Someone must have tried it by now??

Got mine on Friday, the 11m had 2 sessions on it 1 with 5th line setup in 15-18 kts was pretty wicked and one with the 4 line setup in 12-15 kts so a lil underpowered.
Kite feels awesome, its fast and smooth really easy to fly for a fast kite, not too grunty compared to my old kite quiver (2004 airush flows) but sweet for unhooked tricks and loops pretty well as well. relaunch is pretty good, especially compared to the last few models. the construction is a lot beefier than last seasons kite but it still feels light and flys well in light winds so not too heavy construction. the bar is much the same but different colors but the lines are super sweet, much stiffer like the firewire slingy had (or still has) so feels really tight. kite rides with alot of board speed as well, I could really put the speed on and still feel good to unhook and pop even when powered up. Only thing that I need to adjust to is the speed of the kite on handlepass tricks as my old flows were like tanks and didnt move in the pass these kites I have to be more aware of what is going on as they like to turn when your passing the bar, but I think thats mainly because I have gone from old ass c kites to new ones more than anything else. she has a good pull looping her too but real easy to get around for a 11m.

Thanks !!!
You are proably not the right one to ask, as you are coming from old C kites. But I try anyway: My worry is if it has as little depower on the bar throw as the last model.
Is it still punishing hard or is there enough depower?

I have ridden last years model a bit as well, it does have a bit more depower than last year off the chicken, but it comes with the new mini bridle off the front that allows for even further sheeting out, I haven't tried that yet but can see it would work well if not having enough depower is an issue, really if you are going to ride c-kites depower comes from edge control and kite placement more than using the chicken to depower. The kite is fairly well behaved I dont think it will be too overbearing for you.

Hi Guys, we have a couple of demo 9m kites doing the rounds at the moment, Sanjay where are you located i will see if i can hook ya you for a demo with your local shop?

I will give a full review on the kites as soon as we have some decent wind...

Cheers,
Dan

The mini-bridle that you can fit to the 2011 is meant to make it far FAR more accessible and easy kite to depower on the bar. IMO leave the mini bridle off and learn to make the most of the power it generates. The previous Hadlow Pro's have been awesome kites to fly but they do feel more like an older-school C-kite when compared to the Torch or Fuel.

I agree with Koma with the bridle setup, the kites are grunty and do pull but not like the old c kites, just a little more than the torch and alot more bottom end than the fuels..