GIN Kiteboarding Cannibal Bedienungsanleitung
Please read this user manual carefully before you use your GIN kite.
User manual - English
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Welcome to GIN KITEBOARDING…
Thank you for choosing a GIN kite.
Our R&D team invests a lot of time, passion and experience into creating each new GIN kite.
We hope you will have as much fun with this kite as we have, and we wish you many wonder-
ful sessions with your new kite!!
For more information and to keep in touch with the fantastic evolution of our sport, visit our
website:
www.ginkites.com
Please pass on this manual to the new owner if you ever resell your kite.
Enjoy riding GIN,
The GIN KITEBOARDING Team
Information about safety
Aimed at customers with a good knowledge of kiting, this manual principally provides tech-
nical information about the kite. This manual cannot replace training from an approved kite
school.
Kiting is a magnicent sport, but certain rules do apply and these must never be neglected.
As an “ambassador” of our sport, please respect these rules and always keep safety in mind.
Respect :
- the other riders
- the kite launch and landing zones
- the riding locations
- the rules of riding and of the air
- the public and their safety
- the natural elements
Familiarize yourself with :
- your equipment
- your safety equipment
Make sure that you have adequate personal and third party liability insurance for kiting.
The manufacturer as well as the distributors and agents of GIN KITEBOARDING products
cannot be held liable for death, personal injury or material damage resulting from any use of
this equipment.
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Table of content:
Welcome to GIN KITEBOARDING…_______________________________________________2
Information about safety_______________________________________________________2
Table of content______________________________________________________________3
GIN KITEBOARDING____________________________________________________________4
Construction ________________________________________________________________4
Description of a tube kite _______________________________________________________5
Technical features_____________________________________________________________6
NEW «MINI GIN LOW FRICTION RING»_____________________________________________6
Single point ination system____________________________________________6
To replace a bladder___________________________________________________6
Handle on the leading edge____________________________________________7
Wave shape protector__________________________________________________7
Bridle setting_________________________________________________________8
GIN & TONIC BAR______________________________________________________________9
Description of the bar__________________________________________________9
Safety system_______________________________________________________________10
Main quickrelease____________________________________________________10
Kite leash___________________________________________________________10
Adjustment of the bar_________________________________________________________11
Replacement of the safety line________________________________________________11
Bags______________________________________________________________________12
Looking after your kite________________________________________________________13
Warning____________________________________________________________________13
GIN KITEBOARDING warranty ___________________________________________________14
Acknowledgements __________________________________________________________15
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GIN KITEBOARDING
GIN KITEBOARDING is a rider’s company. For us, kiteboarding is a priority and a way of life.
The members of GIN’s Development Team have worked and ridden hard throughout the
year to ensure you get the best experience possible through our products. We are stoked to
introduce to you our new GIN kite.
Our philosophy is to create products of the highest quality and performance that are able to
provide us with the maximum satisfaction; we are then more than happy to share these with
YOU and other GIN riders worldwide.
Construction
A highly skilled workforce takes extreme care during the entire manufacturing process of our
kites. Every piece of fabric, reinforcement and detail has been carefully designed, rened and
crafted from the most suitable, selected materials. Everything is then assembled in a nely
controlled process to create this kite.
After several hours of use, you will still discover small details that simplify your kiting life as a
result of the thought GIN put into the design for you.
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Description of a tube kite
1. leading edge
2. trailing edge
3. strut
4. top surface
5. bottom surface
6. bridle SLE
7. left rear pigtail with 3 knots (blue)
8. left front pigtail with loop (blue)
9. right rear pigtail with 3 knots (red)
10. right front pigtail with loop (red)
11. mini GIN low friction ring
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Technical features
- NEW «MINI GIN LOW FRICTION RING»: The new kite bridle standard devloped by GIN KITE-
BOARDING. No pulleys to break, no sand wear out.
- Single point ination system: You do have the choice of sealing o the connections
between struts and LE. This helps in case of a puncture or to store the kite with struts inated.
The ight of your kite will be also optimised. In order to re-balance the pressure in the whole
kite, open all the connections before inating the LE.
- To replace a bladder:
1. Move the zip tie cover and throw away the plastic zip tie (from the valve of the bladder to
replace).
2. Push down the valve into the direction of the bladder.
3. Change the bladder and use a new plastic zip tie.
4. Place the zip tie cover on the plastic zip tie.
plastic zip tie
zip tie cover (moved)
clip under neoprene protection
valve
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- Handle on the leading edge: The main leading edge tube is equipped with a double use
handle. It enables you to attach the strap of the pump to it, in order to inate the kite safely,
without holding the kite. You will benet from an easy and safe handhold to carry your kite
up-wind, inner surface facing up, top surface down.
- Wave shape protector: The wave shape protector is a special leading edge construction that
protects the kite from any prematurated wear out. The high balanced construction with die-
rent material on each panels gives a very progressive construction from the leading edge to
the canopy: we don’t have any big dierence of weight between each assembled panels. The
shape with waves gives a very smooth eect without any strong angle between the dierent
panels.
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- Bridle setting:
Setting for the front lines,
choose between: FREESTYLE/FREERIDE and WAVE
Setting for the back lines to adjust the bar pressure and turn speed, choose between:
SLOWER or STANDARD or FASTER
These 3 possible settings on the wingtip let you adapt the kite very easily to match the mo-
ment and your needs. Then you will be one with your kite!
1. right rear pre-line
2. left rear pre-line
3. trim system with Clamcleat
4. depower rope
5. safety line
6. main quickrelease
7. ring for kite leash (directly
connected to the safety line or
combined to the chicken-loop)
8. chicken-loop
9. chicken-stick
10. swivel
11. grip
12. endcap
13. Egg piece for front
lines connection
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GIN & TONIC BAR
Description of the bar
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Safety system
It is imperative that you know the correct operation and assembly of your safety system be-
fore using it. Always check your safety system before each use to make sure that it functions
correctly. Keep the quick release clean of sand, mud, ice or snow before use.
Main quickrelease
1. To release: push the top part of the main quickrelease away from you, in the direction of
the red arrow printed on it. You will be connected to the kite by the kite leash connected to
the safety line of the kite (one front line).
2. To lock: push up the top part of the quickrelease, introduce the metallic loop of the chic-
ken-loop into the main quickrelease piece.
3. Lock the system by covering the metallic pin with the top part of the main quickrelease.
Kite leash
1. To release: push the red tube away from
you, in the direction of the black arrow.
You will not be connected to the kite any
more.
2. To lock: pass one side of the metalic pin
through the loop of the released part. Place
this same side of metallic pin parallel to the
black plastic tube and cover it with the red
tube. The system is locked when the red
tube is touching the black plastic ball.
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