The Kite is an important piece of kitesurfing, if not the mais one. The kite is connected to a resistant handle that is imprisoned to the brace. The control, stability and maneuvers is made through the bar. But the question is which type of kite is better for kitesurfing?

There are three types of kites:

Foil Kites
They are not inflatable, they possess two fabric layers (upper/lower surface) and is divided by some cells, that if full of air (for the wind, through frontals valves) and form its profile. They possess a complex system of muzzle. Since they are the more difficult to overcome from the water, it’s more used in earth and mountain.

Advantages: They have good traction. Some models are mounted quickly. Generally the impacts are more resistant, but also they can blow up, tearing the fabric. They are easy to get back on the air, which is good for kitesurfing.

Disadvantages: If you leave them in the water for couple minutes, they can get full of water and hardly they can get back on the air. The many lines of the muzzle can be rolled, mainly in inexperienced hands. Depending on the model they delay much time to put back inside the bag. If badly it will be regulated or to occur a small desilingment in the muzzle, the kite loses the profile and the flight is horrible.

Inflatable Kites
These kites are most used at the moment, kitesurfing users love this type, since they are faster at the time of overcoming them from the water, and facilitate better jumps. They possess only one fabric surface, inflatable splices that the keeps steady aerofoil, in format of an arc, which keeps them above the water and easy to get back on the air.

Advantages: They have good capacity of calculates. They are sufficiently steady and they possess much power to jump and to keep the block time. They allow you to use in ample bands of wind (4 lines models). They can be long in the water and still be easy to get back on the air.

Hybrid or Arch Kites
They have two fabric layers, similar to the foil and they do not possess inflatable. Use the system of profile of double surface together with the frontal format in bow, eliminating the necessity of the a thousand lines of the muzzle. Great for kitesurfing beginners.

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