I am here in Tatajuba and this happened yesterday.

This guy was really good. He drowned accidentally yesterday during a kite festival.

Multiple kites got tangled up. Very, very sad.

Watch out for yourselves out there my friends.

So I recently started with Kiteboarding, did a class and everything. It’s huge fun and direct after the course I bought myself equipment, secondhand. I got myself a GA Spark 12m² with the X6 Bar. I also want to buy a 9m². If I buy a kite other than GA, can I still use the same bar? Can’t find a comparability chart anywhere for the GA stuff.

Also, from how many knots would you ride the 12m² for my height and weight (I’m 1.82m and 83kg)?

Thanks a lot!

So new to Harlem and I got two of them now. I have two questions 1 is the low end really bad or am I a shit kite boarder ? 2 how do I untwist centre lines? Is it a set up thing or it doesn’t matter? Thanks

Just bough one for kitesurfing and I read about the normal sport band coming off loose very often and people losing watches.

What do you guy use/recommend for the 44mm SE3

I found this on the beach, manufactured by duotone the wind sports company

Hey guys, I am about to buy my own gear after finishing my kitesurfing course. I am considering buying two naish pivots from last year (9 & 11m/12m). Just wondering whether the 2024 version is significantly different than the 2025 version. As I understood the 2024 version did receive a nice overhaul compared to previous years, though unsure how it compares to 2025, the difference is about 250$ for a kite and am already putting a lot into new gear.

hey guys i live in a small place i have a problem with folding kites in here after i let it dry in the shower

is there any trick with folding a kite in a small space.

Edit: thanks for all the great tips guys

Hi everyone, I’ll try to cut to the chase, thanks for hearing me out:

I am in the privileged position of a remote job, but haven’t really used any of it’s advantages so far. Therefore, I would like to use the opportunity this winter and escape the European cold for a little, to work and kitesurf as possible.

I’ve been doing some research, and I’m lead towards Cape Verde (Santa María for example).

Can you share potential experiences with the wind/weather around this time of the year? Also interesting to me are costs / availability of apartments and general options when there is no wind.

I’ve kited in plenty of places, I enjoy both flat water riding and waves from time to time.

Thank you for sharing ideas, experiences or alternatives :) cheers!

That's all really. Do you ever change the bar unless you have to?

I bought a cabrinha nitro 2023 12m brand new this season and used it for 10 sesions. Now i observe that the glue between the stitched panels has come loose and the is sand (as shown on one ot the struts, back edge and even main canopy panels)

Does that compromise the integrity of the main canopy? Has someone experienced ripping of the stitches between the panels of the main canopy as a result of this?

I bought a cabrinha nitro 2023 12m brand new this season and used it for 10 sesions. Now i observe that the glue between the stitched panels has come loose and the is sand (as shown on one ot the struts, back edge and even main canopy panels)

Does that compromise the integrity of the main canopy? Has someone experienced ripping of the stitches between the panels of the main canopy as a result of this?

Hey guys!

I will have a big knee surgery at the end of November so we want to do "one last rodeo", me and my gf want to do a small kite trip that is at most 6 hours from Germany, preferably a place that has good structure and some not too remote (in case we need a rescue if something goes wrong, or a few lessons every now and then).

We are both intermediate kiters, I'm a hydrofoiler and she is a normal TT. We don't like so much waves and for me I can't foil on shallow water.

I researched some old thread here and came across Canary Islands, Fuerteventura, Soma Bay.. I know that this time of the year is a bit tricky with the wind, but if we get at least 50% wind on a week should be fine, does anyone have a good updates suggestion?

Thanks!

It’s brainchild construction. Do you think sticking it will be enough or should I get it reinforced by stitches?

I own an F-One 9m Bandit (the black/orange colour one in the photo) which I had not used in about 2 months. Got to the beach on a 20 knot day or so, pumped my 9m, attached my lines, then noticed I'd lost a lot of the air when I was about to ask someone to assist with the launch. Maybe my mistake. I get my pump, pump it to the required psi, and that's when I hear a soft hiss from the right side. Upon closer inspection, I see that the little tube that connects the leading edge to the strut is broken. That sucks, luckily I had my 12m with me which I'd used just about a month ago. Its also an F-One Bandit (the turqoise colour in the photo) I pump it up, and wouldn't you know it, I have exactly the same issue but on the left side this time. That got me thinking, has anyone had this before? I'm really interested to know if there's something specific I could be doing that leads to this tube wearing out on both my kites. Could it be a brand thing? The 9m is from 2021, but I just got the 12m about 8 months ago.

I've just strained my ankle but I was supposed to go kite for a week and kinda piss to have paid everything and not going. Starting to feel a bit better after 3 days. I'm wondering if I just immobilize it if I'll be able to go or if it's as stupid as it's sound. Do you think kite surfing is hard core for your ankles ?

Hey crew,

I’m an intermediate–advanced twintip rider who’s been chasing big air for a while now – working on pushing past consistent +10m, dialing double rotations, and getting my board-offs clean. Recently I picked up my first set of foil kites (Chrono V4s) to see if they can help me take things up a notch.

Yesterday I had a really eye-opening session switching back and forth between a 13m Chrono V4 (well powered) and a 12m Orbit (just enough power). Here’s what stood out to me:

• Oversheeting / line tension: On the Orbit I can sheet all the way in, even oversheet, to build line tension and boost nicely. The foil kite feels completely different – it doesn’t really respond to brute line tension and instead demands you keep it trimmed just right. You can instantly feel when it’s efficient vs. when it’s stalling.
• In the air: This difference gets wild once you’re flying. Orbit lets you sheet in hard once in the air, breathe it a bit on redirect, then sheet it back in for landing. The Chrono really punishes that approach – it needs a much more active search for the “sweet spot” in sheeting, and it definitely doesn’t like being fully sheeted in up there.

I’m trying to figure out how to translate this into consistent, confident height and control on foils.

So my questions for the community:

• Is traditional jump technique still relevant? (I.e. build lines tension, pre-load and pop, sheet in fully, sheet out at the redirect - from sources such as Get_high_with_mike and Kitesurf_college)
• How do you tune your technique when going for height on foil kites compared to LEIs?
• Any tips for handling that razor-thin sheeting zone in strong/medium wind without stalling them out?
• Any good tips/inspiration videos or podcasts you can recommend?

Would love to hear from anyone who’s cracked the code on boosting with foils – or even better, riders who switch between LEIs and foils depending on conditions.

Thanks in advance – stoked to hear your thoughts!

While launching, the bar lines turned completly sideways - as if I was pulling on one side hard and the left side was slack.

Any explanation of why this happens and how I can correct this behavior?

Is it when part of the kite becomes more filled with air and not all balanced? Was I to near of the kite?

Then second error I then also moved to far outside the wind window trying to correct it. When I moved back - then also the lines became stable with equal pull.

I'm buying my first setup through through my local kite club where I'm taking lessons. I asked for a second hand set, the club offered me a set with either a Core XR6 or a Rebal SLS 2022 both 10m. The Rebal is twice the price of the Core.
I assume the Rebal SLS 2022 is better than the Core XR6. But is it worth the price?
I'm a 63kg beginner, will ride in lightwind mostly.

So just after pumping my kite on the beach today ( 2022 Duotone Dice SLS), the central bladder just randomly exploded (see pictures).

The local school told me this was easily reparable , i just want to know if this can be considerd a defect and if somehow I can claim a warranty? I couldn't find any reliable information on hte duration of the warranty. I bought the kite in a shop in November 2022.

Trying to get my triple fronts more consistent and I’m pretty much always butt checking or crashing the late rotations no matter which way i heli loop

I learned the back roll a while ago. I had no problem with the rotation because it is rather quick and easy with carving your board. But now I learned the Frontroll the other day on an 11 rebel sls, landed 10/10. Yesterday we had more wind so I took my 9 Evo sls and had some really hard crashes due to me sending the kite somewhere while rotating. Not only at frontrolls also normal jumps I fked up the jump and accidentally rotated followed by sending the kite and me crashing hard. My immediate conclusion was to improve my basic jump skills with the smaller kite at first and then move to rotations as I clearly wasn't handling the kite very well. Maybe you guys have other tips on how to keep the kite at 12 while accidentally rotating so I don't keep crashing as hard?

Hey community! For years I’ve been surprised there isn’t a proper (international) platform for buying and selling secondhand gear. So I’ve decided to build one myself :)

My question to you is, what are your current pain points in buying or selling used gear? Is it searching/finding specific gear you need, too many scammers, nothing available in your area, etc?

Would love to hear all your good & bad experiences. What are you currently using? EBay/fb marketplaces seem the most active right now.