I've picked up an STD

Yep, been infected, happened last night, incubation time is short!
It's 12M big, and it got me in a 18-24knot NE at Dolls Point.
Only took an hour and now I'm a carrier!

Sweet kite, reminds me of the Switchblade, except when you look in front of you at the bar and lines.

Of all the widespan kites I have tried, and thats 6 now, I like this one and the SB the best. We have demo kites for Cab, Slingy, Airush, and Globerider, and Naish due in soon, but I have not actually ridden them all yet.

Jumps huge, bigger than you expect to go for sure, I did some great splats, landed a few so soft too.

Tested the bar stopper thingy, works a treat, easy to move does not stick at all.

Pulled in approx 15cm of the sliver line before launch and left it like that for the whole ride, bar position for me was perfect.

With the stopper down low close the CL, so not much instant depower, it felt like a C shaped kite in a main loop, and easy to depower by edging, so long as you did not let the speed build up too much.

Bar pressure slightly more than a 12 SB, but not an issue, turns less quick but just as tight as the SB, flies as fast and like to be ridden fast, jumps best if you are going reasonbaly fast, the acceleration off the water is awesome and hangtime is excellent too so laong as you keep the bar pulled in.

One pump is a dream to have, I walked over to the beach after closing the shop, and did not have a lot of time, and it is just a good thing to be able to get the LE tight and the struts all at the same pressure too. This years bags are excellent everything including the pump fits snugly on or in the bar, and there are straps to hold a board as well, easy to walk places with.

One thing I would like to see is a ring on the centre lines so that it can be self landed using the leash, easy enough to fit though. Also the ends of the bar are not easily identifiable when you are busy, but a bit of tape will fix that. Bridles and lines are colour coded and kook proofed, centre lines can unspin or be unspun courtesy of the new 06 swivel chickenloop, although it does not matter on this kite.

Even though the wind was super gusty it was still an extremely easy kite to ride and the session was very enjoyable. People that had been out on 9-12M C shaped said it was horribly gusty and none of them kites for very long.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve McCormack

Na it's the new slingy bow...

OOO!
I like the sound of this kite. It's not like you Steve to talk something up like this, so I'm curious.

One pump....turned me off there though. I like everything independant so I can be assured something will stay afloat if I'm out at sea sleeping the night in an ocean sleepover with the stars.

C'mon Steve...what is it?.

i recommend penicillin.

One Pump and clip os sounds alot like the words used in a Sling Shot manual to me ;)

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Originally posted by gigantas

Steve,
How does the "active" stopper ball work?
Is it revolutionary?
Is it available as a spare part?

Thanks
Kosta

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It works, as it was designed to. I really like it, it is very, very easy to move on the fly, you can do it one handed! Once you position it it stays there, great idea, ingenious design. Sure to be copied!!

It would need to be used in conjuction with the small clamcleat and the ring as per the slingy STD bar, does away with the need for a clunky trimstrap/cleat above the bar, trim can be easily adjusted on the fly. I could see this system being used on C shaped kites, the black thing has a hole in it for a fifth line.

Begginers would need to be careful with it, because they have to pull the chicken loop trigger to activate the leash, unlike the Cabrinha, Sonic, Nova, Halo systems, where they just let go of the bar to go to full depower.

I just replied in another thread that it would not make sense for Slingy to sell this bit as a spare part for a while, but I have not asked, so maybe they do?

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve McCormack

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So its pretty much useless as a safety system. May aswell be on a c kite if you have to pull something to activate the safety.

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That's not really true. You still get massive range and gust handling and upwind performance and most moves are far easier to do.

You can rig a bypass leash so that you just have to unhook for full depower. You can drop the kite to the leash and it does not need to crash and even if it does you can easily relaunch. It's basically all the advantages of a 5th line system without the tangles and without the risk of tearing your kite in half.

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Originally posted by carbine

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Originally posted by GregW

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So its pretty much useless as a safety system. May aswell be on a c kite if you have to pull something to activate the safety.

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That's not really true. You still get massive range and gust handling and upwind performance and most moves are far easier to do.

You can rig a bypass leash so that you just have to unhook for full depower. You can drop the kite to the leash and it does not need to crash and even if it does you can easily relaunch. It's basically all the advantages of a 5th line system without the tangles and without the risk of tearing your kite in half.

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And its as dangerous as a 5th line kite.


bows = Range and safety. Take away the safety with this setup.


Its beyond me how you can call a fixed stopper ingenious.

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Ok Carbine
What you need to do before condemming this "ingenious" piece of injection moulding, it to actually lay your eyes on one and better still try it.
Then post back your judgement.

It is still a system that can be totally suitable for a begginer, and that will offer the same dead man safety - let the bar go and it all stops.

How? Well just leave the black toggle thingy up at the ring, don't use it!

Sorry I did not make that clearer.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve McCormack

Steve, if it is so good why do so many of the pros use the Fuels and C kites?

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Originally posted by ming_arsenal

i know bow kite is great but why do companies still produce C kite?

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Cabrinha don't produce C kites any more.

Given that only a couple of bow kites have made it to production then it is a bit early to declare the demise of the C kite.

However, in my experience bow kites are so much more fun than C kites that I could not imagine any average rider wanting to use a C kite after riding bows. Next Summer (06-07) will tell whether there is a future for either type of kite.