Contact   Imprint   Advertising   Guidelines

Naish pivot vs North reach vs Fone bandit as a first kite

Forum for kitesurfers
Osamy
Rare Poster
Posts: 1
Joined: Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:40 am
Kiting since: 2018
Weight: 79
Local Beach: Netherlands (North Sea)
Favorite Beaches: Petten
Style: Freeride
Gear: Naish Pivot
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: Naish pivot vs North reach vs Fone bandit as a first kite

Postby Osamy » Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:35 am

I started kitesurfing with the Naish Triad (8 & 11) and used it for 2 years before switching to the Pivot (8 & 11). Main reasons was that I wanted to jump a bit more/higher and I could trade in my old triads for pivot. But overall I was happy with my triads and could have flown them for a while longer. In retrospect I could have bought a bigger Triad kite for starting out and learning. Then bought a smaller Pivot for higher windspeeds later in my learning curve.

Triad:
- Easy to generate power
- mellow in higher windspeeds (especially nice when your starting with kitesurfing). I have flown my 11 in 25 knots and felt in control.
- less bar pressure
- A bit slower steering (nice when starting)
- Ok jumping (better with 11 than 8)

Pivot:
- High aspect. Easier/Higher jumping. More risk frontstalling (not nice when starting out(or more experienced for that matter))
- Faster steering. Felt more in controle while downlooping/helilooping than with triad
- Pivot feels a bit less safe than the triad did. I experienced a new learning phase switching to pivot
- Better upwind

luca
Frequent Poster
Posts: 260
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:56 pm
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 3 times
Been thanked: 33 times

Re: Naish pivot vs North reach vs Fone bandit as a first kite

Postby luca » Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:11 pm


Saltyman
Frequent Poster
Posts: 223
Joined: Sat Dec 23, 2017 12:02 am
Kiting since: 1999
Weight: 85kg
Style: Freeride/wakestyle, old school big air
Gear: Slingshot,Naish, Cabrinha,
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 60 times
Been thanked: 55 times

Re: Naish pivot vs North reach vs Fone bandit as a first kite

Postby Saltyman » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:06 am

Go the Triad this yrs model is faster and so easy to boost relaunch and progress on.


Return to “Kitesurfing”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot], Brent NKB, DanielorDani, ffoil, Google [Bot], Manxman, peppedurso, purdyd, rtz, suisd12 and 398 guests