I have an old Wipika free air 8.5 m, I brought it in 99 it was the Airborne kite surfing shops x demo kite. I still use it at pp with a Jimmy Louis 161 pickle fork. It still goe's up wind hard. I love it![
MY QUESTION : Should i up grade?

Jarran,

If it's in the sky doing the job then it's got to be a great kite. A lot of the kites over the past years are have been rock solid.

IMO the latest kites have always been just a slight improvment and sometimes not even that !

If it's not broken , don't bother to fix it !

Use that bitch to death !

Ive got an old wipika 7.1m free air I still take out on strong wind days... it goes great never had a problem with it... & never had to get repaired. I use a 4 line set-up on it however... unlike the original 2 line set-up.

it great to here that the old kite still rock .
i have a naish 7.0ar 3.5 ,7m i think . that is near new even though it is a 99 kite thinking about taking it out for a play and wanted to know how best to set it up .it will take 4 line but should i get the kite cut for the 4 line ,to stop the flapping edge and what length lines should i use .or just use it as it is .
you should see the bar its so long you could use it to pole volt with .and as for the instructions "kite size 7m in 10-15knotes" my ass maybe if you wiegh 25kg
anyway any help would be great. as this seems to be the thread to ask the question in .

I think we should start a club ."The Reto Kiters Club".
I just got back from useing the Naish 7m AR3.5 and she a rocket the wind was 22 if that and i wiegh 95kg on a 128 and it got me up going .i think i have found my high wind kite .Can not wait to take her to woodies for a blast at the beach. my cab 14m lines where a perfect match so thanks for the help .
RETO KITES RULE
question ; what's the smallest bar size ? thinking of using it for wake style riding unhooked ,maybe.