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MeonAsh said..
I have ridden the Nova Pro 2025. Although only for a single light wind session. Key differences there would be the Nova PRO is a lot heavier. So you do lose that light and playful feel and ease of rotations. The Nova PRO is slower to start moving and then slower to stop moving when putting it through transitions due to the weight. The Nova PRO does have an excellent tack, that's due to a tighter canopy and it being very efficient driving though the wind. It flies well but all of that is somewhat tainted by it being over built and too heavy, same for flagging out it's stable but feels heavy and tail draggy.
For comparison to the PPC M1 - really quite different wings. The PPC M1 is primarily very stiff, the Reedin is a softer wing and has a more forgiving feel to it due to that. The M1 is more rigid and heavier. Again the M1 flies well, not as good in the tack as the Nova PRO and probably a little better than the Reedin for tacking, not as playful. The M1 is fast though - which the Reedin isn't particularly and the M1 eats up riding powered.
In some respects the Nova PRO and the M1 are the same in that they are heavier wings and perform that way and both have tighter canopies - the Reedin is a very light wing and as such you get all the benefits of that light weight in playfulness and it just disappearing on the flag handle but it is a looser canopy and that effects it in the tack for cutting through the wind.
Thanks for the answer! I wonder how the M1-L would compare to the Reedin. The Reedin seems like a very expensive wing in Australia, actually more than the M1-L.
Also just curious, I know you had trouble getting going on the low end with the M1, do you think you can size up due to its stability when overpowered for a better low end?