Kite Shapes Explained (Bow, Delta, C kite, Hybrid, Flat, Aspect Ratio, Buying Choices etc) 

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Let me say that if someone paid for this video they should pay even more cause your work is freaking awesome! Thanks a lot!

Finally, we can get to know the person behind the well-crafted videos from Kitesurf College. Congratulations!!! All the kite surfer in the world are grateful, especially here in Brazil.

Defintely some of the best learning content out there. Been kiting a few years now and I still come back here somtimes to refresh my memory! Keep it up :)

I used to follow quite some tutorials from you. Funny to suddenly discover the face of the voice. You sound a bit like an old school teacher: very articulate, very clear and well spoken. This video caught me by surprise 😊 Excellent as always though! Thanks.

Hi there! I`m still under impression after watching this tutorial. I suggest making the same video on board shapes (twintips) as beginners often make wrong choices being mislead by either salepeople or adverts. You might tell about such techs as sizes and weight, rocker, width, flexibility, NACA channels etc. All these factors influence greatly one`s gliding, jump levels, going upwind and managing the board in the strong wind conditions. There is also a lot to say about direct boards, I suppose) Best regards from cold Russia, Dmitry Yarizov

man... your videos are a treasure... I recommend them to all my students after the lessons and even from this basic knowledge video I took something away! thanks!

This guy is simply the best in explaining anything. hands down.

Excellent video, this video would have been great Before I started as a beginner buying a Vegas... Now I know what to look for on my next kite. Thanks

Excellent explanation! Everyone should watch this

Excellent video - this is the first time I really understand the relations of kite design and the effects for the rider. Thank you very much.

I can’t stop thank2023, you make me clear:in the region in Germany I live tube kites are not optional so because of you I discovered the right kites:🙏flysurfer kites=very save and easy to learn getting into kiteboarding/kitesurfing step by step.Sorry my bad English

Thank you for your great video and for the subtitles in particular! I`ve been kiting for more than 5 years and still I found the tutorial very informative. Please, approve my translation so that kiters from far and cold Russia could also enjoy the video and learn the basics about the kite shapes. We guarantee an accurate translation as it`s been done by a kiter in cooperation with his wife - a professional translator.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ from mauritius island. I always hear your voice. Its a real pleisure to see your face. Your videos are extremely helpfull to me. ❤❤❤❤

This is one of the most useful video I have ever seen. Great work! This should be compulsory for everyone who start their journey with kitesurfing! Big Up!

Two comments on this generally very good video : 1. You missed covering probably the most complex aspect of kite shape - its draft, the fore-aft or chord-wise curvature. 2. Bridle-less 4-line C-kites have limited depower because the centre-of-drag is above the kite's point of de-power rotation, which makes the kite rotate to a positive angle-of-attack. If you place a tensioned 5th line on a bridle-less 4-line C-kite, the depower rotation point is shifted upward and above the drag force, and the kite's depower will be vastly improved.

Superb dissertation on a complex evolving subject by a man who cares about the sport.

First time I find such clear explanations on different shapes! Very interesting and well done!

Scary how good this video is :) keep it up , excellent work ;)

If I was rich I would fund you guys. Seriously, you deserve to be kiting year-round and making these videos full time!

Great video kite surf college. Used a C shape Slingshot for a while - no wonder I was having difficulty. Wrong kite shape for me. Your explanation is clear and concise. Might've turned me into a Duotone customer.

Great video. Just after buying a quiver of high aspect ratio kites which were almost impossible to turn because of backstalling. The kites were in a really good sale, so I took a chance. However, if it sounds too good to be true then it usually is! Been kiting for many years so I should have known better and stuck to the excellent content in this video.

You make Top notch videos : easy to understand, great graphics, usages of charts and graphs that engineers and normal people can all benefit from. I know of no one like you that can express so much info with brevity (since I’m way too wordy!). I went from Cabrinha converts for 2 years, to RPMs for 6 years , then to Dice 2 years ago. Your videos enable me to grasp many concepts I wouldn’t have understood. Let me know if you ever visit NC , USA Outer Banks - OBX !

Excellent video! I see so many new kiters on the wrong kite struggling so much

Very informative. I've been kiting a long time and still learned new stuff. Every day is a school day. I will share this with my students. Keep up the awesome work.

The most incredible, well crafted, easy to follow Kite tutorials! Thank you for making out Kite learning experience even smoother. Your work is superb! I´d love to donate you money for the awesome job!! :))

This is an awesome explanation. Like really comprehensive and methodical; something that's often missing in these explanatory video's of others. You are doing a very good job explaining this, and luckily I have bought the correct kite since starting again this season (been off kiting a few years, back now due to moving house) So, thanks!

chapeau bas! at last a tutor who actually TALKS to me and bother EXPLAIN. thx! :))

Thank you for taking the time to make that video! I feel like I have a much better understanding now.

Best video ever about this subject! Thanks a lot 🙏🏼

So useful.. unbelievable that other brands dont explain their kites visually

amazing information - thank you so much! I would have been so lost without this information!

You explain things in the best way possible!

Best video ever made! Great material. Thank you.

GENIUOS!! Thank you very much to you and all your team! Kitesurf college and duotone! You are amazing. and you are doing a great contribution to our sport and lifestyle.

Best kitesufing instructional videos out there..

this video is very good ! i was having a few questions always about combination betwenn aspect ratio and the arch and this video solved it !!

Man, you are THE man! Brilliant, as usually, and finally someone has explained the kite shapes in a way that we, the begginers, can understand. Superb video!

Super clear video, the most useful I've seen in a long time. Many thanks Nick! No excuse for choosing the wrong kite anymore! ;) Just curious: are you under contract with Duotone? Do you have a kite school?

Terrific videos, i have learned so much from all of them. Thanks a lot.

Great explanation and tutorial as always 👍🏻

This was excellent. Very informative and helpful. I too used the wrong kites and wish I had this info sooner. Now, you need to do the same video for boards - especially directional boards. Way too many styles to choose from.

Great video, thanks for making it clear and simple. Really appreciate it.

Thank you so muuuuuuch !! Love the explanation. Big cheers from france !

knowledge is key. Thank you for this one

Thank you,for my spot i had the wrong kites. For my spot in Düsseldorf needed a flysurfer kite size 5m,8m.... Thank you very much for have helping me 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thank god I was not mistaken buying my first kite. I bought blindly. And thank you too

I regularly go back to this video. It's the best

SUPERB video, really great, thanks a lot!

phenomenal vid. thank you !!

Awesome explanation, thanks

Great video, excellent tips. thanks.

thats one hell of a vid. like freaking epic explanation

Excellent Video!!!!! 👏👏👏👏

Thank you so much! This has helped me so much on picking my kite!

Fantastic video, congrats!

Really informative and well presented detail - thank you for a fab video.

great video! very nicely done - thank you!

Spot on, great job! I wish you could fill that chart with some more hybrid shapes and examples from different brands/models. A 'typical' bow and Delta, a high AR/super flat, etc... but can also understand your limitations. Good job to Duotone too for supporting you!

Wow, excellent video, thank you very much.

Thanks for describing Duotone!)

Excellent videos!!! thanks

Very informative. Thx you

Great video,, many kite manufactures use "1 kite quiver" but I noticed that looping kites do not jump as high and jumping kites like the rebel don't loop very well. Also the dice feels like it is 1 size smaller and the neo feels 1 size bigger. I guess I need 4 kites in each size

Wow, super interesting thanks!! Super clear.

Thanks for the great videos. Have probably seen all your videos, and a few repeatedly times. Recently learned to kite, so these are good explanations. Norway, Glesvær

Please do more videos like this with other brands, if possible 🙏🙂

Excellent as usual. Thank you.

Thank you kind sir ! Brilliant video.

awesome video - huge thanks

Very useful video thank you very much.

Excellent video.

Super informative. Thank you.

I think it’s rather confusing they call C shaped kites vs Flat kite. They all look somewhat C shaped. The so called flat one is actually more like C to me as it’s curved all the way to the tip whereas the so called C shaped one has flatter tips. Thanks for the explanation though, I know you didn’t make up the terms !

So useful, thanks! Where does the DuoTone Juice fit in the collection esp vs the Rebel?

Brilliant thanks for the video!

Excellent video!

Great video as always! Why didn't this video exist before I bought my first (wrong) kites this year? 😩

Respect for YOU!!!👍👍👍

I bought a used evo based on the examples you gave here and I am very much liking the all round feel of it. I also like how the information you give actually helps me spot the matching shapes from all the other manufacturers I have seen as well. Would you consider making a similar video about board selection as well? I have tried more different boards than kites and find that it makes quite the difference. For example I currently have two boards with quite a lot of rocker and I like them mostly because they are much more forgiving in chop. Not as efficient but much less fatiguing to ride.

GREAT VIDEO !!

Hi I really enjoy your tutorial and I find them very useful I want to ask which kite is better like one quiver kite between evo and the bandit ( or other ) thank you very much 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🔥🔥🔥

Wow! So clear!

YOU ARE THE MAN FOR SURE ,NICE TO SEE IT AND LEARN AS WE GO.I NEED YOUR THOUGHTS ON A KITE SUITABLE FOR POWERING UP A TRIMARAN.AS IN A 40 FT ULTRA LIGHT NON FOILER SO AS TO BE A LITTLE HEAVIER THAN IVE SEEN .THANKS

Great video. Helped clarify things for me. What design would you recommend for a complete beginner who is also a big guy (280 lbs or 127 kg)?

Again, Thank you soooo much!!

thanks for the video sir. and I want to say sorry for reposting your video in my chanell. I am starting to youtube now and I dont know yet all the regulations very well here. lots of people here in Brazil would love to udnerstand your videos like I do so that is why I translated two of them. but wont do anymore I promisse. see me as a fan of your work and I still recomend your chanell all the time but now I show it in group classes on youtube and translate in real time so people can enjoy your content and still give the "like" and subscribe" to your chanel. Sandro here and see you on the Water big shout out from Brazil riders.

amazing video.

Great stuff.

Thanks, super helpful! Where would you place sigma shaped kites on that scale?

Thanks Man for the nice info

love this video, made me a subscriber

Excellent.

Damn. This is legendary!

Hi Nick .tks for the awesome help . I’m a beginner. I started to ride last year . I have a zephyr 17 for light winds and a cathalist 12 ( both Ozone) . I don’t wanna be radical as I am in my 50 yo , so safety is priority and having fun by riding in light to mid winds is my goal . Am I using the right gear . Cheers . Al

Are you based in SA? Cape Town? As an instructor, you come across as knowledgeable, concise & clear. I'd be glad to get lessons from you at some point. Great work on all levels. 👌

Thanks for the video! How is the ozone reo classified?

what's the best kind of kite for long downwinds?

love it , thanks

Great great Video 🙏🙏🙏