I have a 10m A Roam OR and like it a lot, I use it till 15 knots,... but need a kite for 20/25 knots ¿can you give me your sugestions/advice? Perhaps 6m? Wich brands?
I am 70 kg, Moses 679, like boosting and freeride, not race.
Thanks
marlboroughman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:26 pmDon't get wave kites or kites that fly way upwind. Naish Pivot for example does the job perfect and is similar in behavior to one strut Boxer but it's wave incarnation Slash doesn't work with foil in small sizes for me at all. When you loop it, it charges from one side of the window to the other like a missile. Avoid kites like that especially in small sizes for foiling.
Slash with foil becomes go fast kite. No boosting no freeride with kite loops. I loop Pivot and it behaves like Boxer although you have turn downwind to tame it. Slash behaves like a race kite with foil when you loop it. It charges like mad across the wind window. For people who want freeride foil with jumping I haven't tried anything close to Pivot.
Thanks a lot for your tip, really appreciate it. The fact is that when I am in 20+ knots the kite gets very powerfull and it is not so gently to control as in 15 knots, so I was thinking the option was changing of kite. I suposse I should go more down wind whe the power blows up, and jumping with more tecnic. Something else?cor wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:46 pmYou don´t need a new kite. You need to work on your technique. 15 knots is nothing for a 10m. If you really want to boost and not just do little jumps on your foil, you need to learn how control that 10m in 20knots and above and go fast with your foil. Yes, even with 70Kg. I clearly do not recommend to buy a smaller kite unless you want to go even in higher winds or you intentionally want to add (heli-)loops to your jumps. A smaller kite will make everything more comfortable, but it will also add another dimension to your jumps as it will let you drop like a stone in these winds and then you are forced to heliloop. Rather stick with that 10m and learn to control it in these high winds.
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