I have a 12m LF WOW for 8-11kn days. I love it. Very light, drifts well, and pivots through loops with very little power.Pedro Marcos wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:59 pmIm 77kg, so size should be 8m i guess,
Preference for the "big" brands:
North Rebel
Cabrinha Switchblade
more?
Help is welcome
Starsky wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2017 1:37 pmSnip...
Peter, I'm surprised your still using 5 strut for 9m and down. Again, they work "fine", but you have multiple wings, boards and masts to tweak your set up to perfection. Sounds like there is room for improvement in your kite quiver. I bet once you grow accustomed to small ultra light kites and how they spin, drift, luff, reverse, and relaunch compared to 5 strut kites, you would value the difference.
Yes Marcos, you should definitely consider the Airush Ultra. There's a topic on it in hydrofoil section. I am a ram-air guy, but just got myself an Ultra that allows me to:
Pedro Marcos wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:32 amIt seems that there are 2 totally diferent kites preferences for foiling:
1 - The ultra performance kite: high AR kites like Ozone V9, Ocean Rodeo FLITE, North Rebel, etc
2- The Easy kite with low weight spec: Naish Boxer, North Mono or Dice, or wave oriented kites.
Question:
Besides being lighter by having less struts etc maybe also relaunch, is there any other benefit of the (2) over the (1) ?
Thanks
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