Very Interesting! but looks like "full pack down rescues" will become a thing of the past

As a design feature - maybe it should come with 2 half bladders. This way the kite wont sink if you have a bladder blow-out.

Very interesting read, thanks for that. Simply put Low end seems the go with this kite. High end not so.

From the reviews, it sounds like you can work it OK to extend the bottom end and at the top end instead of sheeting out you are better to edge harder while you can.

This rolling up the leading edge looks like it would be fairly easy to do on the water and the kite ends up quite small.
Might make it easy enough to lie on the kite on a big board like a Sector 60 and paddle it in.
Think I might prefer to have a sandbag straddling the LE if it turned out that the kite moved around when leashed to the sandbag.

Does anyone know if it could be used with an ozone bar and lines?

Interesting they certainly look the part,
I like its quick looping action I think that's pretty cool, I looked at it in more detail, they had some pretty cool footage of it in action.

Just found this on Youtube. looks impressive

Call me old fashioned but I'll stick with struts, I'd hate to be stuck 1.5km out in open ocean with a burst bladder with that no thanks

the kite would go great with helmet, sunnies, impact vest, gloves, booties, board leash, gps and gopro

default said...
the kite would go great with helmet, sunnies, impact vest, gloves, booties, board leash, gps and gopro

I can't see the safety conscious type who wear life jackets, helmet, sunnies, booties etc going for a harder to launch, single bladder option..

kitebored said...
... etc going for a harder to launch, single bladder option..

The reviews all say it is just as easy to launch/land as any other kite. There is some suggestion that it is easier than a strutted kite because the wind gets under the sail and lifts it.

The only negatives addressed in the reviews are the leech flutter and the need to sand it down well to stop it blowing away.

None of the reviews have mentioned the wear and tear issues of the canopy sitting on the sand. I love that my kites sit on the beach without sanding and the canopy never touches the sand.

Concerns:
- how does it fly upside down when you are carrying it to and from the setup area? (The tuning video shows it sort of flying, sort of dragging.)
- how well does it stay parked after self landing given that it can blow away if not attached to a sand bag?
- I don't want to cart a sand bag to the beach. I hate it when people leave the beach littered with kite bags. Are we going to have to put up with sand bags as well?

Most of those concerns mentioned don't bother me as you can adjust launching techniques etc etc...

the flutter you cannot, except with careful trimming...and to that I say farq that, don't want to be concentrating on that crap when kiting lit.

But I do think this kite may have a place in the low wind end spectrum part of the world for sure.