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BennyB12
BennyB12
QLD
918 posts
QLD, 918 posts
24 Nov 2011 5:19pm
Just bought a new kite. Now I have to deal with that nervousness of will it go good or is it gonna be a big fat waste of money.. Went down a size too so im doubling up..... ah well, its pretty and will make a fine entrance focal point hanging in my living room....

See?
seafever17
seafever17
WA
360 posts
WA, 360 posts
24 Nov 2011 3:41pm
It looks like a council workers jacket.

Hi viz and reflective

Good ,safe choice.
Hopey
Hopey
QLD
178 posts
QLD, 178 posts
24 Nov 2011 5:45pm
What...no demo?
BennyB12
BennyB12
QLD
918 posts
QLD, 918 posts
24 Nov 2011 9:31pm
No demo, too many trees around...

dave......
dave......
WA
2119 posts
WA, 2119 posts
24 Nov 2011 7:37pm
Hopey said...

What...no demo?


+++1, down a size in NSW? thank god your doubling up. Theres a few drifters around Perth, Smooth flying kite, but not grunty. Not super fast as you dont want that in a wave kite, so getting apparent wind by flying it agressively wont help that much. I hope you want to do waves with it. Its called the DRIFTER for a reason.
BennyB12
BennyB12
QLD
918 posts
QLD, 918 posts
24 Nov 2011 9:47pm
Na, flatwater wakestyle but i heard from the salesman that the three struts will give me more hang time cos its heaps lighter....
ok
ok
NSW
1089 posts
ok ok
NSW, 1089 posts
24 Nov 2011 11:10pm
On the topic of wave kites. Why do u want the kite to turn slower in the waves? My bws 10 meter turns wayy to slow for the winds i use it in and then the 8 and 6meters are perfrect.
surfingboye
surfingboye
NSW
2707 posts
NSW, 2707 posts
24 Nov 2011 11:56pm
Good luck with the Drifter, would of loved to of given it a demo.

And on a side note, why isn't Cabrinha's main wave man in Keahi riding their "wave" kite? Seems strange from a marketing perspective???

JAKE123
JAKE123
QLD
314 posts
QLD, 314 posts
24 Nov 2011 11:37pm
drifter is a nice kite and its reasonably grunty, you will be happy with it
dave......
dave......
WA
2119 posts
WA, 2119 posts
24 Nov 2011 9:47pm
ok said...

On the topic of wave kites. Why do u want the kite to turn slower in the waves? My bws 10 meter turns wayy to slow for the winds i use it in and then the 8 and 6meters are perfrect.


So It doesnt pull you off your board without a lot of finesse on the bar. The 10m BWS can be fast enough, just adjust your hand position to the end of the bar, but kiting down the line in light winds sucks, as theres no apparent wind to keep you going, the 8m and 6m are sick for that, as youve mentioned. The 10m however does drift very well in light cross shore winds. go down the line at 10-15 knots and youll overtake any kite on the market. I hope this helps.

In cross-onshore get a wave that is peaky, so you can go straight to re-tension your kite, rather than a speed run wave.
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default
WA
1255 posts
WA, 1255 posts
25 Nov 2011 8:13am
ok said...

My bws 10 meter turns wayy to slow for the winds i use it in


thats because its a 12
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