I've just had a session on new Switchblade and was astonished by its performance. I can jump with it higher than with my current North Vegas 2007.

I think it's time for upgrade.

I'm looking for high boosting kite for old-school jumps. I don't do unhooking and all that crazy handle-pass tricks. May be I will go for wave riding someday and it's quite difficult to select kite, which is suitable for waves and for high jumps.

I've noticed that 2009 kites are for sale now with 500-700 AUD discount compared to 2010 kites. Do new 2010 kites justify their prices?

I'm trying to choose from the following kites:

Cabrinha Switchblade IDS (actually wakestyle kite, but I like light feeling on bar compared to Crossbow)

F-One Bandit III
Griffin (are they good?)
Best Nemesis
North Rebel

I'm 85kg, 137cm board, riding now North Vegas 12m, 18-28 knots range.

Also I've noticed that new kites tend to have more power, should I look to downsize to 10? I think I will stick with only 1 kite in my quiver.

All ideas welcome.

10 or 9 would be fine

Wainman rabit 9m & go sick! WoW

08 north rhino and i will lay my balls it out jumps all the above kites

Hey ciscoexpert

If you want a fast turning seriously high jumping kite, go for the 2009 10m Eclipse Thruster. I like big arse jumpin and when your kite height & a 1/2 in the air on flat water (big wave jumping makes it too easy), there aint much old school about that ! The kite was designed specifically for advanced comp riders wanting big air jumping but still fast for any new school combo tricks you may want to do 40 feet up which you dont see anywhere unless the pros are out.

Surfriding & jumping - these days they are too different kite designs just as there are surfboards and twin tips - though any kite will do both averagely though the sales speil will say excellently (they call it marketing 101) you should know that by know

You may be lucky enough to get one brand new 09 (stock clearance) for $650 delivered to your doorstep if still available, Check out the website for yourself

http://www.thekiteboardingshop.com.au/kites_09/kites.htm




Just make sure that you have at least a 100m clearance forward and 60m down wind as most kiters dont know what they should do when your paragliding way up there and they sometimes will go downwind in your flight path common sense is the key here...

Hot lookin kites too

cheersz clay

Tim

Next time the wind is 25 + you are more than welcome to come and see for yourself on flat water then we'll go out in the surf same day if the swells running

The latest part of yesterday when it cranked & I could barely hold the board down, there were a lot of people takin photos - someone must a caught one of the big jumps that will speak for itself

Please feel free to contact me on 0412678792 and we'll go out for a big jump day

Cheers Clay

if i were you id hit up google and do a bit of research on eclipse before i'd waste my time.. was a lot of rabble and crap going on with them last time i heard..

Yep STW is right another Eclipse kite arrived at my door today (12mtr Kima and yes I paid full list price for it).
The company may have been having some issues but Cisco doesn't want to buy a company he wants a "high boosting kite" and the Thruster definetly fits the bill in that respect.

yep, 100ft would be enough to make me sick. post foto if anyone can get their hands on it

btw,i have never tried one but i have always heard that the ozone edge has been one of the top kites for big boosting

dave...... said...

^^^^Kites dont jump riders do. I dont think your rhino will out jump anything on it's own. Keep your balls in your pants though....

no kite will jump or fly without a rider but me and my big balls on a 08 rhino will boost big thats what sold it for me

timmm said...

clay,

Id like to see a pic of you 'a kite height & a half' in the air.

whats that, 30m in the air on short lines???

pfff, stop claiming

Mabe not claiming. Put an inflated kites tips on the ground and it may be 2m high. Kite and a half would be 3m. Hmmmm, then again maybe that is a claim for STW????

STW, put up or shut up.

axis said...

timmm said...

clay,

Id like to see a pic of you 'a kite height & a half' in the air.

whats that, 30m in the air on short lines???

pfff, stop claiming

Mabe not claiming. Put an inflated kites tips on the ground and it may be 2m high. Kite and a half would be 3m. Hmmmm, then again maybe that is a claim for STW????

STW, put up or shut up.

This is kite height. lets see him do half a kite higher

Ha frigin ha - Im busted with the huge 3m wingtips on the ground jumps

Seriously though - its quite hard to find someone to is prepared to sit around the beach & take photos at a moments notice if the wind comes through strong enough on any given day !!!

Its interesting how people are scared to jump very high, yet there attached to a paraglider and the ones who usually do all the bagging are the ones inside a snug room watching. When the few of us are out goin large in do or die weather. The video says it all - doesnt it !!!!

As soon as I can get a pic it will appear, then you's can choose some other thing to bag that you cant Or wont do yourselves HTFU

Jon said...

My RHINO 05, jumps higher than any kite i've been on. Built for big air.

do yourself a favour ,get on a 08 Rhino I've had 05's and 08's and the 08 will put you into orbit!
BTW wanna buy a 16m ,05 Rhino?

I let go of my Cabrinha the other day and it still hasnt come down... Beat that....

It's probably still in the tree.