I'm pretty sure everybody has broken something during kiting. It doesnt matter if its a broken bone, board, shredded kite, leash, harness, bodypart, whetever.
Post up a picture, I'm sure I'm not the only one who keeps breaking stuff.
Plenty more to come once I get my camera sorted.
Please note that this is not meant to be a slag fest for manufacturers. All gear can be broken, just some gear breaks more often than others
First attempts at kitelooping.
I were wondering why the landing on this one was a bit softer.
I did exactly the same thing to my SX147 - referring to the 2nd photo.
Had a car run over my cab custom though... all fixed now thank goodness.
Here are some I posted a year and a half or so ago of a guy who did a downwinder with us in some nasty conditions...
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got hit by a gust and slammed the kite into the water. was a bit surprised at the extent of the damage personally.
is that a vapor1? if so yeah ive seen that tear on a couple of other vapor 1s and personally added one on a backmobe crash, no kiteloop or anything just kite hits water.
Thankfully I were on the water and not 40ft in the air when this went
You would hope that dakine stress relieve their welds but I doubt it. Classic fatigue failure this one
