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by adamrod » Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:52 pm
mehhh, $229??
when my girlfriend was learning, i put a gojoe on her board, but she found it was more of a hindrance than anything, the extra flotation made the board hard to handle, and it floated so high in the water on her feet that she couldn't see the kite during a relaunch. We took it off and she did much better.
this design, while cool, seems overly complex. re-attaching the magnet seems like it'd be difficult for a beginner while the kite is flying and waves are crashing. the whole flipping up and down as well...just doesn't seem necessary...and i could imagine it not working as sand gets in there.
most riders i know use a go-joe for a few weeks at most. I think the price is too high for what's basically the training wheels of kiteboarding. i can't imagine OR would be able to realistically recoup the cost of tooling for what would be a really limited market.
if you want to sell more go-joes, make a smaller cheaper version not a bigger more complex and expensive one.
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