6m Reo or 6m Cat?

My next size up is a 8m C4 which I can ride in gusts up to 38/40 knots but its not really fun anymore, I weight 85 kgs.

I ride freestyle/freeride on large inland lakes but am really just looking for the most stable/solid little kite.

Suggestions?

I would love to try a 7m edge. Do they even exist?

Hi Skoonerjr,

The Ozone for the job kinda depends on your needs at 30+ knots. I know for me I'd go the 7m Edge because at 35+ knots, there's not much else to do but boost MASSIVE, and if you're going to boost MASSIVE, then you need a good boosting kite. To borrow a line from the movies, "No sense bringing a knife to a gunfight"

If you are still freestylin' (you'd be a brave man) then perhaps the C4 in a 5 or even a 7m.

For less chaos, you could look at a Cat 6 which would be fun as an allrounder good for a bit of everything.

Reo 6m or 4m may be a good idea for stability but if not in waves, I'd lean more towards the Cat.

The Cat is the allrounder and sound as a pound in terms of usability in powered conditions.

DM

i want a 7m edge too. but for landboard speed runs... ahh but the wave kite wins out.

No kite is "fun" in 40kts, the stakes get higher and it's a calculated risk when you do send it. 8m C4 should be fine at your weight, from when I've flown them if you park and edge against it you should be able to hold a lot of wind. Maybe you need to edge harder.

Thanks for all the replies!

My buddy has a 7m Edge and it's powerful!!! My 8m C4 is way more comfy in big winds.... Maybe a 5m Edge if there was such a beast.

The last time I took my 8m C4 out overpowered people where on 4.5m RPM's, 5.5m Nomads and the odd 6m Switchblade with the heavier crew.

I found a used 6m Light XC but can get a new 6m Cat for almost the same price.

Yeah I've had "fun" in 40kts too, but whenever i'm driving to the beach and see the conditions are 35+ I get really nervous, rig up slower, check my gear thoroughly, double check my lines and connections.

(had to self launch in 35+ once before a mate showed, think i checked the lines three times and hand on the QR was definately on high alert!).

And just remember when it is 40kts, your sending your kite as hard as it goes and someone is videoing the session. Make sure they turn the damn thing on.

NickW i'll video you next front on your new 7m edge

Well now I'm not sure what I'm going to do, my 8m C4 got eaten by a tree yesterday....looks like my quiver options are limitless now.

Ozone better look hard at there new chicken loop cause the old one has a tendancy to half fall off when the donkey dick is even in, during launch. Then when you bring the kite into the power zone, boom your unhooked.

I've been kiting 10 years on alot of different gear and this is the only one I've had issues with, I think SS had a similar problem a few years back.

I agree it was somewhat of a pilot issue....but I have noticed kites with the donkey dick in the middle have less tendancy to fall off.

The Donkeys that come off the side of the CLoop fall off easier to the one side.

Maybe I'm just mad that my kite is almost ripped in half, no big deal its just a kite.

I did have to change my "technique" how I hooked back in after unhooked tricks cause the Cloop would open in my hand.

SkoonerJr said...

Well now I'm not sure what I'm going to do, my 8m C4 got eaten by a tree yesterday....looks like my quiver options are limitless now.

Ozone better look hard at there new chicken loop cause the old one has a tendancy to half fall off when the donkey dick is even in, during launch. Then when you bring the kite into the power zone, boom your unhooked.

I've been kiting 10 years on alot of different gear and this is the only one I've had issues with, I think SS had a similar problem a few years back.

... yep, not just Ozone, it seemed to happen alot on our 2009 - 2010 North bars too. Haven't had anything with the 2011 - 2012,,, yet, for some reason.

Once, minding my own buisness and about to enter Hell's Gates in Gerro WA, just about to get onto a wave out the back when boom, the bar flew away from me. I'd been out for about 2 hours at that stage and I never unhook, I actually thought I'd broken the chicken loop. I lay in the water with kite just infront the impact zone. Lucky for me in my flurry I put the chicken loop back on my harness and the kite almost relaunched itself, lucky for me, it flew up and just got missed by a nice big wave breaking.

Anyway, I figured it was a donkey dick length thing. When you get the kite low and at the edge of the window but your facing away from it ie riding waves, the donkey dick straightens up and sits free. When you bring the kite back up the loop changes its position and the donkey dick sticks itself into you stomache, bending the further you bring the kite up to 12 o'clock. Then to get a burst of power you pull the bar in which releases some power off the chicken loop and the donkely dick straightens up and unhooks the loop from the hook, then the bar flys away from you. Same thing can happen when your self launching a little quickly or aggressively. Thats my little theory anyway.

cheers,

Robbie