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.

Busted stitching

have u guys got nothing better to do then post this rubbish?

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.

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hawaii said...

have u guys got nothing better to do then post this rubbish?

Could do some work I suppose...

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walshd said...



Busted stitching

Please tell me it wasn't caused by loaning yor kite to ageing newbies

Regards
Fossil

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...

North told me it was my fault that this broke because I used it

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Paul1 said...

North told me it was my fault that this broke because I used it

What caused this? Megalooping?

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sunseeker said...

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...

isn't this normal for a best

busted out a front panel during an attempted front roll (gotta love Movember )

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Kite This said...



busted out a front panel during an attempted front roll (gotta love Movember )

how did u manage 2 do that during a frontroll?

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.

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Paul1 said...

North told me it was my fault that this broke because I used it

What caused this? Megalooping?

Not sure what weakened it, but this was just a reasonably high raley landed a bit flat, then snap

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

Didnt realise Abraham Lincoln was a kiter