WMFG wrote: This kite looks sick, I bet it's awesome on some long lines and a nice fast board. I couldn't care if technically some super high aspect foil kite's faster I bet this kite is awesome.
I don't need to bet anymore
OzBungy wrote:I just weighed my 2010-11 Crossbows and the Apollo is barely 400 grams lighter. That's a little, or a lot depending on your point of view.
What size did you weight?
It sounds like the Apollo is intended to be a full on race kite.
In my mind it looks and act as the best inflatable race machine on the market.
Why did not Apollo appear 3 years ago?!
The racing scene could be more popular than now with the foil kites only
I had just a few sessions on 14 and 10m. Cannot assess them thoroughly. Still need to test 3 various attach points for steering lines.
So far - they are different than Velocity. Their profiles are more flatter than Velocity ones.
Striking thing is to see how close they seat to the window's edge. Keeping them in the Zenith I have impression the kite is behind my back. But it stays there more stable than expected.
They require a couple of hours of familiarisation on the water to achieve the best handling techniques due to above.
I love to watch them in the air - they look so slim
I can't be wrong recommending Apollo for advanced riders who want to race, freerace, freeride foil and jump. For sure this is not a kite for beginners.
Do you think the Apollo would be good as a foiling kite for the lighter end of the wind range?
Give me more days to check out. Unfortunately we have too much winds in Baltic for next two weeks
I need to test well how to relaunch them in light winds. So far - in most cases I relaunched it by a reverse pull. It was easier than the traditional way due to very high AR.