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Mar 11, 2010
The Kite Panel is the latest snowkite-specific innovation to cross our tracks. Aaron Saude, from KitePanel.com came up with the concept and graciously made a custom version with the Drift logo to fit my Ronin jacket. To get started I simply gave him the brand, model and length of the zipper. I also tried on my harness and figured out where to have him put the hole for the harness hook. You have to keep in...
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New Product: The Kite Panel
Mar 10, 2010
For all you gadget freaks, Zeal Optics recently announced details about their groundbreaking Transcend GPS-enabled goggles featuring Zeal’s SPPX Polarized + Photochromic lens.
The GPS portion displays speed, altitude, vertical odometer, stopwatch, temperature, time and other standard GPS capabilities.
For more information, a video introduction, pricing and ordering go to Zeal...
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Preview: Zeal Optics Goggles with GPS integration
Mar 9, 2010
This article is part 9 of 9 in the series Kite LabOverview
Last year we were contacted by Alexei Sudak from Aeros Paragliding of the Ukraine about their Gyros foil snowkite. He was kind enough to send out a 9m and a 12m version of the kite. Unfortunately every time we scheduled a test session with the kites, mother nature had other plans. Until this year at the Snowkite Masters (more than a year since they...
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Kite Lab: Aeros Gyro 12m
Mar 9, 2010
Overview
The Air Evolution brand has been quietly and passionately developing snowkite-specific equipment for many years. The first time I became aware of them was quite a few years ago when Damien Richard (owner and designer) and Romain Fabretti (4x world champion) came to Minnesota, USA for the first Red Bull Kite Freeze. It was there that I got the first glimpse of an early generation version of this...
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Kite Lab: Air Evolution Snowkite Board
Feb 16, 2010
This article is part 8 of 9 in the series Kite LabDescription
The Snowfer Uniboard is a “Uni”que board design that may look like a traditional snowboard from photos, but is quite different in it’s design, construction and riding technique. Testing on this board has been brief and is incomplete, but we wanted to give you a peek into what we have discovered about this board. Check back...
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Kite Lab: Snowfer Uniboard
