Hi,

I would like some feedback from those of you who have flown the Link.

It would be nice if the comments aren't along the lines of the endless dribble about bow v's C...and 'oh man you guys rock, loved your new kite', ass lick bs.

Just some objective comment.

Thanks.

Apollo
give choicey a ring at Choice Kitesurfing in Perth, hes been flying one the last week or so.
cheers
Gav

a 12m Slingshot Link will be on Demo at lunchtime Sunday 20th of August Brighton - Brisbane QLD.

i heard the link was an " old prototype " of slingshots

I rode the 9m Link yesterday, very nice to ride , smooth fast and constant compared to some other flat kite i have ridden, it turns very fast .....the bar set up is really a breakthrough and it works

as usual with Slingshot it was perfect straight out of the box...no finetuning needed.

I rode it on the 4 line bride but I think it ride more like a C shape on the 5 line direct to kiten setup which is coming.....

The 9 would equate to the power range of an 11 C

This kitwe is avail for Demos in Cairns / yorkeys knob see the Its extreme crew there Sunday

thanks bruce

i had a ride on a 9m and it was great. was out in low winds and it still performed. me old man had a go on it too and he even said when he put up his 9m fuel that the link had heaps more power. the bar was really light and incredibly easy to use. i say go ahead and try one cuz u'll probably like it.

give choicey a call and he'll prob give ya a demo

http://www.choicekitesurfing.com.au/ (perth WA)

p.s. try not to kill it next time ey greg

You dont need a seperate bar. It is easily converted to 5 line. The 5th line travels down through the stopper ball through the bar and through the chicken loop of the same bar you use in the 4 line bridled config. I think in the 5 line kit it's just a set of different lines you connect to the kite.

I chatted to a couple of the guys who tested it today at Brighton Middle and I can only think there was something wrong with the setup because all of the ones I spoke to complained about very slow steering and no low down grunt at all. It may be a problem that the rear lines were long than they were supposed to be because reports back just seemed a little too negative.

As per my question in the reviews section, would the 9m be suitable for me in the Perth on season instead of my lift 10? I'm 105kg, like being powered and like c-kite characteristics.

What is recommended retail on the 9m?

You moving back permanently to Perth, Pat?

Damn, man, make up your mind, I need some free accommodation in Perth for my kiting trips over there.

Piss off Tim. I asked first

Hows that cold water winter going in JHB?

Keep an eye out at Brighton (Brisbane QLD) where the 12m Slingshot Link will be on show again in the 5 line config. It will be on demo by a Slingshot team rider. Ill keep you posted.

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Originally posted by gruezi

SS make good kites....look forward to seeing one.

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Welcome to test-fly my new 12m anytime Mr. Grueziman
Just had to get myself one having read all the gumpf on the slingy site as well as a few of the total rave indy reviews elsewhere.
This has gotta be THE numero uno awesomest ever kite - cant wait.
Only problem for you Nick is I wont be back in WAAA till Dec.
Reckon you will probably own at least 2 of them by then

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Originally posted by gruezi
it's about the colour now.

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NAH - no way - size & performance will always rule
But (just 4 the record) mines gonna be Red super fast [}:)]

Now pls just gotta get a few days of wind for Vic late next week - pleeeese.


ps : cheap fuels really gotta go now - see the for sale forums.

Hi Andrew,

Saw your comments on the forum and I would value your opinion.

Me and my girlfriend are completely new to Kiteboarding and have only managed to get on the bopard for about 10 min after IKO lessons.

Whilst in Noosa, we decided to purchase our gear and opted for a 2007 Slinshot Link 12m and a liquid force board.

We took it out to Noosaville and the popular kitesurfing training spot and it was a disaster. It would not fly at all! It would only stay up for a few seconds before something unexpected happened. Once it crashed on the water we would need assistance of another 3 people to get it back up and even still it looked like something is not right.

Then again we tried it in Surfers Paradise and again the same thing. We started to doubt our own abilities on flying the kite!

For a third time we tried again in Port Douglas and spent our entire day just trying to get it to fly!. Needless to say this whole experience has dampened our new found enthousiasm of the sport and has knocked the confidence we build during intense hours of (expensive) kiteboarding lessons. So in total we have actually got the kite to fly for about a minute since purchasing it

Did some digging around and found that there had been some problems (we have been trying to fly it as a 5 line all along and it was actually set up as a 5 line from the shop purchased (Kitesurf Australia). The modifications highlighted on the SS website were carried out by ourselves (a big guessing game to a complete amateur on how to make those changes BTW). Since then we have not flown the kite. (we are waiting for it to be shipped from Oz to New Zealand which is where we are now). Would kit fly better now? Would we be able to enjoy it as it was intended??

My concern is that looking at all the hassle we had to go through with this kite and the amount of money spent we would have liked to have a good product. There is also a lot of negative feedback on this kite and I am getting worried we bought a dud.

Ideally we would like from SS to have a look at this and fly it for us since we would not know handling characteristics etc etc. We just want to carry on our learning on this kite and have some fun.

We are in NZ till the 5th Jan 07 then off to Argentina for a month ( it would be nice to kitesurf there)

Any ideas??

Many Thanks and happy Chistmas!
Vas

guys, kitesurfing is a fun but difficult sport.

get to know your theory first. buy a dvd like 'the complete kitesurfing guide'

do you actually know what you are doing?
maybe learn how to fly a 'little' kite first!!!!