Ozone goes C!

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daPole
daPole
WA
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25 Jan 2009 9:30pm
Has anyone read latest Ozone newsletter? Ozone might introduce a new kite to its line....and a C shape nonetheless. NOW, what do you say to that??? :)
Kitehard
Kitehard
WA
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WA, 2782 posts
25 Jan 2009 9:34pm
Hey Dapole,

Ozone are going to release a full on "C" kite this year, as well as a light wind specialty kite for all you eastern staters . I believe they will be on a 2 year cycle which is smart. No other details or release dates as yet.

Sick!

Good winds,

daPole
daPole
WA
87 posts
WA, 87 posts
25 Jan 2009 9:43pm
SICK??? Kitehard sick??? a serious understatement!! Not only Ozone changed their line for 09 but a C....a god darn C shape!!?? How many big brands are successfully continuing C line these days. Naish with Torchy. Anyone serious else?

I say FULLY SICK...FULLLLY SICK!!!! I am more than stoked with that news! That covers pretty much every target group there is for Ozone - good on you kids!! :)
grogamanda
grogamanda
VIC
53 posts
VIC, 53 posts
25 Jan 2009 11:45pm
I hope its better than the new edge. Kitepower guys had one at altona today. looked very good initially and then went into inverterama mode. became M shaped and then flipped completely. Didnt see it back out again.

P.S I am a great believer in Ozone stuff so I am hoping this was just an air pressure thing.

Grpg
daPole
daPole
WA
87 posts
WA, 87 posts
25 Jan 2009 9:56pm
Ooooo not a nice first impression :) and I am sure (being an Ozone kid by nature) it is mostly related to air pressure.
Remember that 09 models are not following the flat 08 line anymore. This isn't evolution of 08 models it is a pure mutation - with all its good and bad sides.

I see more goods though hahhahah
chronic
chronic
NSW
318 posts
NSW, 318 posts
25 Jan 2009 11:59pm
daPole said...

SICK??? Kitehard sick??? a serious understatement!! Not only Ozone changed their line for 09 but a C....a god darn C shape!!?? How many big brands are successfully continuing C line these days. Naish with Torchy. Anyone serious else?

hey pole - geuss you couldn't get enough of my torch at kkk last year ?
daPole
daPole
WA
87 posts
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25 Jan 2009 10:05pm
good on you chronic :)) as a matter of fact and much as I love what kitesurfing has become with all the safety, bow, flat revolutions...an old school C shape is something that I sorely miss. Something along the lines of X4 with this unforgettable feeling of your arms being pulled out of joints when you railey loop it.
fozzy
fozzy
SA
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26 Jan 2009 12:06am
daPole said...

How many big brands are successfully continuing C line these days. Naish with Torchy. Anyone serious else?



Hmm, Liquid Force HiFi and HiFi Comp, Slingshot Fuel. I'd consider them serious.

And before those try and tell me that the HiFi and the HiFi Comp are Hybrid SLE's they're not. Whilst the marketing of these kites might use this terminology they are C kites. I ride HiFi Comps and they are a 5 line C kite that happens to attach the 5th line to the LE at more than one attachment point.

Probably because C kite almost became a dirty word there for awhile.
daPole
daPole
WA
87 posts
WA, 87 posts
25 Jan 2009 10:47pm
you r right fozzy...I almost forgot about Fuel. Liquid - yeah - not really serious but a kind of C nonetheless :) no offense fozzy :)

Shame on those who used "C shape" as a derogatory term :)) heheh
carbine
carbine
WA
1449 posts
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25 Jan 2009 11:09pm
fuel, generator, hawdlow
fozzy
fozzy
SA
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26 Jan 2009 12:00pm
daPole said...

you r right fozzy...I almost forgot about Fuel. Liquid - yeah - not really serious but a kind of C nonetheless :) no offense fozzy :)

Shame on those who used "C shape" as a derogatory term :)) heheh


Not really serious...kind of a C.....I'm not offended but I am curious if you hit your head recently or if you were drunk when you wrote this!
hookworm
hookworm
VIC
600 posts
VIC, 600 posts
26 Jan 2009 12:40pm
force, fluid, wainemen, all have a c to!
SaveTheWhales
SaveTheWhales
WA
1913 posts
WA, 1913 posts
26 Jan 2009 10:56am
MMmmmmm Cookie Monster like C too - C is for cookie so must be cookie ahh all taste same to him
daPole
daPole
WA
87 posts
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26 Jan 2009 11:12am
I might have been under influence of two Corona's and one cup of Sleepy Tea....but I still reckon Liquid ha never made to "the big brands" and that is what I was referring to :)

The only C's worth mentioning (ever) are:
X4, Lift Pro, da Black Tip if anyone remembers it :), Torch (pretty much all of them although T1 was a truly sweet thing), Raven was a disaster so mentioned but not really, Rhino's (all until company has decided to broaden their target group by changing that amazing kite to a bowish and now deltish looking monstrosity), CO2 - aaaa not really spectacular success, Scoop (all except 2 generation which was a bit...spongey hehhe), Storm of course and.....

missed anything?
NJPornstar
NJPornstar
WA
790 posts
WA, 790 posts
26 Jan 2009 11:35am
Matrix, Hydro, Indy, OS.
OS is still a current model and fully kick ass.
Im still trying to work on something that is as versatile in all areas.
Rhys McClintock
Rhys McClintock
NSW
995 posts
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26 Jan 2009 8:28pm
Wat about the old Fuels!!!!
daPole
daPole
WA
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26 Jan 2009 9:38pm
Yeaaah...let me quote our PM here..."let me say a simple, respectful but straightforward No" to old Fuels :)) I liked the one they made in 06 though.
T one
T one
NT
321 posts
NT, 321 posts
26 Jan 2009 10:08pm
daPole said...

I might have been under influence of two Corona's and one cup of Sleepy Tea....but I still reckon Liquid ha never made to "the big brands" and that is what I was referring to :)

The only C's worth mentioning (ever) are:
X4, Lift Pro, da Black Tip if anyone remembers it :), Torch (pretty much all of them although T1 was a truly sweet thing), Raven was a disaster so mentioned but not really, Rhino's (all until company has decided to broaden their target group by changing that amazing kite to a bowish and now deltish looking monstrosity), CO2 - aaaa not really spectacular success, Scoop (all except 2 generation which was a bit...spongey hehhe), Storm of course and.....

missed anything?


errrrr.... generator...?[}:)]


T one
T one
NT
321 posts
NT, 321 posts
26 Jan 2009 10:10pm
ok... so inability to "quote" properly aside..... generator...?
1likeBJ
1likeBJ
WA
152 posts
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27 Jan 2009 10:51am
daPole said...

...Raven was a disaster so mentioned but not really, ...


Dude I looove by 16m Raven for Autumn and Winter in Perth! Boosts so big and floaty and really nice for unhooking too (although I'm still just sorting raileys...). I'm sure smaller sizes would be a handfull tho...

Also no mention of Airush Reactor - seriously fast kite...
daPole
daPole
WA
87 posts
WA, 87 posts
27 Jan 2009 12:07pm
Raven was like making an electric car out of Lamborghini Diablo - pointless.

Raven was supposed to be a revolution after X line. Didn't really kicked in that revolution. I even used to own one....27m lines....argghhhh...

Performance was nothing like its counterpart in North. Nothing like. I give it to you it was a decent kite to have but that is all.

One of the most hilarious things I have ever seen was 5 people trying to figure out where the leak was on 8m Raven bladder and once they did (not worth mentioning the time they have achieved this) - repair it....have you ever tried to pull the strut bladder in 8m Raven...I mean what in the name of X4 they were thinking of when they introduced that kite.

But each to its own so :)
daPole
daPole
WA
87 posts
WA, 87 posts
27 Jan 2009 12:08pm
Reactor and Generator - good point there
webby7
webby7
QLD
145 posts
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27 Jan 2009 2:02pm
flexifoil have a few too. I've got a raven and am just going through the above mentioned bladder leak problems now. time to upgrade i think
daPole
daPole
WA
87 posts
WA, 87 posts
27 Jan 2009 1:31pm
hahah webby sorry to hear it mate....Octopus on pump system was/is a nightmare to repair...change it before you will loose your mind searching for that one puncture :)
dazed321
dazed321
WA
160 posts
WA, 160 posts
27 Jan 2009 4:22pm
when does it come out????

have many people tried the 09 sport, light, edge?

step forward or back???

I've tried the sport and its total different...............
daPole
daPole
WA
87 posts
WA, 87 posts
27 Jan 2009 10:12pm
step sideways dazed...sideways :)

I had a go on Sport + 9m but to be honest I need more time in some serious wind over the weekend to post my opinion.

So far apart from the obvious fact that this kite is completely different I would say - smooth! Nice and smooth. More soon :)

I will most probably ditch some of my Sports + this year for a nice, lovely, fantastic, ecstatic, spanktacular Ozone C shape :)))

Back to the roots!!! Yeaaaaah!



kitecrazzzy
kitecrazzzy
WA
2184 posts
WA, 2184 posts
27 Jan 2009 11:27pm
There are plenty of c style kites out there. Hopefully ozone make a good one
webby7
webby7
QLD
145 posts
QLD, 145 posts
28 Jan 2009 9:06am
is the flexifoil fusion 2 C kite a good kite??
daPole
daPole
WA
87 posts
WA, 87 posts
28 Jan 2009 8:38am
Right, Fusion2!!....you know what they say
Fusion2 + Aaron Hadlow = World Freestyle Domination

but then again this kid would ride superbly on a kmart t shirt with two strings attached and a block of wood for a board :)

kitecrazzy - no doubt Ozone will make a fine C shape. Rob is far more experienced than the previous designer David was and above all with Ozone reputation they will make sure all is tested and top notch before release ļ. I hope we will have some test models before the winter S winds starts here is NSW.
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