Best All Round Kite

F-one badit voted best all round kite for years must try one .

F-one Bandit - hard to beat for allround
Naish park
slingy rpm
lf envy

Can't fault the wainman's either. The 9 metre smoke is fantastic!

I am having Vegases 2013 and 2014 as well. And wanted something a little better suited for riding a surfboard while most of the time just boosting, looping (not mega though), and doing some very basic unhooked stuff (Vegas still works on a sb but I did not want to risk a 5 line tangle and I want something which relaunches super quickly, drifts a bit better, is lighter etc). So I got a GTS3 10m. If you like light bar pressure and a very fast responsive kite and still want the stability when unhooking then you should demo it for sure. Wind range is however not as good as the Vegas. I actually don't think you'll find any c or c-ish kite with that wind range. I had RPMs 2015 as well before the GTS btw. A matter of preference really. They do it all as most here say, pretty good unhooked and fine on a sb as well. Heavier bar pressure and I found them a little less forward flying which depending on your board (I have a pretty high rocker board) may lead to a slightly less efficient upwind performance. Nothing major though. A little less direct on the bar, bit of a spongy feel if you want to find something negative (the bridle system lets you find the G spot a tiny bit easier on other kites I found but not a big deal unless you are really picky).

The beauty with the 3 strut RPMs and GTS3 is that they are super light hence will stay up and fly fast even when underpowered, relaunch immediately and in the lowest wind. But for overpowered boosting and looping I am still preferring my Vegas as the 5th line and the 5 strut clearly help having the most direct and not deforming or wobbling machine. Relaunch with the 5th line is also pretty efficient in low wind. But the kite is clearly heavier especially when wet so won't fly as easy and fast as the others but this is rather cosmetic unless in marginal winds.

It seems you are after a 10m. If you are looking at other sizes, this may influence your preference slighlty towards any of the above kites. So make sure you actually demo the size you are going to buy.

Can't comment on the Dice. Flew the 2014 one once and it had a similar feel to the Vegas but clearly it had some issues which I can only assume had been fixed in the next generations.

I feel I have more slack on the Vegas than on the GTS3. However, at my level this is not really important and I know that you can trick the c-ish kites to increase the slack by just riding slightly faster and more downwind hence arriving at a similar slack or at least sufficient level of slack a real c kite will offer. Hard core freestylers/wakestylers feel free correcting me please.

You can't beat the new Airush Unions... They do it all.. Super fun for freestyle and big air and then sweet in the waves. Great kites.. You can demo them at airborne kitesurfing if you in perth!!!