Ok, finally got convinced by the dudes in Tarifa (Spain) that I should go for an EVO because its smack bang in the middle of a Rebel and Vegas.
I took out an 8m and I loved it. Really light bar pressure, tight turns and great pop.
BUT...
When it came to packing the farker up... man what a pain in the arsse! IIt seems that the only way that it will fit in the bag is by folding it lengthwise - once from the leading edge and once from the trailing edge toward the middle and then rolling it up!
It has battens in the tips which makes folding it AFTER you have rolled it IMPOSSIBLE!
What this means is that you have to get all the air out of all the bladders FIRST and then pack it, rather than as you go...
Am I missing something, or is there are simple way of packing it uP?
There is no simple solution....your triple by pass surgery is the only solution i found.
hmmm... this is hopeless... surely there is another way.
I literally have only done it once, so I haven't had a chance to play with it, but have you tried removing the battens?
How do you get all the air out of the main bladder first?
The pump I use has a deflate "setting" if you change the hose to the other side. If yours does too you could try pumping the air out?
If you email North - they can tell you how they factory fold.. generally keep the trailing edge batterns as 1 fold, and the leading edge as another
I have a best yarga with battens in it front and rear. i found the same problem when i flew it the first time. Found the best way was to roll each side to the center strut lining up the trailing edge not the leading edge.
This will keep the battens in line so you can then fold it.
hope this helps with the EVO.
Attn Kite Designers: Battens suck. Learn to stabilise with decent seam shaping and appropriate cloth use, not heavy sticks.
Hey I appreciate your input guys... I will give it a go and update... Yes Battens do SUCK if they interfere with rolling and packing!!!
I had the 2008 Evo. I am not sure if the 2010 packs up differently to the 2008. If it's the same, here is the way I packed the 2008 one up. Hope it is clear...
1. Lay the kite out flat and open the 2 valves in the leading edge bladder (one in the center and the dump valve towards one of the wingtips).
2. Starting at one wingtip, start rolling up the kite from the wingtip batten towards the center strut. As you get to each strut, deflate and keep rolling.
3. When you have rolled up one side of the kite into a "sausage" to the center strut, go to the other wingtip and repeat the same procedure.
4. You should now have two rolled up "sausages" of material, with rolled up leading edge at one end and rolled up trailing edge at the other.
5. Fold "sausage" in half and it should fit into the bag.
Good luck.
be carefull when you roll it up or you might hurt your back. then you'd have to go see a doctor or a physio. just dont go see a chiro. they're a bunch of hacks
You generally need 2 people to get a cabrinha back in the bag..........And only one to put it into a tree.
flat water - will try, but I think this is what i did last time and no go.
fingerbang - thanks for the great wit.
dave - not sure why you are talking about cabrihnas...
Take out the battens like you do with a sail on a small boat. You shouldn't really leave battens in anyway as the stretch the material. You just have to be careful that you don't lose them.
Taking the battens out cause you cant fold it.... That's leading edge technology.....
Had a rebel, it sucked, batten snapper.......can I have chips with that
open the platic bag ,pull out the manual and look at the pretty pic on hovv to fold
