![]() ![]() Many people started to realize that the Twinskin design was a very good alternative for the tube kite design, and slowly more people started to gain interest in the design. The Peter Lynn Guerilla had a lot of depower, quick and easy handling and good lift. The Guerilla was another kiteboarding kite that was a great rival to the tube design. The F-Arc, a high performance version of the earlier arc was introduced, followed the first Peter Lynn Guerilla in 2003. The standard Arc was a great success, many people had noticed that there was a different kite that was a lot more stable and user friendly than the tube kites. In 1999 the first Peter Lynn Arc came on the market. Combined with its great performance and user friendliness this makes the Twinskin design ideal for all levels of riders looking to progress every time they’re out riding. ![]() Right from the start it was obvious that this Arc design, renamed to Twinskin design in 2003, had created a new field of its own, with its stability and auto zenith (there is nothing like it on the market), no bridles to tangle and of course no bladders to puncture. However flashes of amazing performance are not the same as a fully rounded developed design that can be manufactured consistently and perform for all users in all conditions. Not just successfully, early indications were that Arc style kites could eventually become THE best performing kites for kiteboarding. Even though, designing and Arc was very difficult in 1998, the first Arc that could actually fly was built and successfully tested. At Peter Lynn, the search had been on for a decade but rapid improvements in LEI kites from 1998 on provided a real spur. The unique C-Quad is still seen today…įor kiteboarding better kites were needed. With the complete wing being supported by bridles there was no need for the large, heavy rods seen in large delta type kites. ![]() The secret of the C-Quad is its excellent blend between two types of kite, combining the single skin of delta type kites with the bridling of a foilkite. The speed and performance of this kite surprised kite flyers worldwide and it quickly became widely used in many kiting disciplines and showed to be perfectly suitable for kite buggying but also for kite sailing and even kiteboarding. In 1997 the first hybrid kite was born the C-Quad. As they swayed from hope to despair and back many times, it gradually became clear that the solution lay with better kites not in board development, which had been the main focus in the early years. By 1988, they were successfully water skiing using kite power, had mastered kite ice skating and had even made various wobbling attempts at kiteboarding.Īs they worked away at the problems year after year the big worry was not whether it was going to be possible or not – that had been settled early on – but whether it could ever be made easy enough for more than just a tiny handful of elite athletes in perfect conditions. The last addition to the range was the Folding buggy, which can be disassembled and folded without the use of any tools ideal for storage and transport.įrom the early 1990’s, the team at Peter Lynn had recognized that kiteboarding, if it could be made practical, would be the big prize.Īlthough handicapped by the kites of the time (the best performance back then was obtained with delta style sports kites), within a few months Peter and his team were successfully sailing all courses under kitepower in winds from 10km/h to – on a celebrated occasion – over 100km/h. At the same time Peter developed a wide range of extensions, upgrades and accessories for all buggies. From the Peter Lynn classic buggy, development went on to create the Peter Lynn Competition buggy much more refined and still on offer today. Between 19, a series of kite buggies were developed, which got better and better over the years in terms of performance, user comfort and durability. The result was recognised immediately as a practical buggy – and went into production within months, spawning what is now a worldwide sport with perhaps some tens of thousands enthusiastic practitioners today. The invention of the modern kitebuggy in 1990 was a spin-off from these other kite traction developments: in order to let kitesailing development continue through the winter, while their favourite lake was frozen over, the wheels were fitted to a 3-hulls kite boat. In 1990, the invention of the kite buggy showed for the first time that a kite could be a viable means to convert wind energy into motive power. ![]()
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