Who sells the Eclipse Thruster kites in Oz ?

Have a chat with Tightlines, he has some Nano's and Kima's for demo but I am not to sure if he has Thrusters.

PM him.

Cheers
Rich

Someone please correct me if I am wrong but as far as I am aware no-one in Australia sells Eclipse, they are available via http://www.kiteboardingshop.co.nz/.

I was sent over some demo Nano's and Kima's to try and have been very impressed with them, particularly for waveriding as they are very fast turning and drift back really well.
I haven't tried the Thrusters yet.

I'm fairly sure it is an 08 Nano that SOS have.

Try Tony @ Ral Innovations, seen him flying Thrusters

sean webb at kitesurf warehouse

Hey thanks guys

Does anyone in Perth have an 12m Eclipse Thruster I can demo ?

Tightlines

thanks for the pm. The various world net forum reviews are all saying that 'high altitude nose bleeds' are an unfortunate side effect of this kite lol

Cheers

I'm not going to argue, you are entitled to your opinion, but are you comparing apples to apples though, ie are you talking about an 09 Thruster as I notice you have an 08 for sale.
I owned 08 and 09 Bandits and yes the 10 DOS did jump well, better than last years 9 or 11 (more hangtime), and I'm sure the 09 Thruster is better than the 08 was aswell.

irregardless of what you may have been told in regards the 09 thruster, I was involved somewhat in discussions about what was to change for 09.

essentially it was the bridle settings to improve relaunch. all other R&D efforts were in the Kima which is exactly a 6m 08 Nano with resizing once they figured out canopy tensioning etc. to allow going bigger with 3 struts.

what I said above was my opinion and I may well get similar results from Rebels and Rev etc.
timed right (once you get the timing sorted) the Eclipse Thruster will bossy up there with all the recognized big boosters. but be prepared for a violent skyward acceleration. I enjoyed that. but when going to my 10m Bandit Dos, I found it to boost just as high and hang just as well, but with more control. this equates to a higher percentage of Timed jumps.

I also am of the opinion that technique is the key and am yet to see anywhere on the beaches I have kited jumps such as Lou used to pull on 2 line Classics.

well maybe Len10.