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sonny2727
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Re: High wind kite?

Postby sonny2727 » Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:24 pm

why are people stuck on wave kites for high wind.....get a 5 strut kite that can eat gusts and boost , bigger wind range...
I'm 70kg have 6m Edge and love it from 28-40kts....run it on 25m lines 38cm bar....
I'd look at..
1.rebel
2.xr5
3.edge

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Re: High wind kite?

Postby andylc » Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:31 pm

I was considering an Edge - have only ridden one and found it a bit light on the bar - latest version or any...?

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Re: High wind kite?

Postby iriejohn » Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:47 pm

andylc wrote:
Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:31 pm
I was considering an Edge - have only ridden one and found it a bit light on the bar - latest version or any...?
When the wind is 30+ knots in our country it is almost always very gusty. I used my 6m Enduro V2 last week (in the eastern Solent) and the wind was up and down like a tart's knickers between 26 and 35(ish) knots. To be honest any half decent kite would have worked fine ...

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knotwindy wrote:
Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:59 am
If you like the Reo but want to jump as well why not the Ozone Enduro (V2). Has a wave setting and a jump setting on the front bridle as well.
... but yes, this ^^^. The 3 different Enduro V2 bridle settings really do work very well.
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Re: High wind kite?

Postby atomic-chomik » Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:19 am

#1 & #2 coming in at a tie

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