Kitesoul Magazine #18 English Edition

However, toys sooner or later break down after a continue
use, especially in the sea, which with its atmospheric
agents is like a grinder, salt, moisture, and sand
are a severe test for materials and equipment. Kitesurfing
is quite a wearing sport, and kiters often maul the
equipment due to the involved loads, the speed, the
powerful manoeuvres, and especially the falls, errors,
waves, the always lurking obstacles in the water just
like on the ground: a post, a rock, a buoy, a tree. As
good as one can be, and although modern equipment
guarantees high performances, sooner or later any rider
experiences a breakage: a stretched line, a punctured
bladder, a leading edge that explodes at the umpteenth
crash on water.