I thought the same at first but By the look of the spray the board is on this side.
No going upwind with that stack-O-doona.
Oh how originally funny you are ! Pick a photo from a recent stacking thread and try to make a sidesplittingly hilarious(not) joke at their expense .Do you not realise that PL put downs and jokes are yesterdays news .
And to answer your question the wind when we were in Vanuatu was crap and this was the only thing that could get us out there .So sitting around would have been worse .
BTW I don't ride PL anymore but at the time those kites had spitloads more depower and stability than anything else out there and were a great option.So don't think that I am some kind of blinkered kook going to their defence
Surely you have something better in life to do mr 3 posts
Donnas are useful when remote............but 3 of them, what a logistical nightmare!......but some sick determination and look what can be done.
Some questions for all those open minded kiters out there who appear to have such a pathological contempt for foils, PL’s in particular -
How many of you have actually ever flown one?
How many of you actually have any experience of them, or are your narrow minded temper tantrums simply a reflection of your own deep seated childhood problems?
If you haven’t ever actually flown a foil, whether it’s a PL, Flysurfer or Ozone, you’re not really in a position to be bagging them are you?
Oh poor diddums (original poster) did I upset you and a couple of your loser pillow bagging mates with my comments and now you've decided to beat me up with your widdle wed thummy wummys 
Hey Juddy, when you crashed your PLs on launch and landing at Woodies 1 the other week, I was wondering if you'd actually flown them before!!!
Mr Float, my comments were not directed at you, far from it. You are one of a very small number of people on this forum who have the experience across both foils & inflatos who can make valid comparisons about what each style of kite has to offer.
My comments were directed at the ‘less well educated’ kiters on the forum who don’t have the slightest bit of knowledge or experience of foils, yet continue to offer various uninformed, ignorant comments about foils but wouldn’t know the first thing about foils.
And in reference to my unsightly recent experience Ben, you mightn’t have been far off….
I stopped considering Peter Lynn's as a viable kiting option when the Peter Lynn retailer refused to sell a kite to my friend because he was jewish...
...they said it was because he was circumcised - apparently you have to be a complete prick to use a Peter Lynn!
I see the winter angst rot is growing daily. Was wondering when the seasonal foil bashing threads would appear.
Hey Juddy - I am keen to try your PL one day. I was tempted to buy a PL Gorrilla back in the day. The wind range (vast compared to LEI at the time) was seductive. Never got round to trying one but have always wondered..
Happy to share the love Funky. I've got 3 you can choose from. When we get some wind....when ever that might next be...
Sorry mate - couldn't resist. Seriously though I have always wanted to try a PL just to know what they are about. Would dig a chance to get on one - hanging for some winds either way.
hated the Gorilla, got onto the Venom- not a bad kite for its time- pretty fun kite....I rode one for a season then went back to inflatos, each to their own i reckon.....
Four of them! 3.6M Waterfoil, 10.5M Bomba, 15M Bomba, 16M Venom 2 . All fun kites to use and learn with.
Funky,
Four in fact but only 3 get flown now. Started out on 2005 Venom 13m, picked up a 2007 Venom 10m ‘mark II’. Last season was on Synergy 12 & 8m. Even though it’s 1m smaller the difference is remarkable.
The 13 has been relegated to the back corner, probably not likely to come out again any time soon but, you know, your first kite…just can’t bring myself to throw it away.
Dudes,
I'm a Kook, I fly foils.
In the last 5 years I have flown PL:
-In Cyclone surf
-Flatwater (big f.....ng woop)
-Big downwinders like Narra-Bronte past the cliffs of Nth and Sth head
-Across the Greenland icecap
-Across the sea ice of Canada
-Up and down Mt Kosciuscko and off Kosciuscko cornice
-I have shredded them in the deep backcountry of the Norweigan mountains on 2 week long solo missions, stitched 'em up in the tent at night with surgical sutures then flown them the next day.
-And yes, I have slept under them (When my -20 sleeping bag couldn't hack -40 in Greenland)
Every one of them a PL Venom. Check my photos for proof of the Doona thing.
Maybe I could be bothered learning how to fly them and I was hungry? whatever...they worked well for me.
Yeh, I have largely moved on with my kite choice, but these kites rocked the last 5 years of my life, why don't you blokes get one? (not talking 'bout a PL)
( ps check out the thread re "interesting kite like winter sport")
( ps check out the thread re "interesting kite like winter sport")
Still can't bring myself to sell my 2005 9m Yarga tho. Love that kite.. sniff.. sniff.
