Ultimate Wave Riding Kite?

Whats the best wave riding kite currently in the market? This will probably get a lot of shops going... but I would prefer comments from actual riders not pimping product.

In my opinion, wave kites should turn stupidly fast, have good depower and range with the ability to relaunch quickly (sounds like marketing garbarge everyone uses), but i am buying!!

Tried the Switchblade 2010 (7 & 9) as i've used the 2008 models before that turned relatively fast, but the 2010 kites are so slow = the 7 meter turned as fast as my 10 meter from 2008. However, they boost massively and hangtime to match... but not what i am looking for.

Core XR? kites look great, but i've never flown them.... Octane (SS) 7 meters look like they drop out of the sky? North Rebel?

HELP ME FIND THE ULTIMATE WAVE KITE

It's not about the 'ultimate'... ^^^
It's all about the rider.

I reckon it all depends on if you are natural or goofy and what direction the prevailing wind blows.

In regards to WA.

1. Goofy - kite that sits deeper in the window and therefore may not fly through the window very fast but turns fast and grunty.(low aspect) - KIMA

2. Natural - Kite that flies across the window fast and sits very forward and turns fast. Can generate apparent wind. (medium aspect) - OCTANE, NEW OS, Airush Generator

My 2 cents.

Cheers
Rich

So are you guys saying all kites are of equal ability for waveriding?

But surely some kites are better than others for a specific purpose such as waveriding?
I don't think there is such a thing as the ultimate wave kite as it is a personal thing, and as richswing has suggested what works for someone may not work for another person.
I think demoing whatever kites you can is the answer because just about everyone on here has some kind of bias.

The naish is called the charger, don't forget f-one bandit 3, and the giffin argo, eclipse kima, zeeko notus plus there are many others out there

Demo a Takoon Pure: I have the 9m & 12m

Turns fast ? - Yes very fast and has 4 settings re turn speed on rear line attachment points
Good depower ? - Yes very very good
Relaunch quickly ? - Yes unbelievably fast water relaunch (Easy beach/land self launch)

An interesting experience, on a wave and I surfed under kite, my mistake, made it drop out of sky, on water the wind rolled it due to slack lines and inverted, relaunched, but kite was actually inside out, ie struts on the top ! but it still flew extremely well allowing me to kite to shore about 800m, self land it no probs, a quick sort of the lines and I was back out in minutes.

But have to admit agree with slave (even tho he has a penis stuck in each ear ) , kite wave skill (which Im yet to develop) is a big part of it, tipping Ben Wilson could make any kite shine.

The best advice right there.
Demo as many as you can.
Eventually you will find the right one for you. (And its worth the wait when you find it.)

If you wanna read some of the bias/opinions of others try this link. But don't make a decision based on what you read alone.
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=54722&SearchTerms=WAVE+KITE

You may also look at how well the kite drifts downwind. Especially if your style is "park and ride". If you rather like riding waves powered up, you may look at how fast the kite turns, and how much power it generates at turning. If you like to jump at times, consider that some dedicated wave kites are not great to jump.
As others already pointed out, most of it is about your style and your preferences.

Biased opinion but...

Guys up here (Geraldton) are loving the 2010 rebel, more grunt than previous years equals using smaller kites and therefore faster movement.

I use the Cult which works well, plenty of depower and easy relaunch...try as many as you can...

I've found different kites are better at different wind/swell directions and now I have a bunch of kites to choose from because nothing does everything well. Think about what you'll be riding and how often and before you know it you'll have one of everything.

Then you have boards, same issue, but you already know that

The biggest problem is how much gear can you take to your Pacific Island to try out?

buy any kite and get your timing down to pat....bond with your board and kite as if you were one!

when kiters start to compliment you after a sesh you will realise that it is you that is styling and smashing.

then demo a few kites.

you will be the style/smashmaster

you will know when you have arrived!

yeah, i can make a good kite look like sh!t with some kooky moves.

Its all in the timing.
but soon as I concentrate on the wave and forget the kite the temperamental mistress punishes me by doing its own thing

Thats cause everyone on those kites are sponsored by those brands.......

But if you learn and respect her needs and her habits.......?......she will enjoy watching while you play...

try cutting down your bar, the kite will be less twitchy