REPAIRS Peels can be split in heavy nose-first landings, especially if onto water because this closes the gauze leaving the internal pressure nowhere to go except out by bursting rib seams on the top skin. It's not easy to do, I've only split 3 kites in 3 years, always in wild, high wind, out of control water crashes. Don't despair, permanent and effective repair is easy, at home, by most kite retailers or, in the limit, at one of our factories. The steps are: unpick the trailing edge seam where necessary for access and also unpick the split seams, - repair splits in ribs and skin using ripstop tape (white tape applied on the inside shows least on all colours) - sew the ribs back to the skin, and finally, close the trailing edge after incidents like this it pays to re "blue-print" the bridles.