PROB MAIN REASON IS NO-ONE PUSHES WIPIKA. ONLY PERSON 2 PEOPLE I KNOW RIDIN WIPIKA IN TOWN ARE ROB WITH THE WIP's AND BONNIE WITH THE NEW MODEL MATRIX. THEY LOOK GOOD...

HAV A LOOK AT THE LIQUID FORCE SPECTRUM 11's, EVERYONE SEEMS HAPPY AS WITH THEM. SPEAK TO JASON OR JUST LOOK AT LF's WEBSITE.

SLINGSHOT ARE ANOTHER GOOD OPTION.

U WILL FIND AROUND PERTH PEOPLE MAINLY RIDE WHAT THE SHOP NEAREST THEM IS PUSHING OR WHAT THE RIPPERS ARE RIDING, HENCE THE REASON FOR SPONSORSHIPS.
AT 110kg U WILL WANT SOMETHIN GRUNTY AND A PRETTY SOLID CANOPY THAT WILL NOT DISTORT. U LOOK AT A LOT OF BIG GUYS RIDING THE OLDER MODEL KITES AND THEY JUMP AND THEIR KITE DISTORTS ALL OVER THE PLACE DUE TO THEIR WEIGHT.

i really like the norths but thats prob just visual and my mate just got one ...he is raving

o5 slingys are sick. 1 pump. sick bag. best bar on the market. pump with aliminium shaft and gauge and built tuff as nails. get ya hands on one........

LF Spectrums are good solid kites

Flexifoil Storm 3 are cutting edge

Rhino 5 are super quick and grunty

Look out for the BEST Nemesis 2 coming soon.

I might as well join in too, nah just kidding. I hate this posting stuff.

Guys if you want a good kite, try it first. This is the only way you can be sure to get through the bulls;;t that sometimes is posted...
There are a lots of good kites on the market, but they wont all suit you.

Go down the river, or ocean and see how they fly, but make sure you go to different spots, some tend to be a little crowded with the one type of kite.

Do your research, it will pay off in the end instead of being talked into something that wont suit or is really cheap/expensive.

Dale

My advice is go for any new 05 kite 9m kite for all 20knot plus seabreeze days. I use my new R5 Rhino 9 in 20knots plus. I use R5 Rhino 12m for 15knot to 20knots on a 142 x 40 FLX. I weigh 100kg's. My new r5 Rhinos have blown my mind. But as all the others kiters are saying, Ive only hear good thinks about all of the O5 kites so far. I reckon 05 is the year of great kites, safe kites, lots of depower, good control when depowered. Kited with Andy from SoS last night at Cott and he was blasting on a new 9m RRD. I saw a new 7m Slingshot out and that looked hot. Adam Rat on his 10m Torch is scary, and the Slingshot dudes at Scabs are ripping, not to mention the wicked kite loops and wave handle passes being pulled by on a new 9m Airrush reactor. AS other have said try all the kites you can, they alll feel different, get the one that does it for you.

Thanks heaps for all the feedback. Trying different kites is definately the best way to find out what suits but in a country town where both kiters have the same kites, well,it's a bit hard to try different kites so your feedback is a good help.

Weight is also a big factor, my mate is only 75kg and I am always using 2 kite sizes bigger on the same brand, 04 Fuels, and just cant get the same loft as my mate and it is not technique just that the kites do fly very diferently with size and weight and that is why I am very interested in hearing from kiters >95kg on kite/board combinations that really work.