The new North Rebel!
"Oh wow! Can't wait to spend another $3000 on this awesome kite dude"
"But hang on.. you've just spent $1800 on last year's model"
"Yeah so?"
"But you're still a beginner..."
"Yeah so?"".oO(...**** talk about keeping up with the Jones)"
Weird venue choice, did Sky piss off somebody at North?
"Alright, are we heading to Mauritius again??"
"...Nope. Pack your drysuit, you're gunna need it"
Watched the video again...I just felt freezing watching it!!! Especially as we are in the depths of winter here.
Would have liked to see some more imaginative airstyle, kites got far more potential than shown here. Should have told Tom H he's on a plane to the ice as well!!
That water looks just like our duck pond here in Vic - cold, murky and lumpy!!I guess the glacier in the background is kind of cool? (oh opps that might have been a pun ??)
Its interesting that they have a change in kite aspect ratio between the small and larger kites - does that mean they will feel different to fly from the smaller to larger kites?
Is the rebel still a five line kite ?? Id have to say Ive not been a fan of the 5 liners after my learning experience with a slingshot fuel !! Oh and the return to Dacron on the wing tips caught me by surprise!! has North seen the 'new Naish cloth'?
I don't fly North kites but my mate does and they seem to go OK apart from the dice which really has a dicky wingtip twist - it seems to turn inwards which just looks wrong!!
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That water looks just like our duck pond here in Vic - cold, murky and lumpy!!I guess the glacier in the background is kind of cool? (oh opps that might have been a pun ??)
Its interesting that they have a change in kite aspect ratio between the small and larger kites - does that mean they will feel different to fly from the smaller to larger kites?
Is the rebel still a five line kite ?? Id have to say Ive not been a fan of the 5 liners after my learning experience with a slingshot fuel !! Oh and the return to Dacron on the wing tips caught me by surprise!! has North seen the 'new Naish cloth'?
I don't fly North kites but my mate does and they seem to go OK apart from the dice which really has a dicky wingtip twist - it seems to turn inwards which just looks wrong!!
Loaded 5 lines gives you a much higher wind range, a rebel 10 in mid to high 20s will be a more stable kite than say an edge 4 line, I'm certainly with you on the dice, I constantly look at kites when flown and something certainly looks different on the dice, especially the earlier models , possibly sorted with the latter/latest editions, looks too much backline tension
