i too am interested in the nova, also done a bit of reading but am looking other opimions on the kite.

when i first started kiting the characteristics of the foils and the way they flew amazed me but liked bits from the lei type as well. to have a kite with a mix of both seems perfect to me.

havent tried it yet but found out today that they are being sold over east thru a company called Caromav. has some 12m and 9m but no 15m. $1999.00 for the 12 and $1899.00 for the 9 gst and delivery included.

my concerns are with the construction. are they tough like the airush or is it gonna tear soon after its been out on the water. heard of a horror story regards to the crossbow. first outing in a comp and tore on its first crash and was never flown again in the comp spite it being repaired. you gotta wonder why?

Hey Eray,

just thought you might want to know that the Crossbow 9m was fixed the next day and was ridden throughout the remainder of the comp.. It was the only kite that he rode for
the whole comp, including the reef trip on Thursday..

The construction is bloody good, just like previous models, they have really only changed the shape. The damage was minor and the repair cost was only $55.

The rider got second in the final on the 9 and a Custom 138 with bindings and norts Norts got first on Co2 kites and a Custom 133...

Not bad for a blowout on the first day....

cheers
dale

^^I don't think so. Pat goodman did the final design on the crossbow.

630 arc.

I was hanging on aswell.

Hi Ian, how did you go with the 12m Nova?