Brunotti Kite Blue Wave 2010

Filed under kitesurfing boards, kitesurfing equipment by on October 28, 2011 at 3:36 am {4 comments}

A beautiful kitesurfing board.

We have tested this board in the 5’5 size.

It is an excellent board for the those mushy broken sloppy waves. It is very versatile and forgiving; you can wipe the wave, jump on the wave, go easily upwind, everything, it does everything well.It is very light, responsive, fast, stable. It is a lot of fun.

It is one of the best kitesurfing boards for the kiteboarder who wants to start kitesurfing waves. The transition from a twintip to this directional board is really easy as it comes with straps, you can start riding immediately. Of course, you will have to be familiar with riding toeside or jibing otherwise you will have to stop to change direction.

 

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Kitesurfing Boards for Lightwind

Filed under kitesurfing boards, kitesurfing equipment by on October 27, 2011 at 10:47 am {17 comments}

kitesurfing board for lightwind

Kitesurfing boards are a quite often an underestimated element when thinking about solutions to be able to kitesurf during those nice sunny summer days when the wind is just not enough for the standard kitesurfing equipment quiver.

Up until recently, kitesurfers used bigger and bigger kitesurfing kites to make use of that gentle wind and be able to cruise gently. But bigger kitesurf kites mean also slower kites and it is in general very painful to relaunch such a big monster when it falls from the sky.

Today, more and more people are realizing that the solution is not using bigger kites but using floaty kitesurfing boards instead. The principle behind is that when using a positively buoyant board, the pull of the kite is only needed to move the kitesurfer on the surface of the water rather than out of the water and therefore much less energy is needed. Once

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Foil kitesurfing kites vs. inflatable kites

Filed under kitesurf kite, kitesurfing equipment, kitesurfing kites by on November 3, 2009 at 4:43 pm {10 comments}

 

Reading kiteforum we have found this post about foil kites that looks quite interesting. Also considering that they can be used for landboarding and snowkiting we are thinking of giving it a try.

Let me try and break it down for you by telling you why I ride foils. Also, please disregard anything said by PMU. He only posts anti-foil lies and nothing else on this forum so he does not carrry any weight.I started on inflatable “C” kites back in the day… When the “bow” kites first came out I was thinking about getting one but my “C” kites had a 5th line and I really liked it for safety and relaunch. My friend who is an FS dealer told me about the FS Pulse which was getting ready to hit the market. It had the same type of depower as the bow kites, could be self launched and landed, and had a 5th line safety. After some research and contemplation I order a 13m. Up to this point I had 0 foil experience. The first day I got the kite I was completely blown away by how fast I could set the kite up. I have timed myself and I can get an FS kite from the bag and into the air in 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Over the years I went from the original Pulse to Psycho 3 and a Speed 2 19m to the Pulse 2. In all I have owned 11 FS kites or different flavors.

Here are what I like about FS kites:

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Kitesurfing Boards Crew about Kite Show Cumbuco 2009. Old school rocks!!

Filed under kitesurf kite, kitesurfing boards, kitesurfing equipment, kitesurfing kites by on November 1, 2009 at 9:39 am {9 comments}
Kite Show cumbuco claims to be “the most entertaining kiteboarding event in the world”. Their slogan is “KITEboarding is back!” and what they want to mean is Old school, big airs, lots of spins, grabs, etc. what, we have to admit, it is a lot of fun for the riders and for those enjoying a caipirinha on the beach. If you add temperatures between 23C and 30C, water temperature around the 28C, wind everyday, flat water and waves, you can be sure Cumbuco must be a big show also during this competition. This is just a couple of examples to give an idea of the disciplines in competition, this is going to be fun:
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