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leeuwen
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- Posts: 858
- Joined: Fri Apr 05, 2019 12:16 pm
- Kiting since: 2014
- Local Beach: Anything in NL
- Style: Foiling around
- Gear: KauperXT 11M Falcon
Ocean Rodeo aluula roam 10m / HL Crave 8m/6m/5m
Slingshot ghost 4M
Sabfoil 1350L,633,699,671/ 83-103 kraken mast / Groove Skate L + Radical / Sabfoil T35 / Microchip
Lieuwe Shotgun
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Postby leeuwen » Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:07 pm
Money vs performance it’s probably my kauper XT 6m
Love it for foiling.
Good wind range from about 12knots up into the 20s
Of course my 10m aluula roam is objectively a better kite but it’s 3x the price
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PabloQ
- Medium Poster
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:31 pm
- Local Beach: Quilmes Buenos Aires
- Favorite Beaches: Cauipe, Cumbuco, Cofeco
- Style: AirStyle Freeride
- Gear: Flysurfer soul, Psycho4, Ocean Rodeo Razor Rise, Naish Park, Vari Condor 2, Slingshot Turbo 3
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Postby PabloQ » Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:12 pm
Today my favorite kite is the soul 10 m for airstyle and freeride. Great upwind, floaty jumps and good height range 10-28 over TT.
Now I have got a Soul 7m which is a bomb. It is compared to the 10 as a muscle car with a race car, fast exciting jumps very high and floated. By manual it flies + 14-36kn but the most exciting comes after 22. With that my expectations are complete
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grigorib
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- Posts: 4166
- Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:12 pm
- Kiting since: 2009
- Local Beach: OBX; Clinton Lake, IL; Lake Michigan; Hood River; La Ventana; Ocean Park, PR; SPI; Tawas, MI
- Gear: Kites: Slingshot Rally 5/7/9/11m, Turbine 9/13m, SST 4/5m, UFO 3/5/7/9m, Flysurfer Speed4 10m standard, Flysurfer 2cool 6m, Peter Lynn Venom II ARC 16m
Boards: Spleene RIP 37, Flysurfer Radical6 138, Flysurfer Flydoor5 XL, Slingshot/Moses/RDB 70/90/101cm masts with 1200/860/800/730/600 kitefoil or 2200/1700/1400 wingfoil wings and 310/230/425 stabilizers, Naish MicroChip 80cm, 36" Woody, Slingshot Dwarfcraft Micro 100, MBS Comp 95x
For sale: Slingshot Turbine 9/13m, 20” Guardian bar, 1700 sq.cm wing/fuselage/stabilizer fitting Moses mast
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Postby grigorib » Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:14 pm
2017/19 Rally for freeride, UFO for foiling
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or6
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- Posts: 545
- Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2016 3:29 pm
- Kiting since: 1997
- Weight: 81
- Local Beach: Wijk aan zee, Zandmotor, Hoek and in between
- Favorite Beaches: Muriwai NZ, El Medano Tenerife, la Ventana México, Hood River, Portland area, Vancouver Island, Wijk aan Zee, Moulay Bouzerktoun
- Style: Waveriding
- Gear: RRD Religion 4 meter, 5 and 7 meter Kauper XT Maverick, 9 meter Core GTS6, Ben Wilson Vibe 9, Peter Lynn Phantom v2 9, Appletree Klokhouse Noseless 5'3", Wanted Pure 6'0", Shinn Bronq Heritage, Gong Foil
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Postby or6 » Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:36 pm
My favourite at the moment is the 5 m Maverick (Kauper XT). Great range, great handling and awesome drift. Have a new toy coming in though, ask me again in a month
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drsurf
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- Posts: 513
- Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2018 5:42 pm
- Kiting since: 2000
- Local Beach: NSW South Coast
- Gear: Too much too describe
- Brand Affiliation: Whatever I sell
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Postby drsurf » Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:54 pm
Janus wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:19 am
8C8EECB1-F0C3-4984-8910-11854AF1BB51.jpeg+1 for the Peak4 4m
+2 for the 4m Peak4. My most used kite this summer
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Greenturtle
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- Posts: 1003
- Joined: Fri May 12, 2017 6:51 pm
- Local Beach: Presque Isle, Erie PA
- Favorite Beaches: Bahamian Cays
- Gear: Edge 19, Flite 17, 14.5, 12, 10, 8, Cloud 13.4, 10.4, 8, 6.2, 3.7
Tons of boards for water, land, and snow
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Postby Greenturtle » Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:57 pm
Ozone instinct 3 strut proto 17m, 2009?
Such a great kite right now. Seriously lightweight lei. Seriously still holds air. Used it snowkiting a few sessions this past winter and it ate up the crappy wind conditions like no other. Money vs performance its nooooo contest.
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2017 10m Flite
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Jyoder
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- Posts: 574
- Joined: Thu Jul 20, 2017 8:31 pm
- Kiting since: 2015
- Local Beach: Chesapeake Bay (Annapolis area)
- Gear: Zeeko bullet Foil and DIY board
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- Location: Annapolis, Maryland
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Postby Jyoder » Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:19 pm
2016 F-one Diablo v1 11m on 11m lines (strapless race foil) I’ve put sooo many miles on this kite, trashed it, repaired and replaced bits, just keeps going. huge wind range. Totally dialed in on it.
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Kristan
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- Posts: 265
- Joined: Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:50 am
- Local Beach: Plescheevo lake
- Favorite Beaches: Mejvodnoye, Crimea
- Style: Freeride
- Gear: Kites: Eleveight XS 14m, Paraavis Smile 3 15m. Boards: Flysurfer Radical 6 144x46, Flysurfer Flydoor4 170x50
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- Location: Russia, Moscow
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Postby Kristan » Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:39 pm
Can't say that I've been through many kites. All of them had issues and I was not 100% happy with them. Even my current Eleveight XS has some negative moments. But I can not judge it fully until I bring it on the water. It's a great kite, yet I can't call it my favorite right now. Also I'm waiting for my new foil kite to arrive, I have tested it and it was an amazing wing, which might be my fav one.
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Hugh2
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- Posts: 1665
- Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:38 am
- Kiting since: 2005
- Weight: 180lb/82kg
- Local Beach: Clinton Lake in East-Central Illinois
- Favorite Beaches: Cape Hatteras and Cape Town (also sailing around the world, this season crossed the South Pacific)
- Style: freeride
- Gear: Cabrinha Nomad 5.5, Naish Pivot 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11, Duotone Dice 12
Long Ocean 136, Eleveight Master C+ 136, Naish Global 6'0", RB Sixty 3 Matador 5' 8", Slingshot Hoverglide H5 foil and Alien Air 4' 6" and Converter boards
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Postby Hugh2 » Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:49 pm
matth wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:28 pm
GTC wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:11 pm
Naish Pivot 10. Awesome jumping capabilities, very decent in waves and good low-end and upwind performance.
Same here, 10m Pivot is fantastic.
And for me, love my 2020 10m Pivot
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