[_dave]

Here is how it went. Info might be useful for others.

Had kiteable wind every day. Launched mostly at a random spot near my hotel in Ixia. Very sketchy launch – tricky to find room in the water for a safe launch and land. Landed the kite to the leash in the shallows once I had found a sufficiently quiet spot. Good wind once away from the shore.

I also taxi’s down to the Kite pro center at Kremasti. Nice clean wind all the way to the beach. But what a zoo. Kites crashing on the beach every few minutes by some semi-hotshot. I experienced mr grumpy but generally the people running the place seem to be working hard launching and landing people. I just rode upwind of the crowd.

I also hired a car and spent a day at Prasonisi. I can understand why people like the spot. Yes, if you are just on a kite holiday you would probably stay here, although I don’t know how you cope with the heat in a tent in August. But it’s not so suitable for a family holiday (it is in the middle of nowhere).

The spit of land between the little island and the mainland gives offshore wind and flat water on one side and chop/small waves on the other. But in mid august this place is very crowded. I found the flat water area to be totally overcrowded and I gave up after two tacks. Just too many kites and windsurfers. I spent the day on the choppy side with a 9m kite (most had between 6 and 9). I counted 30 kites and 50 windurfers on the water at the same time, not to mention loads of swimmers (!) so it was also a bit busy for my taste, but again it is easy to ride upwind of the crowd and there were still a few swells to play with.

Overall a wind-safe place but crowded in August. I have heard that the wind is reliable in Prasonisi already in early May and it should be much less crowded.

[_dave]

Check out:
http://www.seathroughboards.com/

[_dave]

WakeNils;620846 wrote:

verkar livsfarligt att den löser ut redan vid 4 kg… får ta en habo kitefix med silvertejp på den…

1 is the newest North system ?
2 is Naish
3 is Cab.

4kg = annoying (=my experience with a release that was too easy)
30kg = dangerous

Any owners of the North system experienced a problem with accidental release?

[_dave]

Fluid kites are of the ultraflat style. I’ve owned a couple of these. They originally came out with a 2:1 pully bar so that when you sheet out 30cm the kite sees 60cm. Sadly a 2:1 bar has too much pressure to be any fun and getting a 1:1 to work on a fluid or similar kite means you really do need a long distance between chicken loop and the stopper.

Personally I’d take an existing bar and just make the ”bom-väg” longer by changing the chicken line. You just need to lengthen the back lines equally either at the bar end or at the kite end. If it is a bar with depower cleat below the bar then this should be an easy mod, but some kite makers still like to make it expensive to change lines.

I recon you can have quite a long bar with this kite since they are slow for their size. It allows you to steer it when sheeted out. A 60cm-65cm antique would be no problem.

foamrider;620242 wrote:

Tja, jag har en 14 m2 kite av märket fluid, när jag kör den med min bom av okänt fabrikat (som fungerar bra till min 9m2) får jag inget utslag när jag drar ner bommen och om jag fäster linorna så jag får det har jag istället drag hela tiden( när jag har släppt bommen helt).

Min slutsats: jag behöver en ny bom till kiten, och en med längre ”bom-väg” (en fackterm någon!?)än den jag har nu. Provade en kompis bom från en slingshot RPM och draken fungerade grymt mycket bättre.

Har någon tipps på passande bom? Kanske någon till och med har en att sälja? Tänkte försöka få tag på något begagnat i första hand, Hur bred bom kan jag ha? Kiten känns ganska seg och trögstyrd jämfört med andra jag har provat.

[_dave]

djevulen;620059 wrote:

jag har inte kört i björlanda på många år,det var när jag vindsurfade som jag var där,
men det ligger ju längst in i viken så jag tror det blir byigare där,jag får åka dit å testa en dag,
vilka vindriktningar funkar i björlanda?

V – NV. Det är alltid byigt, men klart körbar. Ingen strand alls. Ensam är jobbigt.

Samma här – jag får testa lilleby (havsbad inte hamn antar jag). Ser ut som det kan var jämnare vind men inte så platt. Parkera du vid hamnen och gå därifrån?

[_dave]

djevulen;619931 wrote:

någon som e sugen på lilleby idag?,jag orkar inte köra genom stan idag å drar mig ner till lilleby vid 17-tiden

Är det bättre än Björlanda?

[_dave]

Awsome price for a Mystic harness.
http://www.surf-lab.se/Shop/Index.php?sArtModelId=652562

Good luck!

djevulen;618837 wrote:

Ny web-butik i göteborg

Nu har äntligen alla papper kommit,så nu lanserar vi göteborgs nya web-butik

http://www.surf-lab.se

Mvh Mathias Wikell och Torbjörn Frick

[_dave]

acemattias;615750 wrote:

Ihopmonterat väger hela paketet 8kg

Shame about the weight – the plexiglass weighs more than plywood 🙁
Nice idea though (I have thought about it a fair bit).

[_dave]

They do look niiice. I dig the whole mini-fin idea. OK – I’ll order a set too. There. Said it. / Dave

[_dave]

http://www.dovetechaquasport.com/ -> Click on price list. Molded fins were about 25Kr each. No idea if they still make them.
Omnitech’s are about twice that.
http://www.omnitech-engineering.com/fins/

I’m not meaning to criticise your fins mate – they look miles better quality than dovetech’s. Definitely worth the money from what I can see from your construction. I guess you can’t make the really cheap ones cost effectively unless you pump out huge volumes, so it makes sense to go for better quality instead.

[_dave]

Injection-molded fins _should_ be cheap. When gadget started I had hopes he would be a swedish version of dovetech
http://www.dovetechaquasport.com/
But the the prices can’t be compared sadly.
Shipping from SA is not cheap. The web page is 4 years old, but might be worth a look. (I used them about 6 years ago and they were fine.).

[_dave]

Svinet;611225 wrote:

vart kan man köpa inserts i gbg?

Inserts?

[_dave]

Inte precis vad du e ut efter men en bra tillfälle att visa lite reklam:

[IMG]http://www.surfzone.se/ppc_data/10/IMG_05111.JPG[/IMG]

http://www.surfzone.se/ppc/showproduct.php?product=27315&title=wave-skim-hybrid&cat=10

[_dave]

Nice mechanism, but the bolts on my 2008 are all rusting! Are the newer ones better?

sourra;609902 wrote:

Det är ju hårdvaluta det där. Oftast säljs ju bommarna med kite och allt så det blir sällan nåt över. Om du kan tänka dig en 2008-bom så finns det oanvända här för en lite billigare penning än 2010-bommarna

[_dave]

Lidde;607804 wrote:

Hej!
Wipikabräda glömd i Habo Ljung samt även en huva.
Är i Habo Ljung på lördag.
//Lidde

Var det bara jag som läst ”Wikipedia”?…