Ladies and gentlemen,

according to Mr. Hirschausen - from WA - C kites relaunch faster than Bow kites. I and many others challenge that statement.

Given Mr. Hirschausen lives in Geralton, which is not really around the corner, I propose the following.

Lets make use of a video "referee" to see who's right.

Rules:
1. The kite needs to be lying in the water straight downwind on its leading edge
2. The film needs to contain a section displaying a windmeter at the exact location and time where the kite is going to be relaunched and the measurements need to be displayed in knots.
3. The tape counter information needs to be displayed at all times on the video feed (this is to avoid sneaky editing and higher speed playback to cheat on the time)
4. The total relaunch time is defined as the time where the rider grabs any of the lines to initiate the relaunch procedure until the kite has reached the zenith (defined as any point between 11am and 1pm up in the sky.)
5. The tape needs to record the kite size, brand, etc.
6. Only standard line lengths are allowed (by standard I mean the line length that is provided with the kite in a normal configuration). The line length must be quoted.
7. Only “safe” relaunches will be considered as valid (i.e. any style of potentially dangerous hot launches will not be considered as they don’t represent what a kiter would do in normal conditions)

The footage can be posted under youtube.com and shared through a link on this forum.

Please feel free to add any rules that may help making this exercise clear and comparable.

M