Hey guys. I fix kitesurfing gear for a living. And the same mistakes come through the door season after season — gear that didn’t need to fail, bladders that shouldn’t have leaked, canopies that had years left in them. Most of it was preventable. None of it was cheap to fix or replace. Here are … Read more
Hey guys. If your kite feels weak or underpowered, the cause is almost always the bar or lines — not the kite itself. That’s the first thing I check when someone brings me a kite that “lost its power.” Nine times out of ten the kite is fine. The setup around it isn’t. This guide … Read more
Hey guys. Had a session last week where my kite felt completely wrong. Sluggish turns, weird bar pressure, back-stalling on the depower. Checked my lines — fine. Checked my bar setup — fine. Bridle was two knots off from where it should have been. Two knots. Twenty seconds to fix on the beach. Cost me … Read more
Hey guys. I’ll be honest — lines are the last thing most riders want to spend money on. They’re not sexy. Nobody posts about their new Dyneema set. You buy a kite, you buy a board, and the lines just… come with the bar. You don’t really think about them again until something goes wrong. … Read more
Hey guys. A slow leak is one of those problems that sneaks up on you. You pump up, everything feels fine. Twenty minutes into your session the leading edge starts going soft. You nurse it back to the beach, pump it up again, and start wondering what’s going on. Ninety percent of the time — … Read more
Most kiters think their kite is “getting old” when it starts flying poorly. In reality, the kite is usually fine—it’s the lines that have evolved time for Kite Bar Tuning. Through a mix of salt crystallization (which causes front lines to shrink) and heavy load (which causes back lines to stretch), your bar eventually goes … Read more