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Postby kiteguy23 » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:28 am
Anyone comment on these 2 only?
Thinking not to go with Vegas since im trying to learn unhooked and think the 5th line on a vegas will wrap a lot.
What do you guys think, since they are SO CLOSE?
Thank You.
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Postby tautologies » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:43 am
kiteguy23 wrote:Anyone comment on these 2 only?
Thinking not to go with Vegas since im trying to learn unhooked and think the 5th line on a vegas will wrap a lot.
What do you guys think, since they are SO CLOSE?
Thank You.
I think the Park will be good for learning unhooked. It is stable, has a good solid pull and is very predictable. As far as I know the Park name comes from it being designed for unhooking in the slider park...good that is does everything else so well too
The kite is super light, only 3 struts...
I know nothing about the Ozone kite tho...
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Postby eitan80 » Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:58 am
after riding Naish Tourch 5 years & moving to ozone since 2010 i can say IMO c4 no doubt.
powered though forgiving, very high quality, super stable, what more can u ask for?
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Postby Antigrav » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:53 pm
kiteguy23 wrote: think the 5th line on a vegas will wrap a lot.
Think being the key word
In years of flying 5 line kites (vegas 06/08, hadlow 08) I had the 5th line wrap once.....Just saying
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Postby Starsky » Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:00 pm
C kites rock, and 5th line is nothing to be scared of, but in total honesty there are now bridled kites that do everything a wakestyler could want plus. I'm guessing the park is one of em. It looks to be a simple straighforward design.
Wrapped my 5th a handful of times and always came away with no damage. Happy to be back to 4 lines tho cause its just so nice and simple. Also happy to be on a smaller kites than I needed with my last quiver.
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Postby stefaans » Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:10 pm
easy, just had a customer test both these kites. In the end he went through a long wait to finally get his C4's
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Postby peet » Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:27 pm
Both these kites are bridled, so if you roll them you'll likely have bridle wrap rather than 5th line wrap.
If you roll any kite it's quite often necessitates a trip back to the beach - its only the tradional 4 liners (such as the new fuel) which can be flown after they've been rolled. Even then you should probably land it and sort it out as the lines will be rubbing eachother.
You probably don't want to hear this, but you don't need a new kite to learn how to unhook (most kites will work just fine with a bit of trimming) - its only when you start airpassing that a kite change will be of any great benefit to you, unless your current kite really is a dog
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Postby kiteguy23 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:02 am
Wow this is tough, everyone says they both are good :s
How about you guys tell us the BAD about the two kites?
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Postby naishdude » Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:20 am
kiteguy23 wrote:Wow this is tough, everyone says they both are good :s
How about you guys tell us the BAD about the two kites?
I do not like the C4 as it made me addicted to ozone..the waves...my board
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Postby marlboroughman » Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:05 am
Wait for more tests. Park is a new kite and C4 was flying way upwind and a bit dead for my liking but 2011 will be different I hear. The jury is still out on both. You are wrong about the fifth. In this category where the kites should be flying back, border line back staling, and also being as close as possible to ckites in kite loops there is no better solution than a fifth. Hybrid kites can be perfectly flagged on front line avoiding the bow tie "problem" contrary to ckites which makes them one hell of a package.
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