Anyone with some input?? Lots of great things said about both but how would you rate them against each other?
We have a demo Bandit 12 arriving today. Also have the demo Nemi 12. Wind will be for the next couple and the best spot will be Bucasia or Blacks beach. If you are keen for a go, let me know.
You know these are two totally different kites. I have a Bandit, but regularly fly a Nemesis. The Bandit is much more park and ride, good for jumping, simple relaunch etc turns reasonably well.
The Nemesis is your full on racing beast - huge jumping, great hang time, turns very quickly but the slight downside is more technique required to fly and relaunch. To make an analogy the Bandit is a Honda CBR600 to the Nemesis Suzuki GSXR1000!
The nem 09 looks great and definatly turns faster than the bandit making hooked in kite loops a sinch would probably suit someone heading in to the frestyle type riding but you will need to learn how to get the best from it.
The bandit dos is a great stable kite that suites wave and wakestyle riding this years bandit jumps a lot higher and floats longer probably due to more suport on the bridle the kite pulls like a tractor and has great pop, and lets not forget the world speed record, this kite can go verry fast.
The only other consideration is the cost and resale of the gear the best is cheaper and resale may be a little harder but the bandits where we are sell straight away.
My thought on the bandit is it makes kiteboarding easy and progresion fast and less frustrating than some other kites.
