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Hansen Design wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:51 amHello Shave & Jorg:
I have a 30+ year longstanding policy to never copy anything no matter the product. When it is proposed I offer an immediate resignation (as I did vehemently in this case.) The kite shown was one of a suite of 5 protos exploring 3vs5 strut versions with similar profile and spanwise AoA and varying AR and bridles. It is vastly different from any existing kite on the market with more panels and a new innovative sawtooth fabric orientation seam to cleanly preserve shape under load. Personally, I think it is a great kite. Anyone interested is welcome to come to the Gorge and fly kites with me when I am not working. I have many interesting prototype kites to try and the local beers rock.
Cheers!
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He's with Slinghot now Guess the prototypes that 'supposedly' weren't good enough for some folks on a certain beach, are good enough for Slingshot to hire himjorg wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:21 pmHey Bill,
Thanks again for all those great kite designs you accomplished at Switch. Me and my wife are enjoying our Elements/Nitros/Heliums every day.
I heard that you might join to Slingshot family. Is there any truth in it?
Hansen Design wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:51 amHello Shave & Jorg:
I have a 30+ year longstanding policy to never copy anything no matter the product. When it is proposed I offer an immediate resignation (as I did vehemently in this case.) The kite shown was one of a suite of 5 protos exploring 3vs5 strut versions with similar profile and spanwise AoA and varying AR and bridles. It is vastly different from any existing kite on the market with more panels and a new innovative sawtooth fabric orientation seam to cleanly preserve shape under load. Personally, I think it is a great kite. Anyone interested is welcome to come to the Gorge and fly kites with me when I am not working. I have many interesting prototype kites to try and the local beers rock.
Cheers!
mattenzuchtig wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 9:03 amMaybe this could have been announced?... This feels a bit fishy.. when all of a sudden threads dissapear without any sign, when where there was a bit of hot smoke coming off
My 2 c
I brought up getting posts back with toby and didn't really get a response on it.jaros wrote:This brings out the question: is the original poster the owner of the topic and all of its content provided by other posters?Please note that the other topic has been deleted by the request of the original poster.
So everyone is happy. Now let's move on...Faxie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 9:50 pmHe's with Slinghot now Guess the prototypes that 'supposedly' weren't good enough for some folks on a certain beach, are good enough for Slingshot to hire himjorg wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:21 pmHey Bill,
Thanks again for all those great kite designs you accomplished at Switch. Me and my wife are enjoying our Elements/Nitros/Heliums every day.
I heard that you might join to Slingshot family. Is there any truth in it?
Hansen Design wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:51 amHello Shave & Jorg:
I have a 30+ year longstanding policy to never copy anything no matter the product. When it is proposed I offer an immediate resignation (as I did vehemently in this case.) The kite shown was one of a suite of 5 protos exploring 3vs5 strut versions with similar profile and spanwise AoA and varying AR and bridles. It is vastly different from any existing kite on the market with more panels and a new innovative sawtooth fabric orientation seam to cleanly preserve shape under load. Personally, I think it is a great kite. Anyone interested is welcome to come to the Gorge and fly kites with me when I am not working. I have many interesting prototype kites to try and the local beers rock.
Cheers!
This kind of breaks my heart a little bit. I've been riding Switch since I started kiting and happened to pick up a used v2 9m Element online. I read about the brand.. direct to consumer, independent designs, and was sold on Switch! I'm still a happy rider, with a quiver of V4 Elements (5m and 7m) and V6 Elements (9m and 12m). I love the new elements, so I'm not sure why it should matter to me so much that they are just a rebranded version of another kite. But it does bother me.. maybe because of the lack of transparency from switch? Maybe because now I'm relying on a different brand's design and manufacturing chops than what it actually says on my kite? Switch is still the best deal in town for quality, new kites.. but I wonder how long that can last if they aren't making the products themselves?Hansen Design wrote: ↑Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:38 pmHello cnski:
One year ago, Switch management made the decision to outsource their products from other vendors (bars, boards, kites, etc) and cease in-house development to reduce costs. They did not reveal this decision publically or to their customers. I'm sorry to hear you made a purchase of the H3 believing it my design but very glad you like it. I believe it to be a re-branded Storm Voyager from France. Also, I had no part in the E6 model which appears to be from Ikon kites.
Cheers!
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