Hi flyers~!

This is my first season flying~ WOOT

I gotta say kitesurfing is the biggest WOW going. I am so hooked I try to fly every single day now. I am always the last guy on the beach as the sun sets.

I need a few tips from someone with experience on the 2006 Halo.

I began kitesurfing with a 10M Airush Pilot. I flew that for about four months and then got a 14M Airush Halo. The Halo is proving tricky for me as it has such different characteristics ... I love the depower ability as it goes from monster pull to zero pull ... but for me (and I think it is due to light wind conditions) but for me the bar feels like it needs to be pulled in all the way all the time... if I let it out 3 or 4 inches I get too much depower. I find that if I have the bar out at all it makes turning super slow.. again this is likely due to low wind conditions as I'm still learning on it and am taking it out in 10kt winds.. I'm 85 kilo guy so I know I am flying in underpowered conditions.

My main question is about the depower straps. There is a plastic/purple-ish loop to pull on (the "white" strap" and there is a black toggle strap (the "black" strap) to pull on.

So far it looks to me that they both do the same thing in that they both pull in on the front lines and depower the kite. My trouble seems to be that if I pull in on them (either one) they do their thing... but I cannot easily let them out... If I pull in too much on the strap I have a tough time getting them back out to powered up mode while out on the water...

I am probably doing something wrong or just don't fully understand the straps/how they work.. and any advice is greatly appreciated.

To date my best 'trick' is being able to ride out and ride back without crashing. For me though, that amounts to HEAPS of fun and I say kiteboard everyday~ Thanks in advance for any and all help/suggestions.

Sounds like we went down the same road. I started on a 12m Pilot in Nov 05 then after 3 months bought an Airush 10m halo. I love the halo for upwind and depower but I started jumping after 4 months and kept inverting the Halo. Mainly because of my inexperience. I have now temp moved to Qld (for 1 year) and had to get a bigger kite (less wind) so I got a 14m C to get me through till I get back to Margies and must say felt allot more comfortable going for as much air as I can get without worrying about inverting. Which perpetuates confidence and experience. Recently I’ve been jumping with the Halo without dramas as I guess I’ve just got a bit better at it. For me I wish I had have stuck with the C for a bit longer before launching into the high performance kite. As far as the 10knts goes, that’s half your problem. When I first started I was going out in light winds thinking it was easier to learn but in fact it just made it harder. Id say 15k min 4 U. When you do get some proper wind and tension on the ropes you will be able to make the adjustments to the sheeting and easily see which strap depowers and powers back up, the kite. Basically you will have it fully powered up for kiting and depowered for walking back up the beach if you need to. When I get back to Marg’s I have a new Airush 07 flo waiting for me which is a mix between C and Bow. Sounds like a perfect mix.