southpadreburt
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Registered: 12-1-2011
Location: South Padre Island
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First kite for landboarding
Looking for a first kite for my son(160 lb) to use with his landboard. He has good board skills and can pilot a buggy with a depower in mild
conditions. Should I look for a kite with handles or go depower? Any recommendations for a good beginner kite. Will be using in the Baltimore area
mostly on grass.
Prism Micron
Rev B Series Standard,Vented,Full Vented
Rev PowerBlast 2-4
Rush 3 Pro
Ozone Access 4, 6, 8,10
Ozone Summit 8, 10
Ozone Frenzy 13m Ultralite
Cabrinha 7, 9, 13 Xbow
Cabrinha 11 Switchblade
2 PL BigFoot Buggies
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abkayak
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Location: a.b. NY
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Mood: loving life and becoming wise in simplicity
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Gemini6kls 7.5 apex...can't go wrong w/ that
US-31...Cquad set/ 2.5 Bullet/ 2.6 Viper/ 2.9m Reactor/ 2- 3.5m Bullet/ 3.6 Beamer/ 4m Buster/ 4m Toxic/ 4m Ikon dp/ 4.5 Bullet/ 4.9m Blade/ 5.6
Twister/ 6.6m Blade/ 7.5 Apex/ 9m Fuel/ Phantom I 9,12,15,18/ 2 Flexibugs/ PL Big Foot/ landboards
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B-Roc
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While a 7.5 Apex could be a great choice, that totally depends on what type of winds he prefers to learn in. Looks like you have a pretty robust
quiver. Why not let him have a go at a few of your kites and determine which style and size works best for him and then and then buy from there?
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
Fixed Bridle Quiver: MAC Bego 400, JOJO ET Instinct 2.5 & 5.5, Lil Devil 1.5, Sting 1.2
Rides: Ground Industries
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southpadreburt
Posts: 157
Registered: 12-1-2011
Location: South Padre Island
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That would be a good idea but we live far apart.
Prism Micron
Rev B Series Standard,Vented,Full Vented
Rev PowerBlast 2-4
Rush 3 Pro
Ozone Access 4, 6, 8,10
Ozone Summit 8, 10
Ozone Frenzy 13m Ultralite
Cabrinha 7, 9, 13 Xbow
Cabrinha 11 Switchblade
2 PL BigFoot Buggies
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windrider1
Posts: 218
Registered: 10-2-2005
Location: new york
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Already SOLD.
MY KITES
nano- 0.5m - high wind kite
mega-2.2m- low wind kite
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flyguy0101
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Location: Staunton, VA
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Mood: Never to old to play, but failing to play will make you old!
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Burt- I would recommend that he start with depower- I think when I met him at ww - he already knows how to fly and in my opinion it is much easier to
learn with a depower. I am still a huge believer in starting with an ARC which is what I started with and found to be the easiest after having tried
fixed bridle as well as a few foil depowers- I started Andrew on Apexs and he liked it okay but really improved and "got it" when I put him on an ARC.
So that's my 2 cents and that would not change even if I did not have a 13m venom II rtf for sale
Scott
TEAMRIDER for Coastal Wind Sportsand Trampa mtn boards
www.trampaboards.com
My rides- Flexi buggy and Trampa mtn board
My engines-
HQ Scout 2m , 4m
Flexi Rage 3.5 & 4.7
PL Arcs- 10m Venom 1, 13m, 19m Venom II, 15m Charger2
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Demoknight
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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Go depower without a doubt. Depowers make it so much easier to keep your balance and learn to trust the kite when it comes to leaning back against the
pull.
NAPKA US8008
Kites:
Ozone R1 V3 7m
Flysurfer Sonic v3 15m
Flysurfer Speed 3 Deluxe 19m
Peter Lynn Charger 2 12m
Ozone Access Reride 6m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 5.5m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 8.6m
Prism Tensor 5.0m
Ride:
GT-Race Code:R6
Weird Beard VTT Custom
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ikemiester
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Registered: 7-7-2008
Location: The Emerald Coast of Florida
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Mood: SPEED 3 19M!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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+1 for an arc. So simple and stable.
Kiteboarding Team Rider
http://www.cleanlinesurf.com/
Looking For:
cheap old c kites in good shape
What I Fly:
Flysurfer Speed 3 19m, Switch Legacy2 12 and 9m, Radsail Sport 5m, HQ Beamer 1.8m
What I Ride:
mbs core 90, Cabrinha Rival 145, Cabrinha Ace 133
Go big or go home!
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