Kitesurfing Kites

Kitesurfing is an growing sport not only in fans but also in technic and in its material technology.

In order to do this sport is needed some material but today we will only talk about the most important piece: the Kite.

The kitesurfing kites are the part of this sport that has evoluted a lot since the first days of the sport. in those days you will need a specific kite for a specific wind. Those days are gone, you can find now kites that suport diferent kinds of winds and heights. you can find lots of kites where.

There are 2 kinds of kites: Leading edge inflatables and foil Kites.

The Leading edge inflatables known also as inflatables, LEI kites or C-kites, are normaly made from ripstop nylon with an a main inflatable plastic bladder wich spans across the front edge of the kite with separate smaller bladders that are perpendicular to the main bladder to form the chord or foil of the kite. The inflated bladders are responsable to give the kite its shape and also to keep the kite floating once dropped in the water. LEIs are the most comun choice among most kitesurfers thanks to their quicker and more direct response to the rider's inputs, easy relaunchability once crashed into the water, and resilient nature. If an LEI kite hits the water/ground too hard or is subjected on water to substantial wave activity, bladders can burst or it can be torn apart.

Foil kites are also mostly fabric with ripstop nylon and air pockets (air cells) to provide it with lift and a fixed bridle to keep the kite's arc-shape, similar to a paraglider. Foil kites are designed with either an open or closed cell configuration; open cell foils rely on a constant airflow against the inlet valves to stay inflated, but are generally impossible to relaunch if they hit the water, since they have no means of avoiding deflation, and quickly become soaked.

Closed cell foils are almost identical to open cell foils except they are equipped with inlet valves to hold air in the chambers, thus keeping the kite inflated (or, at least, making the deflation extremely slow) even once in the water. Water relaunches with closed cell foil kites are simpler; a steady tug on the power lines typically allows them to take off again.

Foil kites are more popular for land or snow, where getting the kite wet is very rare. A depowerable foil kite can cover about the same wind range as two traditional C-shape LEI kite sizes, so the rider can use a smaller kite, giving a wider depower range, although the new LEI "bow" kites have a comparable wide range. Foil kites have the advantage of not needing to have bladders manually inflated, a process which, with an LEI, can take up to ten minutes.

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