In Sicily at the moment for the release of the new GP kite. Would have to be the best c kite I have tried in a long time. Impressed!!http://www.bestkiteboarding.com/GP_Video
Hd version also on Vimeo.
Joe
sick vid! gotta love a dead man, wish i could get one happening, but i cant get my head around them, as soon as one lets go of the bar the kite is essentially de-powered and i drop like a dead weight. might be a stupid question but:
-what am i doing wrong?
Hey tgladman,
You can't really do hands off the bar tricks on modern depower kites unless you have a mini loop to keep the bar in to full power.
Back in the old days, the kites only depowered about 20% so the loss of lift was minimal and allowed this sort of trick.
We also used to use a harness line loop as well as the chickenloop to keep the bar pulled in to full power. It always was fraught with danger.
I pulled a big deadman last year to the astonished eyes of the newbies who had never seen it before, they loved it. I was using the Core ESP Bar and Core GTS. North also do a retrofit miniloop to acheive the same.
You'll never land one on a modern depower SLE/Delta/Hybrid as you know, you drop like a stone.
DM
^^^^Let go of the bar and you will drop like a stone,and even a quick one will drop you so fast you cant recover the kite .
Dead men can be done on a modern depower kite by using the stopper most kites have. First pull the stopper in about 3cm above where you have the bar and practice jumping. Your takeoff pop has to be precise as most will do long horozontal jumps and you will be landing powered, Basically you are making your kite behave lake an old C. Stoppers are hard to release under load and youll need lots of space as you will take a pounding at some time. Other Variations to lean a good dead-man are. Candlesticks (a dead man without letting go) and before jumping release the donkey dick, do a normal jump and unhook at the apex of the jump and practice landing, then throw in an unhooked candlestick variation once you get better. Unhooked is safer as you can let go of a powered landing. With the stopperball trimming the kite, welcome to kitesurfing 6 years ago.
Is this a C kite with bow kite performance?
If it doesn't have bridals just say "no way, Im a kook, I need bridals to feel safe cause the guy at the shop told me C kites don't work."
a deadman is everything that is wrong about kiting condensed into one horrible move.
thanks for the advice darren an dave, would have loved to been there to see your deadman DM!
You actually cant do a deadman on a modern C-kite without pulling in the stopper, its not just SLEs.
Finally saw the vid, nice kite. Another Variation of the Vegas, RPM,Park style of kites. Does it come canopy only like best kites do?
You can only do a proper deadman while wearing kitepants and riding a pickle-fork.
Thanks for the feedback Joe, Is it a tensioned fith line? I only compared it to theRPM, Vegas etc. 'cause it loops so smoothly. Its it full high performance, or aimed for a bored SLE rider?
I used to work in a kitestore selling various brands. Dont discount best. Their durability and performance in the last 3 years is second to none.Block and tackle system not pulleys used on wear points, The easiest kite to teach on and fly ( Kahoona), and the 2006-7 waroo shape was made up till this year. Are you holden or ford or do you just want a good car?
Will second that mate... the Kahoona!!! easiest and best kite to teach on for the 9 years ive been an instructor and also the most underated kite on the market for hangtime and waves. Can't wait to get my new one.
You gotta try one.
gotta love the deadman! if you can get the timing right just yank in the stopper ball and let go 
would love to have a go, swwet vid
