7M EH Ovando planing together with Flysurfer 19 foil

[Naby]

These 7M babies are in production right now, once they are out there, simple word of mouth will do the rest ... for sure some reviews will get on to the forums, and then the reviewers will be called pimps ...

E

How does it compare to the Ripper? Is it going to replace it or are the two kites complimentary to each other?

[bri]

.http://www.cabareteairforce.com/2010/ovando/index.php

Eric,

Excellent site I wish more kite companies would provide us with this type of stuff as for the general kiter it's difficult to see, try a few kites before we buy.

My first Kite ever was the EH wave (steep learnign curve) and although I don't ride EH I wish you luck with this kite.

[Gioro_T]

There is no replacement for displacement !!!!

[5thliner]

These 7M babies are in production right now, once they are out there, simple word of mouth will do the rest ... for sure some reviews will get on to the forums, and then the reviewers will be called pimps ...

E

How does it compare to the Ripper? Is it going to replace it or are the two kites complimentary to each other?

Go to my Face Book wall there is a tech video showing a 9M Ripper compared to a & Ovando.

[airsurfer]

wow so impressed I can ride my 1998 2 line Wipika 5.0m (the kite I learned to ride on in Cabarete) with a door in the same winds that I can still hold down my FS SA19. It doesn't really mean shit though. The reason I keep my SA19 is for jumping big in light wind. I still would like to try every kite once so please keep on inventing maybe you're on to something truly revolutionary. If so I'll be the first to buy it. BTW I remember Dirk Hanel Windtools messing around riding stacked 4M foils in cabarete in light wind not sure if that means anything either except that great riders can make almost anything work in any conditions.

[tradewind]

Just heard that the Ov 11 comes close to a 15 beast or 13 Eze , heavy guys on smal sails ,that's gonna be a change ,sounds interesting ...........or toby ?

[biggins]

It would be cool to see a video of the 11m in light winds with a heavish guy on it say 85kg in 8-10knot winds. Maybe riding next to a guy of similar weight on a similar board, but with a bigger kite say 15m and see how it compares?

can't wait for these to come out and hear user reviews...as a bigger guy a small kite in light winds would be nice.

thanks for the vids, keep em coming

[pebbles]

Is the 11m gonna be the largest?

pebbles

[Alf]

On Eric's facebook it is mentioned that a 13 is in early development

[eree]

ok, guys
if i was a believer i would say: Jesus Christ, are you for real?

the air in cabarete is roughly the same density as anywhere else in the world. so even if Eric's kite is twice as liter it is still heavier than air, and weight of the kite affects mostly the ability to water relaunch, not the ability to pull heavy guys in the light winds. the pull is all about the aerodynamics. and there is nothing new about it in all of the recent kites! no jet propulsion, no helium container attached, no extra sensual levitation. still the same old dacron and teijin...

again, if there were a miracle kite, we would already knew about it...

winds