Hi! Awesome video, thanks a lot for sharing!! Do you know how I can get a job in Bonaire? Ideally a windsurf related one! I’m coming for 3 months in December, maybe you know some people on the island? Please let me know and thank you so much!
Hey, just bought a switchblade 10m 2022 with new COS size SM…. Would this size be Ok to also use with a size 14m switchblade? Or should I change bar to size ML?
have you observed that the trim line(bungee in the cleat) wears out quickly? what I don't like from this bar is the number of extensions necessary to have a length of 24m. It's really not slick..
dude i watched all videos on kiteboarding transitions, but this one actually helped me to find my pitfalls! i was able to make all my transitions today thanks to this video, props to you man!!!
Hi, thanks for your content. I’ve been kiteboarding for fours years and only ride cabrinha switchblade since the beginning. I’d like to contribute with two things: 1) to the big ones like me, 1,90m height and 105kg weight (6’25 and 231 pounds) with long arms, the 2023 cos bar compared to the 2022 trimlite bar really feels lighter, however, the shorter main lines just feels weird, like I have to ride with my arms more bent and pull the directional lines harder when working the kite; and 2) as you said in another video that you compared 2023s SB, Moto X and FX, the 23 SB definitely has lesser bar pressure than the previous years, specially when compared to the 20, 21 and 22s. Although the SB now turns quicker, when you put both new things together, it made me struggle the first time I tried my new set of kite and bar, on a wind of 16-17 knots mean with 20 knots gust, the kite really lack of power compared to the SB 22 and older. On the second try, I rode the SB 23 with the 22 trimlite bar and felt much more confident about the depower, even though still feel weaker than my older kites. Hope this info can help other riders as well. Thanks.
Anthony, thanks for a great review as I consider buying the Cabrinha Moto X. Your wife and babes made it a special addition of a great little family. Thanks again for your posts. Peter
Hello Anthony, it’s good to see your back out on the water kiting after the knee incident. Your family looks happy and healthy. This is a nice simple review that touches on the main differences which will help me decide which kite is better suited for my age, weight, riding style and new location. I have left Florida and relocated to the Eastern shore in Md., so ride on Chesapeake bay waters these days. I now live on a river and can kite in front of the house which is pretty cool. And I also ride at Virginia Beach on occasion.
Aw Im definitely going to miss seeing your truck at the beach.. When you come back to visit please message me so we can kite together. And that is cool! Send me some videos of kiting the river. I really like the range of these kites. I think that 13m Moto XL is a huge win, you were there when I first test rode it. If I had to choose one kite it would be that one. Thats the one Im taking to TCI this year
@@KiteboardingStPetersburg I will absolutely get in touch when I return to my ‘ol stomping grounds! It’d be very cool to grab a sesh on the flats. Yeah, my 12 & 14 Mottos are getting tired and I’ve been thinking about that 13m Moto XL for sure to split the difference. Hope you guys have an awesome trip to TCI. I’ll send some short vids on the river. Nothing fancy, just small jumps and front rolls, but good fun. It’s great to rig in my yard and literally walk into the river to self-launch. Typically have to whole place to myself we’re so remote.
Have this exact bar but had a jet ski get into my lines and sucked up one of my steering lines and ripped the left leader out of the handle and lost the insert cassette piece. Any advice where to get all the parts in one place? I find one piece on a website then another on a different site. Really frustrating i cant get all the stuff I need on one shop so it all comes at once. It also messed up the depower center ones that go through the black tube. I pulled that line out and disconnected it but apparently ypu buy the whole thing in one piece.
Hey man love the channel, I just had my first lesson and loved it in st Pete. I live in Ybor and am looking at purchasing gear, any advice on stores or how to get cheap gear? Facebook marketplace?
great video. I am a beginner of kitesurfing. My trouble is to turn kite up to keep it at 45 degree angle after diving the kite first to waterstart. I pointed my board downwind, somehow the kite would not go up no mater how I turned it, it stayed at the edge of the wind window and then dropped into the water due to lack of wind power at the edge of the wind window. please advise.
wooooooooh soooo informative. I have the older bar (Large) & I love it, HATE using other people's bar but I would defo give the new one a try too.The Safety is the real/biggest change...like our man said its not bad on the older one but just that bit improved. Like the swivel gimmick too though not a game changer but very cool & cool dbl tube design. Mine is the RECOIL rather than TRIMLITE, yeah its bulky but i think i must have short arms lol (5'9") as I dont like stretching to reach pushing the bar out. But do I go for the TRIMLITE std cleat system next time??? reason i got the RECOIL (nothing to do with the Fab video) is 1) the spring return mech. for shorter arms 2) learning on worn out cleat system @ a school i struggled to get the cleat to Hold the line but i guess cleat is best/simply provided its not worn out. this is just the video i was looking for FANKS love your work....sound has imporved from some of your earlier videos where i struggled to listen 100% ace vid buddy
Wish you a good and fast recovery… we miss your video dude! Could I ask you something? I’m choosing 2024 stuff. I choosed 8 nitro, 10 motox apex and I don’t know what choose for 12 motox apex or fx2 13 or 13 motox apex… What do you suggest?my weight is like yours, I like freestyle wake style like you, and my light wind day is from 12/13 to 16/17 knots. You used this kite and your opinion for me is a good opinion to choose. Thanks a lot See you soon on the water
@@mdipalmaactionsports7117 unfortunately acl surgery has put me out so I really don’t know. Supporting my wife’s kiteboarding and been enjoying watching her go.. she’s mostly been on the 10 moto apex
Dang bud, sorry to find out here about your injury. I do hope you make a full recovery and that you choose to resume kiting when ready. I was kinda wondering why I hadn’t seen you at the skyway. Anyway, all the best to you and your family.
Not recommended. Thank you for the advice but unfortunately this method (with the kite exactly positioned as illustrated in your video) turned out in a disaster. I did exactly the same as mentioned in your video for a period of time and it worked but what I didn't realise was that everytime I did it that way, the bar's lines rubbed against the sharp edge of the kiteboard (as shown in your tutorial). This later caused a line to snap during a relaunch and taught me to keep the kite in the air (at 11 or 12 o'clock) to prevent damaging the lines while putting on the kiteboard.
This is painful to watch. Just leave the kite at 12, put the back foot in first (with the board pointing downwind), and then add the front foot. Easy and fast, plus you don't get all that water down your neck.
