feel free to come and check out and fly all the new 2007 kites and boards. will have fuels and links to demo as well as misfits and sx twin tips and a couple of 07 srt surfboards to demo. it will be at contacio beach(north scarborough) from 12noon. the waksa big air comp will also be on so if your down there competing or watching come and check out the gear for yourselves before you go and buy something that doesn't suit your riding. see you there

hmm, might be a plan, the 04 fuel is starting to show it's age...

hopefully the red bridles will be availible by then. the demo links we have already have the red bridle on them. and all the new links that are in coming in the next shipment of gear will now come standard with the red bridle and can be flown straight out of the bag. if they arrive in time for sunday anyone with a link can also bring there kite down and Graham from choice kitesurfing will fit the new bridle for you (provided they are here). i have flown the link with the red bridle at mambo, and so far there has been nothing but good reviews from the red bridle on the 07 links. there were mixed feelings about the original bridle (as there always mixed feelings with every brands kites) . the demo kites already have the red bridle on them so come down and try them for yourself . the new 07 fuels are insane. loving the new 7m. the fuels are also more bomb proof than ever.

i now have 07 fuels. i have had a quick fly of alot of the sle kites and bows on the market and havent found one that is better than my fuels. the heli photo at scarbs was a coincidence as i just got the link. i still have a couple of links and they definately are better with the red bridle but my fuels do everything i need a kite to do and love em so why change. the bows and sle kites work good for alot of people and thats great but i just love my fuels so im sticking with them this year, but i will fly the link sometimes once i get the red bridle as the do sit well for wave riding but i prefer the power of a "c" kite over sle kites for my riding.

if you havent got your red bridle yet then they must not be here, so no kites in shops will have them either, however when the new links arive they will have red bridles fitted as standard and can be flown straight out of the bag. they will be ariving when the red bridles arive for the existing customers i guess. just going of what i was informed at mambo so contact your local slingshot retailer for more up to date info

sweet thanks! i have contacted Andrew Regan and he's still waiting for the red bridals unfortunately.
my advice to anyone thinking of buying a link would be to actually try the kite you buy - dont base your decision on the demo kite - or what the kite shop tells you about the kite. Or you will end up like me, with a kite or in my case 2 kites that do not fly out of the bag.

This is exactly my thoughts. since my first use of the link, I was on the water, kite jellyfished, then luffed, landed in the waves, got washed up, which I imagine stretched the bridal - making the problem worse.
Flying it now in 4 line mode is friggin scary. no pull one minute, colapses then falls into the power zone - fully powered then next.
The kite is dangerous in 4 line mode.

so why is the link still being advertised and sold and people NOT being told it must be flown in 5 line mode only??

Even on this site - the link is advertised as the only true hybid kite that can be flown in 4 line or 5 line mode.
(the only people who can do this are the special few how have the new bridal)

Ive been waiting for the bridal for ages , and its not going to be here in time for a kiting holiday - which im really pis.sed about , but still the kite is being advertised , demo'd and all the reps saying its the best hybrid kite out there.
Its not. And it can / and should only be flown in 5 line mode. At present. And it should be advertised as so.

just went back through my emails. SS emailed me on the 19/10/06 to tell me that they would be shipping directly to me a new "red bridle" within a couple of weeks.

guess what, i'm still waiting...

fortunately i'm more than happy with the kite in the 5 line setup but still want the option of 4 lines as actively promoted by them.

i'm now thinking of adding a 7m kite to my quiver. this time it won't be an SS though

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Originally posted by Ryland

i now have 07 fuels. i have had a quick fly of alot of the sle kites and bows on the market and havent found one that is better than my fuels. the heli photo at scarbs was a coincidence as i just got the link. i still have a couple of links and they definately are better with the red bridle but my fuels do everything i need a kite to do and love em so why change. the bows and sle kites work good for alot of people and thats great but i just love my fuels so im sticking with them this year, but i will fly the link sometimes once i get the red bridle as the do sit well for wave riding but i prefer the power of a "c" kite over sle kites for my riding.

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Can you post some pictures?

Hi mate, yeah i know Im wingeing - but i am a bit peeved that my 2 brand new kites are not working out the bag, and Ive been waiting over 2 months for Slingshot to send the fix. (and its all links, and most link owners - not just mine - SS reps have issued emails confirming this, check other forums - there are plenty of unhappy people)

You right, i am no expert at fiddling with the settings, and neither are a lot of people. When I bought my peter lynns, they flew straight out of the bag, when I bought I fuels , they too flew right out the bag, when I bought my crossbows, they flew right out the bag.
If the kites dont fly right out the bag, perhaps slingshot and the shops should be telling us before we buy them.

Anyway - I bought the kite to fly in 4 line, because i dont want to fly a kite like a fuel, i want a kite like a bow. yes yes Im a bowmasexual, :-)
In frustration, as Im on a kiting holiday tomorrow, ive setup the kites in 5 line mode, and had a first fly on sunday.
Kite flies well, and has loads of depower. Im feeling much less pissed.
Still concerned about relaunch - as Ive heard its not very good, in 5 line mode, but ive not had the chance to try.

personally the 07 fuels have nearly twice as much depower as the 06 fuels and nearly as much as any bow. plus the added bonus of the steering of a "c" kite. they run on the same bar as the link and the active stopper ball is insane. definately have a fly of one before you buy any kite , you'll be impressed.