gday mate

go the 8m my dad owns one and hes about 78kg he loves it and he gets out on it in about 20knts with no probs but hes heavier than you and doesn't like to be under powered
so go with the 8m it has alot more hangtime than the 7m

liam

I use the 9m2 as a one kite quiver
at 75kg its sweet at 17-20knots, at 15knots I need a surfboard to hold ground or use a twintip and do a coast run. at 25kn I'm fully lit and would prefer a 7m2.

if your getting two kites then a 7m2 and a 9m2 would be ideal

hey flux,

i would said pulled more like a sports car not a tractor, cause their quick when those lines are tight, generate a fair pull through the harness and light on the bar

Cheers guys

Actually i enjoyed using last years 7.5 bandit (borrowed not owned) and wondered which is closer in size to that.. the 7m or the 8m?

And the next shipment of dos's will b in a few weeks so need to pre-order the right 1 b4 they all get snapped up

Roger

I am 95kgs and have flown both sizes in upper and lower wind ranges the 8m is my favorite as on a larger twintip you can get going in around 16kts and the top end is huge still comfortable in 35kts+. I rode the 7.5m all last year and had never had a kite with as huge of a windrange the new 8m rides the same as that. Have also riden the 9m dos which is super grunty for a small kite took one out last week in 30+kts the ride was supper powered the whole time but if i came back in and droped a knot it would have been just right. We also have a couple of lads that ride the 10m as a 1 kite quiver as it gets them going in 14kts when it gets up to 25kts they just come back in and drop one or two knots and head back out to 30+.

Great kites hope they get some more in soon.

Poida said...

there was a white and brown 8 at surf sail in Leederville yesterday

You were seeing things surely not, it must have been fake