Got my 10m today took it for a test drive down at Melville, man this is one scary kite. I've never flown bows before properly soo took me a while to suss the jumps but man they are floaty and you just hang there not going downwind. It was real gusty so maybe that increased the scaryness of the jumps but wow it was so fun.
First things I noticed, really high aspect SLE.
Goes upwind soooo well, without an effort you can easily cruise back up the beach, its just amazing.
Relaunch, I didnt get it wet
Like all bows/SLE it handles gusts beautifully.
Perfect bar pressure, handled like a charm, lighter than my C's.
Unhooked, well I will need to retest this tommorow at woodies in some smoother wind but I did some basic stuff unhooked felt just as good as any C, real nice to load up against. But as I say tommorow I will give you a better report how it compares to C's unhooked.
The bar is real simplistic, chicken loop is a it ugly but its everything you would want, nice long depower strap for unhooked.
The leash it comes with is a bit stupid, way to small if you want to run it to the back of your harness properly.
Sets up nicely straight out of the bag like all kites should, all tuned up.
Also I've read you can change the bridle setup to suit unhooked more, I'll also give you some feedback on this.
All in all a very nice kite but tommorow I will really put it to the test see how it compares in some nice stable woodies wind.
