best kite of 2009 - as voted

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Poida
Poida
WA
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WA, 1922 posts
28 May 2010 2:07pm
thought this was interesting
DOS
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getfunky
getfunky
WA
4485 posts
WA, 4485 posts
28 May 2010 2:38pm
They should have called the survey "Calling all pimps"


Meaningless figures really. We all know Cabs etc are big sellers so they are always going to get more hits than say.. Takoon or JN etc.

A better set of figures would be to only accept the votes from non-affiliated (read: no pimp bias) kiters and get them to rate the kite from 1-10 on several diff aspects such as relaunch, waves, boosts etc etc then average those figures out accross the board.

Then again you could just not be a fickle sheep and go and try the kites for yourself. Me thinks that half the kiters out there buy on brand name and pimping though.
SaveTheWhales
SaveTheWhales
WA
1908 posts
WA, 1908 posts
28 May 2010 3:10pm
Yeah im of the same opinion - the 'limited to this magazine' most popular kite - doesnt make it the best kite.

And as the FunkyMan says you cant compare a 4WD kite to a speed kite...

I read kiteworld n kiteboarder so already it means bugger all though each individual kite does have its 'particular' merits'.

And yeah - the amount of people with good kiteing experience who still dont know how to tune their kites n bars - I guess make up the popular 'Plug n Play' figures too
getfunky
getfunky
WA
4485 posts
WA, 4485 posts
28 May 2010 3:37pm
Hey I wear gloves in winter - wadda I know??

Umm.. dunno why Poida has been red thumbed - I don't think he was neccesarily supporting the survey?
Poida
Poida
WA
1922 posts
WA, 1922 posts
28 May 2010 3:51pm
aaahh red thumb away
obviously kite popularity contest amongst the reader group
they are all good kites though
no cores, vapours, wainmans, torches, griffin in the survey?

thought this might turn into a pimp fight
I was surprised with the popularity of the dos, thought it was more of a select market, maybe europe different
Paul1
Paul1
QLD
1011 posts
QLD, 1011 posts
28 May 2010 8:11pm
The most expensive kite is the best one, surely everyone knows that by now???????
sir ROWDY
sir ROWDY
WA
5378 posts
WA, 5378 posts
28 May 2010 6:16pm
Super credible source to... Worst mag ever.
kitecrazy
kitecrazy
QLD
70 posts
QLD, 70 posts
28 May 2010 9:01pm
Well if the bandit came out tops then the survey has no cred.
sure this wasn't a survey for the biggest dog
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