yo two souls the edge is a great kite for massive air but if you like instant depower look elsewhere, i find i have to use my rail to control the speed even been known to dip my arse in the water to slow me up a, when the wind is right 25knts on my 11 its a balance of board and kite skills, but mainly just after high speed landings,she just wants to keep going, personally its
what makes me tick, rider skill has a huge amount to do with it look whos going the biggest ruben lenten, lewis crathern, both slingshot hadlow flexifoil,
but these kites rarely get a mention on our forums

see you up there cauncy

Chris6791 said...

Come and give one of my GT's a go Eppo, I need someone to show me how to boost properly. I keep getting smashed up on the landings, god help me if I actually get some height as well.

Actually heading up on the 15th december ish for a week, let's catch up. We've only met for 30 seconds as i went for that late arvo, then headed up to exmouth that night. Plenty of time for a beer.

Give dazza a call at AKS in scabs, he used to fly the GT's before he found the 9 and 11m edge. He said at big heights, you have to learn how to loop, keeps the kite moving, powered and directed. Straight up and straight down moving only from1 to 10 won't cut it at big heights (unless on a big kite), at least move it between 10 and 1 oclock a few times, especially with the smaller kites - aint much canopy up there, once it flies overhead and turbulent wind flies over the back of the leading edge, ya will drop. Keep it moving, then loop. Also speak to marvin (INTHELOOP), it was his fav looping kite.

Chris6791 said...

Come and give one of my GT's a go Eppo, I need someone to show me how to boost properly. I keep getting smashed up on the landings, god help me if I actually get some height as well.

The landings are difficult on the GT7m, I also generally slam into the water in a most un-graceful fashion. Landings are not important though, and they never will be.

tatkins said...

The kite on that top hat vid

now were talking!

Chris6791 said...

Come and give one of my GT's a go Eppo, I need someone to show me how to boost properly. I keep getting smashed up on the landings, god help me if I actually get some height as well.

hold on to itman and dont crash. GTs are rare these days

Yup the GT's are great, biggest prob is you carn't buy them anymore. Well also the 2010 GT had a bridle change which wore out easily and snapped, the 2009 GT's chicken finger was flimsy so the chicken loop would snap through it and they don't do full depower too well so you can end up smacking them hard when getting it wrong.

But i love the kite, why they had to change i don't know, why not refine a good design?, the new core is more like a switch blade than anything else. Wish they had kept the design. :(

vwpete said...

Yup the GT's are great, biggest prob is you carn't buy them anymore. Well also the 2010 GT had a bridle change which wore out easily and snapped, the 2009 GT's chicken finger was flimsy so the chicken loop would snap through it and they don't do full depower too well so you can end up smacking them hard when getting it wrong.

Sounds familiar, I had to cut off the hook for the mini-loop, extend the chicken finger with plastic tubing, half the bridle on the 9m has been replaced on one season, the mini-bridle for the steering lines will be replaced as soon as I get it down to DM, the foam grip on the bar is starting to peel off and if you smack it really hard (and I mean hard) the deflate/inflate valves blow open. In fairness though, the poor kite and lines got a flogging last season, I must have averaged at least 20 hours a week for most of the season.

The 7m doesn't get out much, needs to be something special (crazy) windy to drag my 90kg around.

^^^(then I got bit on the toe by a crab!)
Ha, the little buggers always get ya when your down

GTS boosts almost as well as the GT. Found you need to send it back a bit further than the GT to get height. As for soft landings, keep it directly above you for longer. Basically send it back down as you touch the water. These kites have plenty of instant power, so wait longer.

As for why the GTS change (it is much friendlier unhooked than the GT).

As for more height on the GT (edge upwind hard as your sending it). Also, send it quicker from higher (ie pull the bar as fast as you can from 11 to 1) since it's such a powerful kite if you try sending it from 10 to 1 you will lose your edge, and therefore height.

North rebel got to be up there. Always get comments on the boost quality. I ride a 2010 and love it. you wont look back