here is sneak peek at the new Fluid kite the "Vice". should be a contender for the for the coming season! havnt had a chance to ride one yet but had a good hard look at one and they are a nice sturdy kite.

doesnt belong here mate

that looks like rosebud to me when did you see them?

mmm looks kinda fuely. How much do they cost and may I request a free one to play with please.

Cheers, appreciate it

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Charl dv said...

doesnt belong here mate

why not? doesnt look like a review to me,
kite looks good

we've had this discussion before.. pimping n reviewing to the other section otherwise this part of the forum will just be cluttered with 2010 kite x posts

sorry i did not realise it was the wrong spot, i just saw a bunch of other 2010 stuff and figured this was the right forum as it was not a review.
ill write a full review as soon as i get mine to try, counting dow the days!

hookworm has a keen eye!

Shotgun a ride james .

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pro merc said...

sorry i did not realise it was the wrong spot, i just saw a bunch of other 2010 stuff and figured this was the right forum as it was not a review.
ill write a full review as soon as i get mine to try, counting dow the days!

hookworm has a keen eye!

hope all is going well for steve i know he's put alot of time into this just hope he also looks after the people he sells his gear to. new kites look good tho think i've seen him on them

Aren't the kites designed in France by Norbert Curti?
Fluid kites look good this year, totally looks like a slingshot rip off but much better than last year.

"we've had this discussion before.. pimping n reviewing to the other section otherwise this part of the forum will just be cluttered with 2010 kite x posts".

Now its just cluttered with egotistical comments

egotistical comments makes for better reading

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Charl dv said...

we've had this discussion before.. pimping n reviewing to the other section otherwise this part of the forum will just be cluttered with 2010 kite x posts

i think generally people would rather look at some pics of kites over people like yourself who dont contribute anything but the odd snide remark or general bull sh!t. bring on more pics. less politics more kiting i say.

much to everyone except my owns dissapointment i actually made 15 threads for new gear with pictures and everythin and it got moderated before they even had a chance

Hey man, forget the loser comments. How else are we supposed to find out about new gear?

Great pics & kite graphics look good too. What sort of improvements since last model? Anyone tried them yet?

And more important.. who's butt do I need to kiss to take one out .. when available, what sizes, how much.. you know, the lot.

V

Goodo Sir V...Charl dv grow up, spend more time on the water and instead of posting daft comments (possibly 80% of your 1267) learn how to do a nice, good looking F16...

I've heard its got double the pull of a Fuel in the "wakestyle" setting.
The pro-bar (shown) also has 4000lb pre-stretched lines.

Bahahahah! Where can I buy one? lol

I particularly like how one sits back in the window make it feel more like being pulled behind a truck...

fair enough charl dv.....

some features of the Vice;

front line settings
PC (pure C) setting for you guessed it C kite fanatics
HDC (high depower C) for a C kite feel with plenty of depower

rear lines have multiple speed attachments setting

one pump

trimable 5th line

Fluid have a website that should be updated with new stuff very soon. i will have a few to try in the next few weeks and ill post a review (in the review section of course!)

sir V i will give you a go as long as you dont try and kiss me!

Hi,
Hate to say this but I think I'm one of the dudes in the pic's (the good looking one ). I was googling 2010 fluid and this is what I came up with.
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the kites are great but I'm not sure how to rate them because I used to use Bow kites, till now that is.

I think what stands out is that you can get more of a bow feel out of it by changing the stiring stettings on it. if you like that.

fast, stable and loopy with just enough bar pressure to know where the kite is at all times.
gets up in the window to take you up wind.

I have orderd a few and gave up the bow, cause its more fun with the C. I have only started unhooking so I can't realy coment othere than the chiken loop is stiff so its easy to rehoook.
Just waiting for them to get here now.

Cheers.

I heard from a hobo that these things make great blankets.

Grundy if you get one in Sydney let me know.. You're gonna be ****ting yourself after swapping over from those **** kites you've been doing gay-loops with and I want to see it

tried the Vice on the weekend and after a quick session n the 9 and the 11 its going to take some getting used to but its exciting having more power than im used too! loops are definately scareier than usual but the pay off of this kite are definately worth it..... full review after next session.

Get a Fluid Kite. They are awesome.
Cant wait to try the Grind, which is their new board.
Well done Steve.

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Lovely said...

Aren't the kites designed in France by Norbert Curti?
Fluid kites look good this year, totally looks like a slingshot rip off but much better than last year.

Yeap they are designed by Norbert, i was lucky to get onto him. He is working on one more kite for us for 2010 in testing now. Great designer.

He is one of the best and easiest designers to work with, cant say enough about his ability too!! He tests everything in france before i see the kites then the kites are tested in china and Melbourne then more tests by riders in france, Sth America and Russia. After that i get back to Norbert about any changes but the last 2 models have been so close to what we wanted we only needed to change very minor things.

Well I finally had a good go on the 9m with 20 to 30knots.
This is only the opinion of a crazy dude.
Upwind Vector is not as good as bow kites but I don’t think that’s even possible not that I know of any bridleless C shaped kites that do any better that this one, any how if your ready for C kite than you know you need long as fins or carve-a-holic legs.
Pops like a rocket compared to the kites that I have had a go on (cabrinia, takoon, liquidfoce), as long as you have wind it does not need any convincing to get up it gust does it, bam! That was nice.
If you like you can let go of the bar and keep going and the Vice will stay where you left it.
5th line works like a charm when you lose the bar.
The construction of the leading edge and the struts is better than most kites on the market (tuff and some practical smarts) the canopy is the same as all the high end brands.
The chicken dick is removable so you can get rid of it.
The front string settings will allow you to get more de power out of the kite should you need it but you will get more bar pressure in return not much though.
The bar pressure is very nice just enough to give you feed back on the kite.

Looping, I was able to loop the 13m so that’s good I think. Because there is not massive amount of par pressure when you loop the kite I found that I was able to control the loops more than I used to, the power comes from the front lines where it’s needed .
Any how if your into C kites and free style I would recommend giving it a go and if there was wind now I would be giving it a go as well#61514; oh if you just into big air and loops like me than its good to.