North shore legend Tom Stone visits England

EH Kiteboarding team develops new more powerful designs for kites continuously, new methods of production with the purpose of improving the quality, and new materials that promise to be safe and lasting. This allows them to continue being competitive in relation to the other great marks in the market. EH Kites are conceived in Cabarete, where the wind appears more than 250 days over the year, and the experience of EH in the industry, allows them to produce kites that surpasses the will of its clients.

Particularitity of the RIPPEHR:
Here there are the second generation of flat wing that will know to satisfy simultaneously to nascent as well as advanced riders. The characteristics that maintain this family of wings well well-known, is the very important Leading Edge/LE (100% of Of-power), therefore a superior wind range over the classic wings, a passive security that consists of releasing the bar so that the wing stands surely on the water and without power, and a very easy relaunching water. 

All this combined with impressive results. The pressure in the bar has become smoother thanks to his shorter LE. Thanks to their maneuverability, will be powerful as much in the waves as for freestyle. It does not matters at the speed you go because you will keep always the control.

EH EUROPE Opinion about the RIPPEHR

In our trip to Cabarete, we sailed as much with the RIPPEHR in the waves as in the choppy, sometimes with a very irregular wind.

Two words to summarize this kite: simple, comfortable, without forgetting the result. It is completely different from the classic C-kite and is absolutely essential to sail with it for many hours to be accustomed and to remove the 100% of its possibilities. I am sure that it is going to please to all kind of rider.

Positive points:

• The position of kite in the window, goes really  far in the window edge, which makes easy go up in the wind, it is like a game for childrens. It is necessary to take its references in the jumps, since the sensations are quite different and the technique also.
• The manageability of kite, the RIPPEHR turns mainly on its ear, is not necessary to be scared to do kiteloop. It is not necessary to have more of 14m, since it is very easy to move it to generate wind.
• The pressure in the bar, is impressive, the first impression is that its handling is easy and that it is possible to be controlled with 2 fingers. It is very smooth. All the people who have bad the arms or the back will be able to appreciate it to their right value. You do not need so much strength to make it return to his position or to retake the power.
• The stability, twice more stable than bow of the first generation, since its point of power is placed more near the leading edge. The irregular winds do not suppose a problem, kite absorbs the unexpected pulls without having to make suffer the egs, as it happens in kite classic.
• The Leading Edge/LE (or management of power), has D-power line of 40cm, a minimum to obtain a good management of power: Pull the Bar, the RIPPEHR rides, let out the bar, the RIPPEHR stops, always in smoothness, is like that a great simplicity. Safer and  needer. The Strap have 40cm, is necessary then, to use it with the purpose of having an optimal adjustment correctly. The Rider chooses if it wants smoothness in his navigation or, on the contrary, a little aggressiveness and great power. But  the important thing is that it does not matter how is regulated because the power always is under control.
• The water Relaunching, is enough with throwing enough one of its out lines, so that, it rises completely single, its echnique is in the reach of the whole riders.
• The bar, is simple, but it has everything what is necessary, and an innovating system of swibel C-Loop, which always avoids the crossover of the lines  when making a rotations during navigation.

Negative points:

• Precise, during the relaunching, due to its system of bridles and the flat length, could make a small turn movements in the water.
• In order to solve  it is necessary to pull the out line smoothly and single, it puts itself On guard of relaunching In order to jump, as it has already said, it is necessary to take new references. Its speed of turn is higher to the classic Kite, reason because we possibly arrive late when recalling the kite at the Zénit position during the jump. The RIPPEHR does not need to be impelled along the opposite side of the window  to take off. It is enough taking it barely to the one o'clock and throwing downwards the bar. We will experience a power of elevation outside of the normal thing. It is why she is so effective for the initiation in the schools. The student does not need to move kite and to experience the typical pulling that removes from the water loosing the control of the kite. The RIPPEHR is thought for all riders but, specially, to the advanced and intermediate ones. 
• The most important difference with C-Kite is its LE, for that reason it can become dangerous using this Kite outside of its wind range. It is always recommended to have a minimum of two Rippehrs to cover all ranges of wind. It is important to advise the people who begin with this kind of Kite testing as well C-kites later... are not the same thing!

Technology:

The weave is pre-stretch with the purpose of compensating a possible deformation of the material, and allows that kite always maintains a stable profile for a long time. The trailing edge was reinforced with the purpose of preventing a premature wear and tear in the material. It has a type of valve with stopper ball with the purpose of not letting leave the air, as well as one of great dimension to deflating fast and easyly.

EH construction:

• 50g  polyester spi
• 175g Dacron on the leading edge and the Battens
• 100 mm Bladders
• 175g in the connection point
• All the Floaters are inflated during one night for a control of the welds

The RIPPEHR is available in the following sizes:

Weight (kg)	Sizes (M2)	Wind Range (knt)
50	8	13-28
60	10	13-28
70	12	13-28
85	14	13-28

The Rippehr and The Classic EH Wave (C-Kite).

The new Boards designs for The Rippehr.

Oscar Cuello (kiteboarding Europe)
www.ehcabarete.com