yes but not all of us are fortunate enough to have perfect wind and wave direction at the same time, everytime they have a session, especially if you surf unhooked.

eppo said...

Agreed on the slowness but when you are hurtling down a 6 foot indo wave, barreling and spitting behind you, you want a steady slow kite.

dave...... said...

poor relative said...

^^^^Poor Relo.... This is by far the best and most imformative comment on this thread so far. . **** you even got a swear word in, moderate that Laurie!. I wonder what the silverback's choice would be....?

BUMP

So who is the idiot that keeps it afloat?

God, Its not 7 pages yet..... a video might help










That music, aint my cup of tea....





BUMP!

Cant believe this thread is still going havent had the time to spare to read it all yet but def looks like its gonna crack 7 or 8 pages,must be a serious lack of wind around.

Yeh that is one huge ass wave hey.

Totally agree. Perfect kite for this sort of thing the BWS. Perth onshore slop, one wonders. Then again I feel the same about SB's in perth, what is the point?

Roo nuts needed
Awesome

So Snowie, hows that decision going hey?

So many good deals in the buy and sell section for both rebels and BWS Noise
(7 pages of rebels for sale :-0)

eppo said...

Poida said...

So many good deals in the buy and sell section for both rebels and BWS Noise
(7 pages of rebels for sale :-0)

That's because they sell so many do to their superior performance. 7 ages here we come. LOL

Yep this one sure has been going for ages, will it go to 10?
Im tempted to mention another brand and get it locked

eppo said...

what's the point, everyone seems to blind to the fact that the rebel is the superior kite out there.

It's Kony's fault.

Yeh true doesn't get much of a mention. Watched a pro rider at my secret local once just do the most absurd sh1t on a vegas. If I was really hitting the limits yeh I'd go a vegas. The rebel is just a good all rounder, a fun kite in experienced hands. But the vegas can move you into some real technical areas, I'm too old to try!

eppo said...

Yeh true doesn't get much of a mention. Watched a pro rider at my secret local once just do the most absurd sh1t on a vegas. If I was really hitting the limits yeh I'd go a vegas. The rebel is just a good all rounder, a fun kite in experienced hands. But the vegas can move you into some real technical areas, I'm too old to try!

I'd beg to differ there.

I see the Rebel as "the machine" especially up wind, and the vegas as "the alrounder", the do anything kite.

I see the Vegas as the kite that absorbs the gusts, no deadspots in the turns, no waiting, its there when you want it to be, and if you want to go trick riding, (which I don't) you could do it as well.

The vegas might be labeled as doing technical stuff, but it is just a cruisy kite if you want it to be.
So it sort of gives you the best of everything.

you can set up a vegas to be faster than a rebel or slower, have similiar bar pressure (maybe a bit heavier) or heaps heavier to have similiar depower or heaps less.. can be a confusing kite to set up and doing a bad combination of wing tip/ LE for your level/style can make you feel like a complete tard all session.

IMO the difference is the bottom and top end and no points for guessing which is the king of which! ive found the 10m vegas to have a similar wind range to an 8m rebel and the rebel still is the first to be depowered in 23knots +!! both super stable but the rebels bottom end/grunt makes it better down the line for waves ect. Oh and the relaunch!

I think 8 pages or we havent tried hard enough.

This should keep things kicking.
The new "extra strong longer lasting" material North are useing on their canopys is apparently a bit of a marketing gimick. Surprise,surprise.
It may be slightly stronger but when it does rip,and it will in the waves, it rips in a zig zag fashion.Not a straight rip, and also frays really badly making repair jobs a real problem and cost a sh!t load more to repair, repairs then look horrid so resale value is significantly lower.

8 pages here we come.