Cmon.....
We've all done it!
What's the sketchiest repair / fix you've ever done or seen?

I've just done one and I need to feel good about myself again.

16m kite needed a new bladder..... Measured out my 15m bladder from a diff kite and it looked like it would fit. Valves lined up and reached wing tip to wing tip.
So I went for it!!! The 15m was frecked anyway!!

Get to the end and and it pumps up nicely, no twists, valves lined up....... Fu@#king bladder is 10cm too short on each wingtip.......
Packed it super super dense full of industrial bubble wrap (pool cover offcuts)
Works until I can get a new bladder!!

- kite needed a quick repair so as a joke I used a waterproof bandaid and gaffatape ( it was an emergency and it was the old & ruined 15m mentioned above)....... To my surprise, the gaffa tape lasted about 15 minutes....... Waterproof bandaid was still stuck on 2 months later!!

Anybody want a cheap 15m kite??

Granny knots are currently holding one of my turning lines onto my bar..

camping chair arms silicones to leading edge

Dental floss leading edge repairs.

Is there anywhere I can send this for ten bucks to sort this out within two days...

tgcp said...

timmybuddhadude said..
Is there anywhere I can send this for ten bucks to sort this out within two days...

Bring it to the the Kite Centre tomorrow morning and we can fix that up in the time it takes to drink a coffee, no charge but your making the coffee

Just cut it lots and rejoin with granny knots... lol

timmybuddhadude said..
Is there anywhere I can send this for ten bucks to sort this out within two days...

I would claim warranty, its obviously the shops fault for selling you dodgy lines

I may have just vomited a bit. wow.

w8ingforwind said..

Beersy said..
I tied a knot into the end of my LE bladder, then stuffed a rolled pair of socks inthe end so it wouldn't expand to much and pop. It was flyable, but only just.

Thanks for the tip works a treat i must fix it propeller one day.

Or sew the tips in (fold them in) to remove the gap