Great points ... I hope this has been added to the wiki :idea: Excerpt from the Comox Spit BWD Wiki : Launch Area: Narrow beach on lagoon side beside parking area. If heading out south into the open water, DO NOT launch kites in the first parking lot beside the bluff OR on the park beach in front o...

Most kiters come to Goose Spit to ride the flat water of the lagoon, but some see the wind-swell rolling in on the Baynes Sound south side and want some of that too. If the tide is middle or higher as it often is during the windy season, launching & landing on the south side of the Goose Spit pa...

PSA = Pressure Sensitive Adhesive ??

Steve - take strength in knowing that you have world-class doctors and nurses doing their utmost for you. Confidence in your medical team helps with a positive outlook. Some doctors and fields of medecine sit back and follow the norm, but the BMT group at VGH are exceptions. They have spent decades ...

Found yesterday. Contact me if it's yours.

I betcha it's Brendan's.

$100 kite repair from Comox Kite Repair to add for the auction.

Kevin - thanks for posting, very interesting - two questions - width / rocker of your plywood board and your weight ?

Wow, she is a beaut - mazagine-cover material, or starring in a Super-natural BC commercial.

Yeh, did the 4-line conversion on the Wipika 8.5 but it certainly wasn't magical, hardly made a difference. The first Naish 4-liners, the AR5 and ARX were much better at depowering, maybe 50%. It wasn't until SLE / bow kites came out in 2006 that I really felt in control of the kite instead of the o...

This is a must-see for any kiter interested in the early days. Reminds me of that excitement of anything's possible that was so strong when I started kiting in 2000. With a 8.5 Wipika Free Air and a very flat 9 sq. meter foil ( Windtools Mosquito ) which didn't come with any leash, saferty, or depow...

that's not a duck tack, more like a back tack, since the rider turns backwards, down-wind, or opposite the board's direction of rotation. When the rider rotates upwind in the same rotational direction that the board is turning, this requires "ducking" under the bar and hence the name. Have...

Kevin Forsythe at Windsurfing Parksville ( 250-951-9873 ) was giving lessons on the beach in Parksville a few years back, don't know if he is still operating ...

Last summer I had BPF make me up a large pair of twin sailboard wave fins with an older-design mini-Tuttle base for an '90's wave board ( Logosz 8'7" Warbird ) - they are great fins !!

Consult the owner's manual that came with your kite - Didn't get a manual - try the manufacturer's website ... may have it for downloading there ....

Gotta say I'm very interested in trying this kite, as a well-designed AND light kite would be a slick combination.

Maybe at Windfest - hoping there will be lots of them to demo there ?