Can anyone give me some info on the 11 and 9. Do you feel they lack lowend and what about turning speed? There are not many reviews of this kite out there.

Review from Kitesurf Magazine

Introducing
The Cabo sees Best very much arriving at the wave-specific party. Aside from signing up surf legend, Pedro Henrique, they have also been hard at work developing the Cabo to give them some indisputable surf credentials. The Cabo is a lightweight three-strut affair designed to have you booting it down the line and smashing it off the top without having to worry about that pesky thing in the air??? Tested AH

Basics
Build and Construction If you want something that is going to drift effortlessly down the line then you don???t want a big heifer of a kite. Best know this, so the Cabo has three struts, no excessive reinforcements, and they???ve developed a new double-stop canopy material, Double Core RS. Out the bag and it looks and feels pretty light ??? notably so. Once pumped the Cabo has a refined taught-ness and, as with other kites of this ilk, the middle of the leading edge generally doesn???t sit flush with the sand while you???re rigging up ??? it???s that keen to get on the water. The one-pump is standard, with inlet and outlet valves in the middle of the leading edge. Set up and tuning There???s a micro bridle on the front lines, with four attachment points and mini-stainless-steel run throughs rather than pulleys. You can go short and long on both front and back attachments. We generally had the Cabo out when it was light, so rigged it accordingly. Bar and trim We???re that on-the-ball here at Kitesurf that we pretty much got the Cabo within a nanosecond of it arriving on the country ??? the 2013 bar must have been sent second class so we had the 2012 Red Line bar which was great. Although we look forward to getting our hands on this year???s incarnation??? Safety Punch out and you???re on the front lines ready to go again, if it all goes tits up then you???ve got OSR handles to get a hold of.

Performance
Turning speed, handling and feel The first session we were out with the Cabo, I was out on a 12 and going along fine, but thought I???d give the 9m Cabo a blast nonetheless: it stormed it. The low-end really is phenomenal. The turning speed is very impressive and you???ve quickly got yourself up and going and then it just delivers oodles of power. No messing at all and as smooth an operator as anything we have seen recently. The delivery of power is smooth throughout the power range, and subtle changes in bar pressure or board speed are quickly and effectively
absorbed by the kite. Sheet out as you???re heading out through chop or holding tight as something???s breaking in front, and the power is a nice snappy ???off???. Once you???re out and ready to get stuck in though, the Cabo comes into its element. Snappy turns, without driving too far forward in the window and then a nice responsiveness as you ease off the power to get into a wave, and then: the drift??? Which is very, very impressive. The Cabo doesn???t sit quite as far back in the window as other 3-strutters, but you still get an incredibly steady drift requiring pretty much zero input from the bar end. And there is no tendency to gradually drift down either ??? even with the kite a little lower in the window. For powering back up you can ease on the power and it???s their straightaway ??? no snoozing. And for driving into turns when it???s cross on, there???s the power on and off that???s essential to keep your rhythm. You feel like Pedro Henrique. Almost. The Triangle Upwind???s fine, not record breaking but fine. Down the line and it???s an absolute beauty. Trim, depower and range The low-end, as we???ve said, is truly impressive ??? and less kite always equals more fun in the surf. The depower was also excellent although, as with these lower aspect kites, you may find yourself coming in and doing a bit of knot tweaking if the wind strength varies too much over the course of your session. The trim is definitely worth getting exactly right as, when you???re in the sweet spot the Cabo really is one of ???those??? kites that you can???t get enough of.

Icing
It???s obviously a Best kite ??? there???s some nice but quite busy colourways. Ours came in a bright orange draw string sack which seemed to be confidently announcing the arrival of the new kid on the Best block.

Verdict
It???s always fun for us when a brand introduces an entirely new kite to the range, and there???s no doubt that Best have given the Cabo their all. For a ???first edition??? it is a highly refined and honed offering. I tried to find something that I didn???t like about it but I really couldn???t. It works with you, drifts like it???s the most natural thing on the planet, and you can probably go out on a size smaller than everyone else on the water. 10 out of 10.

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If I could demo a 2014 ill get you a review up tomorrow night ^^^^^

Kiteworldmag.com/2013-kite-tests/best-cabo-7m/

I hope the link works.

Ive ridden best kites for a few years now and get to demo the newies now and then. The Cabo is a refinement to the TS V2. Best started making their Taboo series a couple of years ago, V1 had no centre strut. I didnt like it as it was very gutless. The TS V2 had a centre strut, and had a lot more bottom end but it was not just pull in and get the power. The kite flies very efficiently and gets up to speed with a couple of strokes and then the power is there. This made it as good unhooked or hooked it and didnt rip you off the board or wave even with the most agressive turns. I like to unhook and drift so the TS V2 was the kite for me. Plus I like doing a little freestyle.

The cabo drifts a little better and is slightly quicker to turn, more pivotal, No power spike. I loved them but my kites do fine. What are your wind ranges where you live?

I appreciate the link to the kitemag review but honestly I have seen those and they never say anything bad. Who would pay for ads if the mag pointed out the.negs of your kites. I am only looking.for rider input and about the 2013 Cabo. I live on Florida but I find this forum has alot.more input about wave kites.

I own an 11 and 9 and I really like like them.but.I feel the low end is really lacking.and just wondering if anyone else agrees.It could just be me.getting.used to them as i just finished maybe my 3rd session on them. They really blow the Epic Renegades I was riding away but the epics are super grunty in the low end and insanely fast so maybe I just need to finish adjusting.