Sizing

The leading edge bladder blanks are made of a single piece of high quality american made poly folded in half and welded on one side only. All bladders are oversized in diameter so that they never fully expand inside the sewn sleeve of the kite. This eliminates any need for the bladder to stretch which results longer life.

Leading edge bladders are measured from tip to tip as illustrated below. If your leading edge bladder has been removed from the kite you can measure the original bladder from tip to tip. If you don't have the original bladder or the bladder is still in the kite follow the instructions below.

Wrap around leading edge bladder

Open the ends of the bladder sleeve. Measure the leading edge sleeve from end to end (wingtip to wingtip). Measure around the outside of the arc formed by your leading edge. Be sure that the measuring tape runs around the outside of the elbows where your leading edge turns onto the wingtip.

Choose a leading edge bladder that measures the same length or longer than the measurement that you came up with. If you are at all unsure of your measurement round up to the next size offered. An oversized bladder works, an undersized bladder will not work.

Leading edge bladder with separate wingtips

Open the ends of the bladder sleeve. Measure the leading edge sleeve from end to end. Measure around the outside of the arc formed by your leading edge.

Choose a leading edge bladder that measures the same length or longer than the measurement that you came up with. If you are at all unsure of your measurement, round up to the next size offered. An oversized bladder works, an undersized bladder will not work.

Preaching oversized

Remember that you can always use an oversized bladder in a smaller application. When traveling we recommend taking a leading edge bladder that is long enough to fit your largest kite. Should you need to use the bladder in a smaller kite you can invert the bladder ends back inside the bladder until it is the desired length. Inverting up to 8 feet at each end is perfectly reasonable if you don't have access to a bladder that is the correct length.