im flying c's at the moment and thinking of converting to the dark side(basicly feel left behind) anyway i keep hearing you have to relearn all your tricks(not that it matters for me) just wondering genrally do you?

tuning the bar is more critical too as a bow will oversheet and fly like a mongrel when you unhook

I think its pretty interesting. Bows have less power in turns, turn slower, are more expensive, less lifty and need lots of bar input, yet everyone loves them. Why?

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I think its pretty interesting. Bows have less power in turns, turn slower, are more expensive, less lifty and need lots of bar input, yet everyone loves them. Why?

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Do you think they are becoming more popular with people getting into the sport for the safety and depower when learning? Are there many kiters who have been on C kites for quite a few years then change over to Bow style? I couldn't imagine people who have kited for a few years and became quite good kiters then move onto Bows. Guys at our spot that moved onto bows that had been kiting for awhile where intermediate kiters, none of the guys who ride reasonably well went onto bows.

Trickz!!!!
I would say doing a trick will be the same. The kite pulls ...do a trick... straight forward if you know how....

When you LEARN technical tricks usually you crash a whole lot.
If you arent crashing you aint learning jack shiz.

BOW kites suck big time to completely crash,
therefore they suck arz to learn technical tricks
Anyone with experience has learned this hard fact,

Go a modern devoted 5 liner that relaunches well.

If your a slow learner, still stuck learning how to actually ride by a bow.

I Learnt on a C, changed to a shocwave 'bow' kite and then 3mths later went back to the C. The bow kites IMO are not good for trick freestyle riding, they dont trim properly when unhooking and dont boost big. They have great hang time and float but not the raw grunt of a C kite. If your into wave riding then 'bow' kite is the way to go. But if you want to follow the wake style movement then go C. The latest 'Hybrid' kites are getting closer to the traditional C so in a couple of years they will probably take over as will have best of both worlds....

Tricks are a continuously evolving process as are kites.