My opinion,

Cab drifter hands down. Has great power, turn, drift.

BWS for down the line park and ride. Did not turn so well.


Worst,

Any kite claiming it can be freeride and surf by changing the bridal

North Neo: great drift and great turning speed.
North Dice: great bottom end, drift and good turning speed.

Hendo within each class of kite there, in this case a wave kite, there is no 'best' kite. It depends on the rider.

What board's do you use?

What wind and wave conditions do you normally kite in?

What weight are you? (A highly underestimated factor in terms of particular kite choice).

What type of 'wave' riding are you looking to do? Park and ride, fly and follow, strapless freestyle...hitting jaws anytime soon???

Then crew can give far more informed feedback for you.

Eppo- I think you missed the pointy of the post. Just curious to hear people's thoughts on the wave kites of 2013. Kinda like the title says
Cheers.

Why?Why ask about 2013 kites When the 2014 models are so much better????

Dave Whettingsteel said..

Hendo84 said..

Eppo- I think you missed the pointy of the post. Just curious to hear people's thoughts on the wave kites of 2013. Kinda like the title says
Cheers.

Fair enough, but I do think what Eppo says does matter. The wave kite for gnaraloo in cross, off is a different beast to the horrocks / Gero more cross on. But I know ****, and Eppos a detail man with huge experience.

Me, I'm just happy to be out there

"and Eppos a detail man with huge experience"

Hmmmmm, +1

Slight hijack. Ive been getting more and more into my wave riding over the last couple of years, done a great trip to Indo, and am starting to realise the more I learn, the more I learn that I don't know ****! Im an ex surfer so I thought it would be the easiest transition for me when I started kiting. But Im still struggling with the basics of where to put the kite.

Eppos comment: What type of 'wave' riding are you looking to do? Park and ride, fly and follow, strapless freestyle. Struck a cord with me. Im trying to figure out how to go to the next level.

Whats the best instructional vid out there for wave riding? I see Ben Wilson has a heap. Any other recommendations?

North Neo

Ioz said..

I like the Airush Wave,

Drifts well, has a nice balance of power

and turns on a dime, well constructed to.

Yeh I liked the precise feel on the wave (goes where it wants you to put it and indeed finds the right place by itself a lot of the time) , the new BWS had this as well.

Ben Wilson pro , hands down best wave kite , if your after just a wave kite this is it , have tried most of the others and these drift better than any other kite out there, been on religons , drift ,reo , wainman , all good kites the pro just lets me ride the waves and parks itself ready for you when ready to get out of there.
Best for me anyway.