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Created by surfingboye > 9 months ago, 17 Oct 2011
surfingboye
NSW, 2707 posts
17 Oct 2011 10:37PM
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Well after a two year self imposed absence from seabreeze and kitesurfing, I am living back on the coast again and keen to get out into the wind once more.

After reading a few of the latest kite mags, I have been put into a spin from all the kite manufactures advertising BS saying their kite is the best in the waves. Coming from the first REV's, I am looking at getting a two kite quiver capable at unhooked wave riding to suit east coast winds.

How do the BWS kites go, the Cabrinha Drifter, weird new Slingshots, etc.



PS: I will not consider anything made by Best, Bandit, Ozone, Naish and so on.

ok
NSW, 1089 posts
17 Oct 2011 10:49PM
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bws are alright even though mine have the trouble of oversheeting alot.

driftin
WA, 60 posts
17 Oct 2011 7:56PM
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Really even So/On? I thought they make great kites. Like the '14 that turns like an 8 with the power of a 19" and "Kite that has new graphics but is the same or worse than 3 years ago" or the "Beginner kite with super stable, high performance, fast flying, extra quick turning"??? or their new wave kite "Just rests on the water a bit while you ride the wave, doesn't fall out of the water at all."

With a line up like that how could you go wrong?

hamburglar
ACT, 2174 posts
17 Oct 2011 11:10PM
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surfingboye said...

Well after a two year self imposed absence from seabreeze and kitesurfing, I am living back on the coast again and keen to get out into the wind once more.

After reading a few of the latest kite mags, I have been put into a spin from all the kite manufactures advertising BS saying their kite is the best in the waves. Coming from the first REV's, I am looking at getting a two kite quiver capable at unhooked wave riding to suit east coast winds.

How do the BWS kites go, the Cabrinha Drifter, weird new Slingshots, etc.



PS: I will not consider anything made by Best, Bandit, Ozone, Naish and so on.

east coast winds huhh.....for a 70kg person you need a 25m and a 19m any heaver you'll need a circus tent

sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
17 Oct 2011 8:19PM
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driftin said...

Really even So/On? I thought they make great kites. Like the '14 that turns like an 8 with the power of a 19" and "Kite that has new graphics but is the same or worse than 3 years ago" or the "Beginner kite with super stable, high performance, fast flying, extra quick turning"??? or their new wave kite "Just rests on the water a bit while you ride the wave, doesn't fall out of the water at all."

With a line up like that how could you go wrong?


I wrote an article for a magazine once about this... Still can't work out why they didn't want to run it.

driftin
WA, 60 posts
17 Oct 2011 8:32PM
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lol

Bigwavedave
QLD, 2057 posts
18 Oct 2011 1:01AM
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ok said...

bws are alright even though mine have the trouble of oversheeting alot.


The kite doesn't oversheet..... you do.

Practise trimming it properly.

superlizard
VIC, 702 posts
18 Oct 2011 7:47AM
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surfingboye said...

Well after a two year self imposed absence from seabreeze and kitesurfing,


Welcome back boye. How come you left in the first place? Injury?

bjw
QLD, 3685 posts
18 Oct 2011 9:35AM
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Those "so on" brands make gay coloured kites. I wouldn't bother.

surfingboye
NSW, 2707 posts
18 Oct 2011 10:37AM
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Just moved inland for work, but now I'm back coastal again.



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