of the Brodwater and back with one hand just resting on the bar and let go completely and waved to him with both hands for about 50 meters.

The design will need some improving and refining but it will solve all our problems I think. Will give you a go of the prototype if you are around tomorrow arvo. I am off to Yamba on Friday and then down to Port MacQuarie and Coffs Harbour for a few more days next week.

I was hoping the new 16 Bow would arrive in time but it looks like there is not much chance of that. Damn !

See Ya Fitzy Gold Coast OZ

Gruezi i dont have a xbow-wow but just thought it would keep it simple , yeah maybe hollow out the ball a little.
And if a you cop a floggin and cant punch out caus that ball is there that just adds to the fun.People can pay a lot of money at fun parks for a scare and we get it for free...

P.S fitzy did u have a snorkle n mask when you were in ur workshop? caus i heard you had a large spa after that rain

Large spa is an understatement. I had 1.5 meters of water through the boatshed and workshop. Stuffed all the power tools but a good excuse to buy shiny new ones.

The jet skis and kiteboards were OK though, they just floated around till the water went down

Fitzy Gold Coast OZ

my sponsor wants me to stay local ,dunno why.
So either 21st av at palmy or alley