Alright. Let’s face the fact. That thin dacron sleeve on your kite isn’t the best protection from any holes for the more fragile plastic tubes on the inside, called the bladder. Some day or later, you’ll be finding yourself looking through the catalogue or searching around for the best way to patch that imminent hole punched through the bladder. Added to the task is actually finding a nearby resource that provides inexpensive solution and located close enough to avoid unnecessary costly postage fee.

Our friend from Singapore, Ian, may have just the solution for you.

The patch is still in development stage, but as Ian mentioned in our forum, he already ran some successful tests on his kites and already in the second phase of its development. It was indicated by Ian that the product will be finished and released early next year.

Provided with his success, he may be able to offer bladder patches that are adequately effective for small repairs which would come relatively inexpensive from your current options and most importantly for Malaysian kiteboarders, close enough to be posted without much hassles and costs.

Main features:

• Self-adhesive (no more gluing )
• Tough material
• Relatively inexpensive

If you would like to follow the progress of this patch feel free to join the discussion on our forum. Click here.
You can also contact Ian directly at massufianyahoo.com

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