Dear All,
My kite quiver at the moment is an ozone catalyst 9 and 12m² (2014) and reo 7m² (2015), i have 2 board: strappless wave board and a skimboard for light wind days...
This season I added a foil + foilboard... F-one IC-6+ TS51
Now I have the problem that, although ozone makes light kites, my catalyst 12 does not fly good enough in marginal wind. (<10 knots) With my regular boards I did not notice it, but on the foil you go out on less wind...
I'm tired of having a kite that drops out of the sky and does not restart.
On an ozone test day I tried the edge 15 m²... I could foil in 8-9 knots, but was struggling to keep the kite in the air. Going upwind was ok, but going downwind with less apparent wind you could feel the weight of the kite and again it was a struggle to keep it in the air... and it did not restart once dropped .
After that I tried the ozone hyperlink 12... what a relief... it just sticks above you... not tendency at all to drop out of the sky. A little slower than my regular 12 kite though.
So i think I will change my 12cat for a 12 foil kite...
Here's my question: do I keep my 12 cat ? personally I don't think I will ever use it again. I think I will foil until 16-17 knots and then change to my surfboard...
I only tested the hyperlink 12, but i read good reviews on the flysurfer soul... I'm tempted between those two kites...but maybe I overlooked a kite . High end kites like the chrono or diabolo do not interest me, they are too slow... .
I've never seen the soul in the air, nobody has it on my homespot, an no shop nearby... not easy to demo it...
On my home spot, experienced foilers can foil with the hyperlink ultralight with 6 knots... impressive...
thanks for the input,
Nayy