Kaka9595
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Help me with the sizes!!
Hi there
Im very new to this sport. I have been surfing with my friends gear some times now. And now i have decided to buy my own.
My local dealer gave me an offer that i want to use:
I can get a Bandit 6 12m and Hadlow ID 10m or i can swap to this:
Hadlow ID 12m - Bandit 6 9m.
What would you choose? I weight 75 kilograms and ride here: http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/klitmoller_center
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Kamikuza
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... what friends gear have you been using, and how did it feel?
Isn't the Hadlow a C-kite?
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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Kaka9595
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Kamikuza: It was my friends VERY old gear. Think it was Best from 2008 or something :D
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erratic winds
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Find out what shape the kites are, I would not recommend a C-kite to any newb when SLE's are so user-friendly.
Tide? What's a tide? Man, it's 1000 miles to any ocean.
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Kaka9595
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erratic winds: I will look after it next time 
Would it be better to get the Hadlow Pro though it will be update right after New Year? |
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Kober
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One of guys in our club purchase Hadlow this year ..... This is very difficult kite ... Hes been kiting for 4 ? years and still have problems with
that one .... He fly ot only when wind is perfect with no gusts and it takes a while to relunch .... Those are good kite but I think its better to
have some skills before you jump to that selection ..... If this is you first LEI I would pick a bow kite instead .... or something like Bandit witch
I think is delta ....
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43patrick
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I think that the hadlow ID is the bridles version. It is a hybrid with a "C" shape but Bridled depower. I would guess that both will fly fine with
penty of depower but the bandit will relaunch better in light winds due to its swept leading edge. I would want the bandit as the lighter wind kite,
but would also want a the wider gap in the range (i know those are conflicting thought for you choice.)
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lives2fly
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Get the Bandit 12 & 9 - would seem the most suitable to learn on. The ID is a freestyle kite so get it when you are doing freestyle. Huge amounts
of lift are about the last thing you want as a learner.
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