The 2013 gear is not far off

This was an insane trip to be on. The BVI's truly is amazing. I never seen water that colour. It even outdid the marshalls somehow. New gear is sick!

Did you ride the same bar with both kites?

Any improvements on the Custom that are worth upgrading?

new boards are completely re designed. They are now done in house in their own factory so they have changed significantly

I've been riding the custom since Saturday, awesome looking board.
It has a snowboard base so scratches can be smoothed out with an iron.

Coming from a caliber it does require you to be powered to ride, but through large chop I struggle to nose dive it. I found landing very smooth in comparison to the caliber, although the board is extremely stiff under your feet it's quite nice to ride, going upwind requires you to really dig in both heals.
Pop took me a bit to get right but now I find it easier to get huge height more repeatedly even in miss matched chop. The board also feels really light in the air and is easy to swing around, no over rotations and uncoordinated raleys due to swinging heavy board.

I've never really had any time on the previous custom so I can't say if it's worth upgrading.