u can sum up
- bows for rookies/noobs
- C/hybrids for experts/FS
- foils for poly ground/snow/water/alternative way of life

as most of the peeps know; bows r foils with a pump.

Rockstar wrote:

mv wrote:

Rockstar wrote:
(Now sit back and watch the abuse from the foil advocates !!!)

see the irony. ans u jumped on it =)

-most of the foils users came from LEI ( they learned on it) and a few from open foils ( snowkite/mtb), they have usually a good vision of the advantages and disadvantages ( i talk about modern foils, i wonder who i target) - it takes at least an afternoon to get used to foils as it s a bit differen...

http://www.sharkshield.com/index.php

efficient, a bit costy, i d buy one asap if i had to go in sharks area.

PL r very good in gusty winds and confortable, u don t have to move the bar much in gusty winds (unlike bows/others, but they have better wind range), the twinskins conception absorbs the gust but if the winds r rough, u ll have to move the bar as any other kite but in smaller proportion the same da...

it is called Foils =)

french site KAF made a review on it ( scorp 10) - same stability (auto zenith) - better depower than any PL - best wind range than any PL - PL gusts comfort ( u don thave to move the bar in gusts or almost not) - overall better than the V² but not for newschool FS, better lift/high jump and ...

in France , they seems to place this on kite beach
http://www.kitesurf-paca.org/index.php? ... st&id=1088

- silver arrow2 15 for 7/12 knots + a door
- a psycho3 for the rest of the range...

those woud be the two things ,i wish to test/have =)

SA2 all the way for very light wind 6-10 and a Door
19 or 15 depending your weight.

now the hute and massive downside:
- the price <<<< prevented me to buy one.....
- the foil is very light for its size at the cost of the porcher resistance ( be cautious on ground,rocks and other nasty things)