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dunk Member  Member#: 570 Location: Registered: 02-03-2004 Diary Entries: 323 Mood: Spaced out |
30th April 2008 Kite surfing: Ynyslas Wind Direction: NW Wind Stength: 12 knts Surf / Sea State: small waves Air Temperature: 11 ish Sea Temperature: Weather: fine Max Speed: Distance Covered: I've had loads of great sessions this month, but I haven't done many diary entrys. I thought this may be worth one as I was demoing a Naish Helix. I picked up the 9 meter off Jonnie, who as usual kept me chatting for ages. He told me the kite would work in lightish winds. I got to the beach, it was doing approx 12 knts ish. I could of rigged me 12 or 16 Raven and would of been rideing. I pumped up the Helix and after a bit of a sketchy launch, I was on the water. The kite really did work in light wind. I was riding and flying upwind. Now for the but..... The kite was working yes,but I tried a couple of jumps, small ones. There didn't seem to be a lot of lift really. I guess for it to be fun in the jumping sense I think you'd need to be well powered,just like any other kites really. It seemed fine for wave riding, I think it'd work really welll with a surfboard. It was rock solid and fast turning, bar preasure was more than I was used to ,as I ride on the stopper a lot on my Raven. The build quality was good, as usual from Naish! Welll will I buy some.......... I still don't know really, I've got a 6m boxer sle. I did'nt really like that at first, but I'm kinda getting used to it now. The safety aspect over the "C's" is a lot better in that kind of wind. I need more time on it, and a little more wind! |
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