Hi Jankie,
Yes, the difference in the way the Venom kite works is amazing,
depending on line length. For me for most wind we get here, 30m is
optimal on my 15m Venom, gives great jumps, good timing with the
adjustment strap in. When I tried 25m lines in waves in higher wind,
that was unreal, I really liked the more direct response from the
kite, enables you to quickly turn the kite down or up for quick power
burst when you need it. Less height and float in jumps.

Also, I would like to ask how you are going now in waves? Since you
came from tubes, how did you find the transition from tubes back to
arcs? In waves, a tube is easy as a tube kite tends to always drop
down towards the water, which means you have your top hand with a bit
of pressure on teh bar, keeping the kite up and powered... therefore
one-handed riding is easy, and gives you good balance.

In contrast, the Venom has a bit of the auto-zenith, so you have to
try to pull down on the bar a bit to keep the kite from flying up and
taking you off the rail... so you need to adjust now and then and use
the other hand to pull the kite down a bit... is that your experience
too, or are you flying off the knot?

Thanks
Greg


--- In arcusers@yahoogroups.com, "Giancarlo Avancini" <jankie@b...>
wrote:
>
> Hello friends,
> I think this post was quite important, regarding extension lines
for
> the Venom.
> It went a bit lost with all the buz on the Venom 13 meter problems.
> >
> > VENOMANIA!!!!
> >
> > Thank you again Lack......
> > Sunday best session ever with Venom!
> > I used 32 meter line (25 + 7 meter extension) on my 58 cm bar.
> > 70 Kilos or 160 pouns on a UG Wavetray 137.
> > Internal strap full tight for max power.
> >
> > At Seal Beach CA, wind started light.. from I-windsurf:
> > 14:45 13 mph to 16 mph.
> > Only 2 people out first myself on a Venom 16 and a good guy on
> Rhino
> > 5 16 (comparing with the same guy last week using only 25 meter
> line
> > he was going up-wind and I was not able to hold the ground).
> > This time I went up and away straight in the river, where I spent
> > most of the time. Just enougt to go upwind and some small jump.
> >
> > 16:00 16 mph to 23 mph.
> > So much fun.... bigger jump kite so nice absorbing gust like
> > nothing.
> > Others people on inflatable where able to come up to the river.
> >
> > 16:30 18 mph to 26 mph.
> > For about 45 minutes wind picked up more and I was fully powered
> up,
> > never uncomfortable, very big jumps!!! so happy...
> > At this point I was thinking to come back to remove the extension
> > line to have the kite more reactive as I was surfing small waves.
> >
> > Any how what a big difference from just one week before thank's
to
> > the extra 7 meter lines!!!
> >
> > My suggestion at this point is to go with you stock bar and keep
> > around some extension line for lighter days.
> > The Venom is really a great kite.
> > Bye Jankie