Equipment for kiteing

Equipment for kiteing


To begin, it is best to buy a trainer kite and a DVD and learn how to manage it. Then go to the course where you will learn the basics that you need for further independent learning.
If you buy a kite before you know anything about this sport, the risk that you will buy inappropriate equipment is on you. Not only that you can buy the wrong equipment for the conditions where you'll kitesurfing, but you can really buy a "wrong" kite. The technology is extremely advanced, and even if you buy something from the year 2006 "a perfectly preserved" for the "great price" is to be a mistake. You'll see that many "great good" equipment is sold on E-Bay, various forums, and vendors. But if the offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Equipment for kiteing


But if you are just starting to kiteing probably will not even know what that is. For this you need instruction or friend who is kiteing master. The instructor or someone who you trust can direct you to equipment that would be suitable for you.

Equipment for kiteing

Kitesurfing Equipment

Kitesurfing Equipment


A few hundred $$$$, that would be saved if you skip the basic lessons, is little in comparison with the costs, which could be considered in the event led to the accident. Buy equipment from recognized dealers, and as the first, do not buy used equipment online, because you will not be provided when it is safe and may also not be suitable for your needs and level of knowledge. Instructor can advise you, what equipment is best suited for you, based on your knowledge of handling with kite. Instructors know best what is good.

Kitesurfing Equipment


Do not save in the case of safety equipment. Buy the rescue jacket. Wear a helmet, which is designed for water sports. Whistle can help you attract attention, if takes you so far away that you will not be heard if you shout. Quality pocket knife for cutting leather cords or equipment is required. You could avoid more than half of serious accidents, if you use a pocket knife and cut lines quickly.

Kitesurfing Equipment

Basic Kiting Instructions

Basic Kiting Instructions


Kiting looks crazy good because of a simple reason - because it also is. But before you can fly, you'll need to learn to walk again.
With kite you can lift more than 10 meters high and more than twice as much in length in the direction of the wind, from water to air, and wherever you want. This is the reason why most of us practice kiting.
Unfortunately, the way that what goes up must go down well, and none of us can practically fly, but we are all subject to gravity. As you can not learn how to jump with a kite or run your own free fall with the parachute, do not think that would be easy to learn how to kitesurfing.

Basic Kiting Instructions


Accidents happen every day and practically every kiting enthusiast, so it is best that you are ready to surf safely and so that you reduce the risk that something happens to you or others around you.
Therefore, follow some very simple instructions to make your kiting secure and comfortable. First, rent a professionally qualified instructor or kiting school. When they say that you are ready, you're ready.

Basic Kiting Instructions

Kiteboarding experience

Kiteboarding experience


If you already have experience with windsurfing, surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding or wakeboarding, then you have a lot of skills for managing kiteboard. 85% of sports are in managing kite, since however; first you'll need to learn about safety and managing kite before you can begin to combine kiteboard and kite.

Kiteboarding experience


Kiteboarding is somewhat similar to these sports only to use the inflatable kite and trapeze for the use of wind load. Once you learn how to manage the kite, controlling the power over the bar and direction of travel with the correct drive of kiteboard, you can go anywhere and do anything!

Kiteboarding experience

What is kiteing?

New in kiteing?


New in kiteing?

If you've already seen kiteing on water, snow or grass and just know that you need to try it, then you have probably a lot of questions how to approached to this sport ...

What is kiteing?

The word "kiteing - kiteboarding" covers the activities with kite on different terrains. Kitesurfing is carried out on the water, snowkiting in the snow with a snowboard or a skis and landboarding on grass or similar ground with mountainboard. Generally speaking, if you stand on the board and you pulled the parachute through the wind, then you kiteing.

New in kiteing?


With the right equipment, enough experience and enough wind you can kite anywhere!

New in kiteing?

From kiting to business

From kiting to business

Often the wealthier kiting fans with sense for business, decide to purchase land or property in any of these locations, for their own enjoyment or as a good investment, which can also earn. Around Fortalezze in Brazil is almost no more land they would not have picked businessmen, mostly European.
On the other hand kiting offers exotic holiday, where they can hide from stress, and where this dynamic sport to renew their stocks of physical and mental energy, and to prepare on a daily hard work. Kitesurfer learn good prediction of events (changes in direction and strength of wind, waves, currents), and rapid decision-making during the jumping, when meeting with other kitesurfers while driving under the waves, and above all a sense of management under the minimum and maximum forces. Skills, those are used correctly, are also useful in the business world.


From kiting to business


From kiting to business

Kite Surfing-Price of Equipment

Kite Surfing-Price of Equipment

I can say that where a will is, there is no obstacle. The only possible obstacle may be only the price. Price of equipment for kiting moved of the 800 to 1200 euros ($1000 to 1600), for the boards from 300 to 700 euros ($400-900). When this need not continue for about 100 euros and can be a short piece of neoprene suits, which can be obtained already for 50 euros. Major cost is the price of travel, since for kiting is the only good places with the daily and constant wind.
Whit Kite to all parts of the world
When people enter the search of such places, most ending in beautiful sandy beaches of Brazil, Africa or at the more exotic island.
Of course, you can opt for the kiting with skis in the snow, which is slightly better and it is possible to learn faster than kiting on water.Most visited are the Col du Lautaret in France and Swiss Silvaplana, recently more and more people kiting in Norway and Iceland. I guess we can expect that the kiting will also started on the Russian scene. When will, the appropriate will be the entire Siberian plateau, which are known for a strong and constant wind.


Kite Surfing-Price of Equipment

Kitesurfing-Fairly Easy Sport

Kitesurfing-Fairly Easy Sport

Kiteboarding, kitesurfing (surfing with the kite), is quite a new sport. The real importance is given in the last decade, although the beginnings date back to the middle of the eighties of last century.
Age is no obstacle, the price may
Many will think that kiting is adrenalin sports for unusual people and that is dangerous.
In reality, this is a nice, fairly easy sport that requires a little more attention; because it is really a lot more factors to be considered that the kiting is safe.
It is important that we learn kiting where for the students and teachers is safe. Sandy beach, shallow water and wind parallel to the shore, providing learning success. For people who do not have much time, it is better to opt for an individual school, since could so much quicker to learn the basic. At the sound the wind and in the appropriate place is to learn the most in 10 hours.


Kitesurfing-Fairly Easy Sport

Kite Surfing – How to Choose Wet Suit

Kite Surfing – How to Choose Wet Suit

Wet suits help surfers to feel comfort at any water temperatures. It protects from hazards, cold and helps surfer to do better. Cold water is defined if the temperature is below 65 degrees. Wet suit is full suit to cover total body from ankles to writs, with a thickness of 2 to 3mm. It keeps your body warm which is possible because of the layer of water existing between your body and the suit. This water acts as an insulator and keeps the body temperature at the same level irrespective of outside temperatures.

Wet suit should be neither tight to prevent movements not lose to hang uselessly. Therefore, before buying wetsuit one should have complete knowledge about it. Whenever you want to buy wet suit go to surfing store and purchase it. You do not find these sports items other than respective stores. Know about the brands. Do not carry away by expensive brands. Surf the internet to get best deals and know about best brands. If you are not aware, it is advised to ask the one who knows it better. Your wet suit should fit your body comfortably and it should be tight enough preventing water flushing. So first, try the suit before buying it.


Kite Surfing – How to Choose Wet Suit

Kite Surfing – Safety Rules

Kite Surfing – Safety Rules

Every sport has two sides. It gives fun and also proves dangerous sometimes if you don’t take required safety measures. One must be very careful and be aware of safety measures for extreme water sports like kitesurfing. Because of wind gusts, strong forces will be generated enough to carry away people and dash them against water, terrains, and buildings. Most fatalities are due to such hazards caused by power kites. Jumping at inappropriate places and collisions with other surfers are other hazards. Usually at 50km/h surfer gets tired and carried away from shore where it is difficult for an easy swim. Other dangers are from sharks, jellyfishes, and crocodiles.

Safety Rules to be Followed

Height of the Kite: To avoid collisions, kiter who is nearer to the wind or who is above other kiters must keep the kite high enough to avoid collision with the liners of other kiters. Similarly, those who are at a lower height should manage their kite high to be safe.

Clearance Distance Range: A kiter must have 30m clearance during upwind and 50m clearance during downwind. Sailing rules also applicable for kite surfing.

Sailing Rule 12 or Starboard Rule: The kiter who has the wind on the right side, right leg, or arm leading in direction of travel (starboard) has the right of way when coming in opposite directions. The kiter who has the wind on the port side should give the way.

Along with these, other sailing rules must be followed to avoid hazards.


Kite Surfing – Safety Rules

Kite Surfing – Necessary Equipment

Kite Surfing – Necessary Equipment

Advanced technology is helping sports equipment manufacturers to invent and enhance the equipment and made it easy to learn for beginners. Kite surfing equipment has undergone several changes from its origin to present day. One must know what are the equipments required for any sport.

Let’s see the necessary equipment for kite surfing:-

Kites: Kite manufacturing has undergone many changes. Many varieties of kites are available; power kites that include leading edge inflatable and bow kites, and foil kites. Kites also vary in size.

Flying Lines: Usually ultra high molecular weight polyethylene is used to make these flying lines to bear the loads of the riders. Most kites use 3 to 4 lines and fifth line is used to help in water re-launching. They will come in different lengths.

Control Bar: This is used to control the kite and to rotate it clockwise or anticlockwise. This is attached to the kite through the flying lines. This is made of solid material.

Kiteboard: Many varieties of kite boards available. It is actually made of small wooden or foam board. You can use directional surf-style boards, wakeboard-style boards, and hybrids which can work in either direction. Kiteboards also varies depending on rider's skill level, riding style, wind and water conditions.


Kite Surfing – Necessary Equipment

Kite Surfing – Basic Techniques

Kite Surfing – Basic Techniques

Kite surfing is the most popular extreme water sport now-a-days. This sport is entertaining as well as dangerous. One must know basic techniques of kite surfing to avoid injuries to self as well as other who are bystanders. Sports schools are there to teach kite surfing and its basic techniques.

Standard Techniques of Kite Surfing:

Turning: Turning is very important thing to know in this sport. If you are a beginner, then keep the kite in neutral position and learn stopping, bending back into the water, and practice it by turning kite in opposite direction. You can also learn heel turn job. This technique is executed quickly but requires skill. Board is slowed down and reversed the board by flattening rear foot and eventually making it to become the lead foot.

Controlling: Controlled flying and jumping are the thrills associated with kite surfing. Before jumping, the surfer has to build enough tension in the kite and board to gain required momentum. Though they give us more fun, they prove to be dangerous if you have not practiced well.

Board Grabs: Another thrill is grabbing the board while jumping or popping into the air with either hands. You can grab the board in various styles.

The more you practice the more thrills you can experience with this kite surfing sport.


Kite Surfing – Basic Techniques

Kite Surfing – History

Kite Surfing – History

A water sport becoming very popular now-a-days is kite surfing or kite boarding. A style of wave oriented riding using kites as propel system. This is an extreme sport where the surfer uses board with or without strips to hold and a big kite that acts as a propel system. By managing the kite, he can actually ride on the surface waters. Different styles of kite surfing exist today like, freestyle, wake style, wave riding, jumping, and cruising.

Kite surfing history dates back to 13th century in the Chinese history for the transportation. It was called as kite sailing. In 1800, George Peacock used this method for moving carts on land and ships on water. He use bigger kite taking it to the next higher level. In 1903, Samuel Cody succeeded in developing man lifting kites and able to cross English Channel in a small boat. In 1990, Peter Lynn created kite buggying which became very popular.

Commercial kite surfing model was invented by Bill Roeseler, a Boeing aerodynamicist, and his son Corey Roeseler and named as “KiteSki" system. In 1996, off the Hawaiian coast of Maui, Laird Hamilton and Manu Bertin were made kitesurfing popular. From then new inventions and enhancements made this kite surfing sport very popular. From 2001 onwards, wakeboard style bi-directional boards came into existence.


Kite Surfing – History

With the wind in the hair – Kiteing

Kiteing

Who among us has not wished to be able to walk on water? For example, when standing on the coast and want to continue the way, but you can not. Well you can, with the board and the parachute, and yet almost as freely as you go "on foot". And not only that the knowledge of surfing with the dragon and the parachute (kiteboarding), also known as kiting, driving attractive to travel on the sea, but also on snow, ice, sand consolidated basis or even a meadow. Specialty of kiting is that it can be implemented in all seasons. But since summer is here, let’s stay on the water.
It is not surprising that people have for years endeavored to be the dragon and made navigable object in the water. The first, which it is in 1993 about it, it was Cory Roeseler. However, his attempt on monoski with a large dragon, which was managed by a leading rod and motorized winding cords, was a commercial failure. The real development has enabled the invention of brothers Bruno and Dominique Legaignoux, already in 1984, the patented system of parachutes with inflatable tubes, which was after the two lines connected to the management club. When Manu Bertini and others in 1996 in France on the beaches near Montpellier this system start to use in the weighted boards for windsurfing (windsurfing), was born kiting.


Kiteing

Kite Surfing-Pure Pleasure

Kite Surfing-Pure Pleasure

Different terms, same pleasure
Kiteing is a sport for the whole year and all seasons. The most active is the event at sea and lakes. In winter, this sport moves on a snow land, frozen lakes or on the slopes of the lean mountains. In kiteing,all starts on the ground, usually in the meadow. Meet with a parachute, the preparation of the equipment, run down, raising and lowering parachutes. Thus, after the theoretical work meet with practical basics of the sport.
Water (kitesurfing)
Reference has already been the most common form; this is kiteing on the water, at sea or lakes. In winter, when the sea is a little cooler, it is necessary to have a neoprene suit. In summer, when temperatures increase, only need a swimsuit, shorts and a T-shirt from Lycra. For kiteing on water is the most important access to the sea, beach itself. Chute, which will rise into the air, is on the 25-metric lines, and it is very important that there is appropriate beach or place by the sea. It is also important for beginners to the initial water level, which is close to low, in the amount of the loins. A good example is the coast of Egypt (El Gouna, Hurghada), where the conditions are ideal for learning. Lots of space on the beach, the low depth of the sea, not overly wavy sea, the constant wind and of course the hot sun. These are the conditions in which you could win the first few days a hundred, two hundred meters separate drive, of course, with the help of excellent instructor. In addition to the appropriate size of parachutes and the board you need of course a trapeze, life jacket and helmet mandatory.



Kite Surfing-Pure Pleasure

Extacy - the new freeride from Flysurfer

It is a true successor to drop Titan, as Voodoo and Spirit. It prides itself with even faster wrapping and stability in the air, the better the ratio, depending on the size, increased the sensitivity and ease although at the controls, simpler "offhook" management.
Easy flying:
The basis for faster turns and the sensitivity of the rudder means ideal parachute for freestyle tricks and waves. With greater efficiency in relation to the size of the Flysurfer back to the greater power (pull) parachutes. The development was aimed at driving the new trend of unhooked tricks and, therefore continues to improve aerodynamics - less downside back. This feature will not be appreciated only for kite fans, but also for the courses and instructors.
New Technology:
In addition to the novelty presented Extacy combines all the characteristics to be expected from kites FS:
The best safety, No pump system, Rotor leash, JF technology, pull-stop and ABS system


Flysurfer

Direct-WAC:
With model Extacy the Flysurfer imposed a drastic simplification with direct-WAC. Pulleys in a new parachute not present, which means a fixed slope of the profile in the air. Demanding users still have the option of setting wrapping because of the length of the external adjustment (steering) lines.
EN since all the conditions:
Regardless of whether you kite on land, snow or water, it will be a complete pleasure. For advanced users who want to further the possibilities of setting WAC and brakes, advised the purchase of the model PSYCHO2 that: it requires less power to the controls, has long hangtime and shade for a more efficient – high performance tendons.


Flysurfer

Kitesurfing History

Early 70 are the beginnings of kitesurfing! Then it was already known that skis are not just for the snow but to examine them to take advantage of the fine in the water. So, go in the water and try! And really ... to pull skis trough the water with the openopens to us a new dimension in sport!
Then occurs the first kitesurf on the basis of a surfboard in 1977. Gijsbertus Panhuise had successful drive in the front of curious and eager adrenaline people.

In 80's kitesurfing was the first time on TV, the Swiss Andreas Kuhn use wakeboard, and 25 foot sailing wing. With jumping and running with a slight wind everybody left open mouth ...

In 1984 Dominique and Bruno Legaignoux patented the first kite and get into the air from water.

In early 1990, Laurent Ness, Raphael Salles and Antoine Carretero use whales for kitesurfing on the shores of southern France.

It also begins to happen in Hawaii. Don Montague, Manu Bertini and Mike Waltz, surfers and wake boarders present extreme of this sport and what it can be done with kite ... After this event, the sport becomes one of the most rapidly evolving in recent years.

In 1996, there is a kite boom, boom with the biggest media stars such as Laird Hamilton and Manu Bertini.

In 1997 F1 starts to produce and sell the first kitesurf boards, which are developed by Salles and Ness.

September 1998, Maui - the first kitesurf contest winning Flash Austin with Wipiko.
The following are the other firms Naish, Windtools, Devilskick...


Kite Surfing Kites

Kitesurfing-Defender Protection

Today I will spend a few words in the protective equipment of kitesurfing, which I find very important issue to secure the livelihood of nice moments in sports.I will tell you something about Defender Protection Vest.
The Defender Protection Vest is a proven design that will protect your ribs and the upper part of your body diffusing water related impact.Its extra large armholes,ergonomic shaping and form-fitting neoprene allow for excellent freedom of motion.

Kite Surfing Kites-Trainer Kites

Liquid Force has developed a trainer kite that will allow anyone to get their foot in the door to the sport of kiteboarding.


Kite Surfing Kites

Unlike other trainer kites, the LF Trainer Kite has a more realistic feel. It gives the kite flyer the feel of the larger inflatable kites that you’ll be using once you’re ready to get into the water. Whether your goal is kiteboarding, land boarding, or snow kiting, the LF trainer kite is great for learning the basics of kite control, and is a fun inexpensive way to decide whether kiteboarding is the sport for you.


Kite Surfing Kites

You can’t go wrong with a trainer as your first purchase, because there’s no substitute for time spent just flying the kite. Plus, you’ll still have the kite later on when you’re ready to teach your friends!


Kite Surfing Kites

Stacker Powerkite-The Best Flexifoil Kite

Kite Surfing Kites

Invented by Ray Merry and Andrew Jones in 1972 in Cambridgeshire, the Stacker 6 kite became the first commercially-sold recreational power kites.Flexifoil’s original power kite range is the ideal way to get into power kiting.Easy to assemble and quick to learn, this should be your first choice if you just want to get out there, have fun and fly.


Kite Surfing Kites

All Flexifoil Stackers come with everything you need to get flying. Set up takes only a few minutes and full comprehensive instructions are included.
- Stacker Powerkite canopy
- Carbon spar
- Control straps
- Flying lines
- Instructions
- Registration pack
- Free repair card
- Kite storage bag