Hey anyone tried the new Core GTS2?

Cheers Kitch


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Sorry for the double post, my mobile had the hiccups

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kitcho207 said...

Hey anyone tried the new Core GTS2?

Cheers Kitch


Rider: Weight,Level (beginner,intermediate,advanced)
Style: Freeriding, Surf, Wake, Freestyle
Weather: ?-? knots
Build Quality: ?/10
Satisfaction: ?/10
Disclosure: (e.g. work at a shop/team rider etc)

My Comments:

Kitch please spare us the double post.
You can delete one.
And only you.

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pepeman said...

Kitch please spare us the double post.
You can delete one.
And only you.

Yep. very sorry. i did try, but there was no edit button as it was after an hour.
see below which i cut from SB Q&A. I'll see if Laurie can fix it up.

Once you write a forum post, you have an hour or so to make any refinements, and after that it's not editable anymore.

We used to have a longer editing window, but we found it was mis-used by folks to completely change the meaning of their post (as opposed to fixing typos/clarify meaning). This made reading the forums difficult, especially when a 100 words of post have been replaced with "." !

One hour to delete, I didnt know that.
Anyways, the new Core GTS2 looks and sounds like the goods.
Isnt marketing a beautiful thing.
Will demo first opportunity.
Im in the market for bar/lines right now and
Core is at the top of my list.

yet another gimp cut n paste

Cool let us know how she flies. Me, I'm waiting for a generation to pass first. Had cores, good, but not excllent.

Ciao
Tested gts2 12 m yesterday , 3 hours with little gusty conditions 14-20 nots.
I ride usually Naish Park 2011 and compare to this the lot end is bigger,
Kite is fast turning but with an excellent bar controll feeling, always know where the kite is.
Unhooked, best feeling this kite got me, big pop and great controll it does not pull like a truck and easy to re-hooked.
Kiteloop with this kite are very easy and the kite do not produce any apparent wind opposite effect, so you do not have any flap/flap/flap sound effect as others kite do, for example the xr2 do....
Hangtime, after a little timing adjustment they where fine but probably the xr2 for this is better.
Before the Parks I rode the Ozone C4, this kite is like a C4 but with more lot end.
Relaunch, did not test but I saw a rider that was using the same kite coming out very easy after a bad line twisted situation.
The Core bar is the best around for me except for the small chicken loop( you can buy a blogger one..) and the plastic pin for it. Depower trim very easy and precise and I love the untwisting lines system.
I am thinking to change my kite next month and this model really got me...
Ciao

KiiloWatt

You are comparing a c shaped core with a naish park?

It is a bridge c and if you look well it is not only c shape but something new develop
By core.
In any case the lot end is better.
Ciao
KiloWatt

Cool. Thanks heaps for the review.
Will have to try one out when I get the chance.
Kitch

More info at:

www.kitefinder.com/en/kites/1178/core-gts2-20132014#user-reviews

What is lot end? Top end or bottom end? I am riding C4's so am interested in that comment. I hope it's better bottom end or grunt.