Kite surfing Reviews


Newest Review: ... 1. I went on a 3 day course (in Borth, North Wales) and the instructor and his friend spent most of the three days telling ... more
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Customer Kite surfing Reviews (3)

by - written on 08/03/09 (Very useful, 550 readings)
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Kitesurfing looks absolutely fantastic. Id love it I just know I would. I love windsurfing, surfing, in fact all forms of fast thrilling water sports. You could say that I'm a water sport junky. However I've heard so many horror stories about things that can go wrong and have personally witnessed things going wrong that I've finally decided (I think) that I'm going to stay clear of this particular water sport. Dangers Ive witnessed and heard about kitesurfing: 1. I went on a 3 day course (in Borth, North Wales) and the instructor and his friend spent most of the three days telling everyone how dangerous kitesurfing was. In fact his friend said ... Read the complete review

by - written on 16/12/08 (Very useful, 182 readings)
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Kitesurfing is a relatively new extreme sport. It's a mixture of windsurfing, wakeboarding and kite flying all mixed into one to create an exhilarating sport. The idea is that 'surfers' fly their kites into the wind to propel themselves across the water, reaching phenomenal speeds, the stronger the wind the faster you'll go. So long as you have a large body of water and wind you can kitesurf. There are actually two different disciplines, kitesurfing and kiteboarding, they're similar but a bit different. Kitesurfing refers to using the kite to jump waves, while kiteboarding is where you just board across open water. It's now a massively popular sport, ... Read the complete review

by - written on 22/09/00, updated on 22/09/00 (Very useful, 503 readings)
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The Prism Flashback is a 6-foot dual line sport kite, it is classed as a beginner’s kite but this baby has one little trick up its sleeve. The kite sail is made of rip stop nylon and the leading edges are made from the new hemp cored carbon fibre with the spreaders being made from Avia sport carbon fibre. The bridle is a reverse turbo job BUT with the little trick I referred to earlier. It has 2 distinct settings. In the normal position the kite is a sedate and calm being easy to fly, pop the bridle down a notch and the kite turns into a raging mental beast, with the whole world of trick flying becoming available. The speed increase is incredible and its turning ... Read the complete review
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