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I’ve SUP’d for ten years and am looking for a fun option for windy days on the lake. What size wing do you recommend for a 6’1” man on lakes with 12-15 mph winds. 5.5 or 6 m?
I have a Lift4 that I purchased from you guys last summer. Took it out for the first time the other day and it did great. I took it out a second time yesterday and it did well. However, I decided to just lay on the board and cruise around at 1-2mph for something different. After a while, I noticed intermittent power loss. Power would engage and disengage. I'm worried to take the the board out again as I don't want to get stuck in the middle of the lake. So the Lift4 boards do not have the antenna that goes to the front of the board? I am at work now but will check when I get home. I'm also going to replace the remote battery as it's been installed since I bought the board. Fingers crossed its not a big issue. 🤞
Have you guys seen where a Lift 3F gets stress cracks in the hole around the diameter where the mast mounts and cables come through? Also, is it repairable?
Thanks for the helpful video! Can you hold a continuous breach like an open prop?
It is easier to hold than the larger three blade...the smaller jet system will ride breached or ventilated all day long. THanks for comment!
How is the connection between the FD Gen2? I heard it was not that good.
I’m came up with another solution that works well; mounting to rear handle of wing. This is great because you don’t have to hold the controller at all. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hHp_2ZKrpNXfmbQ.htmlsi=OTYC5aUChrLnH7y-
great name
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Never thought about running an X series on the eFoil, but after your overview of Florence X wings, I'm now waiting for your review! An efficient but carvy wing is exactly what I am looking for. I would love to hear how it compares to the 120 HA, and your thoughts on how it compares to the Surf 150 and 100. Really interested in how well it carves and how it effects ride time, vs the others.
We run all the lift foils on the efoil. I should have the review done this week. The efoils are great because you can do anything and the performance wings are actually a lot of fun if you're a good rider. The glide change is incredible. Let us know how we can help!
@@midlerp I have been considering the HA 90 or Surf 100, I'm thinking they would carve great, but I have not moved on either due to worry about the battery life. My guess is 45 min would be a best case with either. That's why I'm considering the HA120, and now maybe a Florence wing. I am willing to give up some carve for battery life. In your review please include the wings desire for speed and the effect on ride time.
Awesome. Thank god your back. I will see you guys again soon. That is excellent news🧚♂️😍♥️❣️👍👍👍
Some of us never stopped going to these places. My feet to enjoy no rocks.
Let’s go!! Nothing like the one and only Houston Kiteboarding back at the Levee. Feels like home! Can’t wait to shred it with the family!
I love the Levee, I spent most of my life on that beach chilling with my kiting family! I miss all the old school kiters out there! The good old days! The levee was where I learned to kite 17 years ago. I met my husband on the Levee, and a whole lot of amazing families! What an amazing place to spend your weekends! Hope to see you all out there again soon!
This place is amazing would recommend the staff is super nice and taught me a lot about water sports at the levi.
We are glad to be back to our home and riding with the great folks at the LEVEE!!
Heck yeah!
Thanks for the support! The LEVEE AND DIKE IS BACK! come down and ride with us!
worst advices here, from the customer perspective... RIP dacron RIP spi RIP seams RIP bladder ... Almost a perfect shot !!
I really like the one in the video u are useing I wanted to get into kite surfing, but I do like the one u have !! Where can I get the same one ?
I didn't get the bar width settings: when I flip the toggles from + to - the bar, visually, remained with the same length. Could you clarify, please?
The bar width remains the same but it moves where the leader lines are relative to one another so the with one setting they are closer together than the other setting which is all that matters for bar width as that is what you're actually controlling. Hope that makes sense.
Dudes calves are massive. What muscles get worked the most on a foil?
here's another vote for details on the glove. Where can you get one? Thanks!
We just bought a work glove from lowes and zip tied the controller on there. I'm happy to make one for you but it was very easy.
you should use mylar tape. packing tape will compress very quickly and you will be fooled because you wont here metal on metal looseness, but it will be loose.
great idea
But if you are telling everyone to buy new instead of second hand, who is buying them off you to recoup your 80%? You need a lot of demand in the 2nd market to get higher prices. The less people buying 2nd hand, less demand, drops your potential sale price
“Specialized glove with foil drive remote installed on it”…. Where can one purchase this please?
i have seen the Ozon vortex in a pretty overpowered wind and it did not gelly fished at all. And that is a three strud kite.
imagine wite a five strud kite is better thand ever juste try it . laste hear a try the xr pro and i feel in love withe i by a 9 m and is give my a big range on foil and twin tip .
noticed that you didnt mention the "slim endurance" battery 28 volt. What size board did you use for the diminished power?
Rarely sell stuff for 80%. 50% at best but most people like new gear
The last fold also crimps the vital last 12", the top of the strut bladder which is purportedly the site of frequent bladder failures when that area gets misaligned.
How to lessen the life of your wing.
No sand, no wet wing, folding over the battens, folding the windows: all bad
meh meh meh meh
It's a nice small package but your violating rule number 1 for every manufacturer: Don't Fold The Window!!
That is very cool. I wonder how that would work on my soft handle kites.
nah, they got a ziptie holding it into the palm. I've been working on a solution to the same problem: how to make the remote take less space and fingers. honestly, for its ease of creation, this is a really good answer, imo.
I added a chunk of foam in between the controller and the remote, with tip ties, so i could get a better trigger finger grip on mine.
Can I use it for lift 2?
Could you help me understand the differences between the 12m 5 strut Flite and 12m XR Pro. I have owned many XRs and have a quiver of XR7s. I also own A-series 3 strut Flite 17m & 14.5m- outstanding light wind big kites. I recently added a 12m Flite, I love the way it flies, but am concerned about its durability- it just blew a strut bladder (similar issue to my 17m- both new kites), makes it hard for me to trust them, plus it feels much less durable than my Cores. I find the XR7 13.5m and 11m a bit sluggish compared to my OR kites. I’m considering switching the 12m Flite 5 strut for the XR Pro- what can I expect?
80% back after 2 years? Come on man..🙄
I one kite quiver is gonna have you sitting on the beach a lot
Come on, for real?! Changing kite very two years?! Brands need to realize that the sport can only grow if it reaches the mass market, not the 1%. And I'm talking as a professional instructor. At the moment I don't even have my gear, because if you start to buy gear you just live for this. It's ridiculous these prices on the current market.
short and sweet. All I need to know. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
I saw everyone use this pump in close spaces. I'm curious to see it inflate kite in a windy day. I think kite will fly a way or I have to hold it in which case loosing same time as manual pumping. I thought securing the kite by tread but being on the beach with many other kites doesn't seem like real option. So any thoughts on it?
I'm fascinated between these new generation foils. We have Armstrong and Axis both based in NZ and I'm keenly observing the reviews on their high end foils. My foil skills are poor but I love designing, I'm as good at design and as I'm terrible at gybing😆 I'm waiting for Axis to play with the foil sections at different widths. A few of us are doing it and it can give some pretty cool effects. It's interesting how everyone races to faster and faster foils and then at some stage you realise that your favorite foil isn't necessarily your fastest, it can be the multi-purpose one that keeps your body weight up but carves well, surfs smaller stuff and is an all-rounder. These eliptical foils(spitfire too) have a wealth of aerodynamic experience to go with them. Ultimately, we pick foils for our local conditions, our weight, our skill level and our happy place in using them. These artpros look great for down winding on low energy waves. I prefer lower aspect ratio though for the sorts of messy, gusty cross chop strong wind conditions I get at my own local spot.
That is awesome, as the non "twist up" system. I am happy your doing good Chris, and along with Bobby did really good on your speach.. I wish it fit my Core Kites. You both did really really well in your presentation. Thank you for sharing that information 😊🧚♂️🦅🪂👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
will the older loops work on the pro bar?
No. This is addressed in the product video on the North website. Sucks TBH, but it is what it is.
@@mjsunkiter thanks! i'm really excited for this bar, have been waiting for a long time. it's bad enough to charge 40 bucks for a plastic stick but to not make it backwards compatible is un-cool imo. hopefully it was for a very good reason.
Hey there, unfortunately in making the harness loop connection narrower we didn't have the space to make the same original Navigator harness loops work. On top of this the security finger is now separate to the harness loop. By fixing the finger directly to the QR body this makes it much less likely to accidently release the harness loop from your spreader bar hook. These upgrades make the QR on the Nav Pro both stronger and even safer.
I was able to put the old freestyle loop on the new bar no problem... Except for the product recall
I was looking through your website items and got to a dilemma so I got into this youtube presentation you have to figure out which one would be the winning option. I am a Kiteboarder and not too long I got "acquainted" with the hydrofoiling and consider to get into Kite-Foiling so to do that I am considering the following: PFI 633 Lower - or - PFI 730 Lower > which of the two would you go with for an beginner/intermediate foiler ? Also will travel between US and Europe twice a year and I'm thinking about luggage, would it be such a difference between the 82 Mast and the 92 Mast ? - I am asking because the 82 would fit quite OK in the luggage, even though if I put it diagonally probably 92 may be able to fit (is only 10 cm ) Which Lower with which Mast would you consider as quiver for the above situation? Thanks in advance for your input and help !!!! 👍
Do you drop it on the lanyard when on foil and you are trying to hold the wing handles.
Buongiorno, ma funziona anche quando c'è onda ?
100 percent right! When foilers starts figuring out what they really can do with a Foil Drive and can only do with a Foil Drive, it is going to get crazy. 🤙
There is no point of mounting the HAX if you keep the propguard. Mount the folding prop, hook up the light battery instead of the full range, and enjoy the experience of de-powered gliding/pumping even with a heavy setup compared to a foildrive.
@meshmellow have you ridden the HAX 220 with folding prop and have compared it to a Foil Drive?
@@brandonbrandon38 yep. Even with my weight (190 lbs) the glide is impressive and even with the smallest wake you can glide depowered for quite sometime, give it few pumps and maximize the ride. But to be completely honest, pumping an efoil set up is way less efficient than the Foildrive and extremely tiring if you plan long unpowered rides. The two products are complementary. But if you want to catch some max shoulder-high waves or wake thief, if you train the right technique, an efoil with the right setup can do the trick.
@@meshmellow awesome, thanks for the feedback!
Here I am in 2024 still using this kite! (Tbh…it sat unused for 5 of those years)
This bar is awesome best foil bar yet add a UFO V3 and a hope craft v2 foil board and you will instantly switch brands I did ozone to sling shot never going back