what is this thing on my flysurfer bag?

better than PANSH bags.

Isn't that funny ! While I respect your opinion I think my Flysurfer bags have been the best I have recieved with any kite ever

I have had Naish , Airush, Flexi ( a few ) , Peter Lynn ( a few ) , Profoil ( 2 ) and as if they count PKD and Pansh bags. Just curious who people think makes a better one ? And why ?


As far as the zipper goes. It's plenty strong. I overstuff my bags and get all my kites + pads into just 2 of them. The underlay to protect the zipper from eating kites is a very good idea. Only on newer Flexi bags have I seen that applied ?

None of my other bags afford me the room for my kit . I used to use an inferior camping bag to hold stuff. Of 4 bags I have only cut one. It was a ski edge and almost any bag would have been slashed. The cut never traveled. To me the material is pretty darn good. Right down to the drain at the bottom !

My bars are usually rolled in my kites. All my other bags have the spot for the bar on the outside I keep a spare inside but never even thought about a pocket. The 2 outside are good ? There is also a 3rd on the top for your phone and keys.

Flysurfer comes from a paragliding root so I think that explains the bag design. I've met a bag or 2 that looked worse but never until the morning ! :wink2::wink2:

Gee.... reading this you would think Im in Love with Flysurfer :saint:

Yeah i was gonna say flexifoil and ozone make the real nice bags
i keep my bar wrapped outside of the kite, i used to wrap it inside but as Fred (FredBGG over on foilzone) showed me when i was in california it can cause discoloration and add sand to the kite, so i now leave the bar outside the kite and wrap it up, fold it in two and put the bar on top - if i had a pouch i would put the bar in a water proof bag (like ozone bags have) to keep it from adding any rogue sand/water to the kite That's just me being fussy mainly though hehe
Flexifoil and ozone are definitely the best i've had... i've used their bags for hiking without the kite even inside, just as a backpack - back in the day i used to use my blade III bag walking around :D
But you're right, it isn't too big a deal, just fussiness
I think plastic zips are really important additions though, salt can seriously mess up those zips...

This is how i packed my kites

Interesting ! I don't like my Blade III bag much. Just that one odd pocket on the Flap. The bar goes on the outside and my shoulder strap ripped off. It looks like it should hold a lap top to me ! I see it suits how you fold your kites well though !

I walk 1/4 mile to my spot ( up hill both ways :wink2: ) with the bag stuffed . 7 + 13m kite, harness, helmet pads, towel,GPS, windmeter, cameras, drinks and all that stuff + my blades slung over the top and none of my bags are showing strain ! Pretty comfy set up to

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Originally posted by domdino Yeah i was gonna say flexifoil and ozone make the real nice bags their bags for hiking without the kite even inside, just as a backpack - back in the day i used to use my blade III bag walking around :D But you're right, it isn't too big a deal, just fussiness I think plastic zips are really important additions though, salt can seriously mess up those zips...

Yay they have bar bags!

Thats my old SA17 which, incidentally, is now nwsurfskates :D

So when i roll it i do half it first bring the two wingtips together and push any dangling bridles inside the kite, the bar i leave on the trailing edge of the kite and then i just do short folds/rolls all the way to the middle and the air just comes straight out like it would normally, only difference being that the bar is not wrapped up inside the kite but is outside it the rest of the method is the same - just no bar on the wingtips... make sense?