Am back from the dead after a total knee replacement and broken pelvis from a cycling crash looking forward to the new season on the west coast of Florida. Ch1 19 working incredibly well after T's internal strap mods. Thanks much T!!
Am working on learning to ride a race board in light wind looping the Ch1 19. The Ch1 19 loops quicker than Ch2 22 and is proving ideal for jibing race board in light air. Am getting help from two young racers one ranked top five in USA. They have switched away from race boards and now fly on foil boards. This week the better of the two came smiling to me saying he had something that I wouldn't believe. A sponsored rider by Cabrinah the better of the two smiled as he rolled out an Ozone foil race kite designed for foil boards.
A super high aspect kite the Ozone bridles similar to Flysurfer. Today he told me he thought the Ozone faster than Cabrinah and better upwind. The power going to auto zenith impressed him. This lift made it easier to jibe and tack. He also liked the durability aspect of no bladders to fail as well as no pump and the super light weight with all of the bridles proving a bit of a drawback.
Given PLK's success with high aspect bridled foils for carts I'm wondering about two things. Are others on this forum seeing high aspect foils powering foil boards? Does anyone know of a PL kite specifically designed for foil boards on water? In this regard, after flying a couple of P2's I wouldn't consider the P2 as the answer for foil boards. The P2 seemed not much faster across the water than Ch1 and Ch2 and definitely not as fast as the old F1.
Comments and great thoughts welcome....
Tim