Barryg101 wrote: ↑

Sat May 25, 2019 1:04 am

No more octopus system on the new Naish ! !
Gonna be more appealing now

Haha funny man

Pivots. In 7 and 5 I will stay with the Slash and keep my current models as they have not been used that much. In 14 I have the current Boxer, which I also really like. ANd you think you'll have it in July? That would change my plans around. I just put an 11 Boxer and 9 slash on order. I thought th...

Dirk wrote: ↑

Thu May 23, 2019 8:54 am

2020 11m/8m are ordered. Should be here by mid July

Woah.Slashes? Or Boxer?

I thought Naish would do a Kevin Langeree, or KOA special edition Pivot. That would be cool. Make is black with the Naish skull.:cool2: :o I am salivating. The helix they did way back was the coolest kite ever. This one, maybe all black with a flaming skull in silver. Lol. Oh man I want that kite...

I heard a rumor that they are showing them to importers someday soon. Somebody posted a short vid on Instagram of the new wing so I think it is happening. I dunno what the differences are, but surely it can't be that much? This year the differences were significant but not revolutionary if that make...

Put the kite at 12 and pull the bar all the way in, the kite should lock in place and pull back slightly. That's how I test my kites...I also set my kites up on the last knot, I like my kites to fly a little forward and it puts the bar more in reach. I think the nature of wave riding just leads to ...

yeah pretty much any TT fin should work. I like a lower profile fin.

yeah for sure what knotwindy said. Backstalls both on the slash and pivot are caused by short backlines...or long frontlines. Those kites are super stable. Unless your lines are off.

Teabageppo wrote: ↑

Mon May 20, 2019 2:35 am

also drifts better than the wave specific Neo. FFS, you should know better than talking absolute rubbish like that

Show me where I wrote that?

So here is the website in case anyone is thinking about going: http://mauikitefest.com/

Looks like a lot of fun formats:
Big Air
Foil
Freestyle
and FunRace

I've done the fun races before and it really is super fun. Crazy chaotic and fun as hell. Damn, it would be so much fun to go.