![]() Breakers, for the most part, are nowhere near the kite beaches. ![]() – Check out the local history and marine life. – Wait for the wind, relax into island mode. ![]() – In season, Schlitterbahn Waterpark for big or little kids. – Surf or boogie board, ride bikes on the beach, fish inshore or offshore. – Mexico is only 30 miles south for shopping, fiestas, lunch and/or dinner. For an all-day breakfast fix, search out Manuel’s in Port Isabel and order a breakfast taco con todo, or try Ted’s. Ted’s make the best lunches on the island. Wanna Wanna Beach Bar and Gril is located right on the beach. and Captain Roy’s are local favourites for dinner. Wind Water Hotel and Resort is located next to the Air Padre Kiteboard shop.Īfter spending all day riding, drive down Padre Boulevard you’ll see most of what the island has to offer. The island is a destination resort with every major motel chain you could name available such as La Quinta, Travelodge, Holiday Inn and Best Western. During late spring and summer months the winds are ridiculously steady thermals blowing 20-25 mph every afternoon. When cold fronts pass the winds usually howl for several days out of the north, so don’t forget to pack your small kite. The prevailing winds are typically southeast 15-30 mph. During the fall, winter and spring months, wind is frontally driven and can range from 12 to 50 mph. South Padre Island runs almost straight north to south and is less than a mile wide, so it handles most wind directions well. No matter which way the wind blows, the waist-deep waters of the Laguna Madre stay nice and flat, and the downwinders on the gulf side offer a wide variety of waveriding conditions ranging from sloppy small surf to big side-off perfection.īest Months: March-July, mid-October-November It’s the perfect place to learn and advance your riding skill, or try out new gear. The sub tropical barrier island offers a variety of riding conditions for beginners to advanced kiteboarders. Minus: Lighter touch steering is nice for the larger sizes but is slightly less direct feeling than the Slingshot RPX.īest For: Riders that want a high performance kite for pushing the limits of big air that’s easy to use and has great wind range.South Padre Island off the coast of south Texas sees a steady flow of kiteboarders from around the globe. Overall, the Machine V1 is a great addition to the Slingshot family and should appeal to those intermediate to advanced level riders that want to take their high altitude manoeuvres to the next level. The test riders were impressed with the Machine’s handling as it provided plenty of nimble manoeuvrability to handle with a foil for light wind cruising. The low-end power is easy to find with a big sweet spot and the Machine is also reactive to bar input with some nice light touch steering. Pivot style turns with the swept wingtips, the Machine pivots and drives forward nicely in the wind window, giving it amazing upwind drive which is key when boosting huge as you tend to travel downwind quickly. In the smaller sizes the Machine V1 also keeps its performance through the entire wind range allowing the big air junkies to push the limits while the kite is at maximum power. The Slingshot Machine in the standard sizes with their five strut supported frame provides upper end wind range with lots of depower when you sheet the kite bar out. It feels much lighter in the hands and the large sizes have much easier turn initiation and light touch steering than the old Turbine jumbos that were the session savers of years past. The bridle system is compact and pulley free and the Machine is well designed with smooth aerodynamic flow and is surprisingly light weight. It doesn’t back stall easily and sits forward in the window providing very straight forward sheet-in-and-go handling. Despite being a full-strutted, rigid-framed, higher aspect kite, the Machine V1 is also quite easy to fly and accessible to most skill levels. The Machine V1 incorporates a high lift and highly efficient aspect ratio and it has a flat canopy shape and swept tips along with the open C design for easy and long gliding lift. The Machine V1 takes over for two models of the Slingshot lineup including the famous, light wind kite known as the Turbine and the big air freeride design called the Raptor. Designed with all new frame geometry, the Machine V1 features a rigid, five strut frame for the standard sizes through to the 12 meter and a three strut format in the jumbo sizes of 15 and 17 meter. The Machine V1 is their new big air, freeride and light wind specialty kite. Likes: The Slingshot design team has been busy with some all new specialty kite models that offer a refreshing upgrade to the formidable Slingshot lineup. SYNOPSIS: THE MACHINE V1 IS A SMOOTH PULLING AND EXPLOSIVE-LIFTING BIG AIR KITE WITH ITS FLAT OPEN C CANOPY THAT OFFERS EXTRA HANG TIME BUT ALSO HAS EASY TO FIND POWER AND NIMBLE HANDLING FOR ANY LEVEL RIDER.
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