He was clearly happy and excited about the cover.
Although the heat won’t be gone totally, at least direct sunlight is avoided.
I see a lot of leaking kites, mostly due to the glue which can’t stand the heat and the sun. Finally it looks like I can leave my kite on the beach in between sessions. He explained a lot of kites suffer from leaks and wear out due to the beating conditions. First rule for him in these constant incredible hot and high UV beach get your kite packed straight after your sessions, even when going out soon again. Curacao generally has mild winds (around 20 knots), so it was just a matter of seconds to put it on Nick was immediately thinking about his own sessions.
SILVER KITE SHIELD HOW TO
We showed him the cover, how to put it over a kite. We happen to be in Curacao in the Caribbean for a few days and asked owner and kite instructor Nick from Nix Kite School about it. How convenient it would be if you didn’t need to worry about your inflated kite on this beach?! How often did you deflate your kite and decided not to inflate it again just because the rigging again would be to much of an obstacle?Īt our test site (mostly the Netherlands) we hardly have any high UV days so we had to see how kiters in other countries look to the idea of using the kite cover. The wind goes up and down often during this gusting levante wind which is typical for this area, and switching kite sizes is needed quite often. Green algae on the beachĪnybody that has been kiting on -for example- Canos the Meca (Spain) knows the sound of the rough sand hitting the leading edge in 30+ knots winds. A 1000+ Euro kite may just last a bit longer, protected from damaging UV sunlight, abrasive beating from sand flying around and doesn’t get coloured from the green dead algae on the beach, just to come up with a few advantages. The cover is just around 50 Euro’s (35$ US during the fundraising campaign). On top of that no money at all -so far- has been raised. When we announced that we were going to test it, a lot of reactions tended to be quite sceptical. When we saw the announcement that the Kiteshield was up for a fundraising campaign we thought the idea of such a product can have a lot of potential. Scepticism Also protection at the bottom part of the LE The idea is great for some purposes, but the product needs some evident changes. But does it really work when it is windy? Does it stay on the kite even in strong winds and are we able to get it on without too much hassle? We already got one of those Kite covers and tried it.
This is exactly why the Kiteshield has been invented. The kiteshield is a cover to put over your inflated kite on the beach to protect it from UV, sand and about everything you put your kite on.
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