I met Dean Mikulla (Spleeft on forums) a few years ago on one of my first trips to Assateague. At that time he had the heavy metal kiter look. Long hair, c-kite, an entire armada of boards with him (mutants,  surfboards, twin tips). We didn’t spent too much time chatting since it was windy but […]

By Todd JB
I got the chance to demo 11M and 9M T3 prototypes…WOOHOO!!!! …I’m guessing the production kites will be the same, but SS has the option to tweak things based on initial feedback I guess. ? Whatever, I liked ‘em, here’s my first impression;
The wind was about 18-22mph when I was on the 11M and 22-26mph when I was on the 9M.

By Warren E. Fuller
As a precursor, let me state that you should not try these self launching or self landing techniques unless you have a safety margin of at least 200’ downwind of you and no obstacles to contend with, i.e. signs, poles, chairs, etc. It would also be a good idea to have someone […]