Hey guys - Im a team rider for Ocean Rodeo here in Perth for a brilliant summer. The crew back home in Canada are stoked to announce that Ocean Rodeo kites are now available in WA through the crew at Kite Surf SUP - a store, school & demo centre they are proud to be associated with.
Demo's of the Prodigy and Razor are now available in store.
Demo days
The Ocean Rodeo demo days will be coming to a beach near you soon, so keep an eye open on seabreeze, http://www.kitesurfsup.com.au/ or like them on facebook for updates on demo beaches and everything new from Ocean Rodeo!
You need to get the mako boards in, unreal.
And rpm wtf, how many ocean rodeo kites have you used mate? Me none, but I'm not going to slag something I know farq all about.
Does anyone know how this 'Venturi' technology works. What are its design criteria?
Pretty sure WestOZ boardsports were stoking ocean rodeo for a while, are they not doing it anymore?
My Mako 140 x 40 is a ripper. Really sweet board for trucking around in the chop off Perth beaches.
Great kite and made super strong.
mine ended up with my capabilities and ambitions getting mixed up with a kite loop to close to shore and the coconut nut palm shredding it like a blender,
'Venturi' technology works in the case of a supper strong gust and and to prevent back stalling if it happens.
The Venturi Technology is what grabbed me initially.
In my major past life I designed & built environmental protection systems which included windbreaks so I know a bit about airflow, high & low pressure balance etc. etc.
The Venturi system is basically a vent in the canopy which allows some passage of air through the canopy. Its designed so that the lower the pressure over the kite (lift) &/or the greater the angle of attack the more air gets released from the 'high' below to the low above.
The result is twofold.
1) the kite can achieve a greater angle of attack before it backstalls into the turbulence at the trailing edge once the flow over & under the kite become unbalanced.
2) it will partially release any rapid change between the low over & high under the canopy - as in it smooths out gusts.
I had an Ocean Rodeo Rise traded in so I put it to the test on a day that was perfectly suited ie a gusty westerly 16 to 20kts with regular bullets hitting at, I reckoned, over 25kts.
It was amazing the gusty 16 to 20 was more like a seabreeze & the bullets were definitely still there but caused no major hit and the kite held its shape with no sign of jellyfishing.
I was impressed enough contact them & sort an agency.
Dont want to over pimp it but it definitely works. Incredible wind range esp top end.
Ta puppet now answer my text!!
Yeh the warrior foils and the next gen after that had something similar built in wod be interesting to try first hand.
For info, these vents disappeared on this year FLYSURFER Speed 4 model (foils).
Fred
