14m rebel?

Get a 14 man, seeing your going that big already you may aswell go the whole shebang with an extra meter square, after 12 meters I find you get diminishing returns anyway and there won't be a whole lot difference between the two. Having the 14 up will guarantee that if you can't fly, trust me you won't want to in any less wind as you may aswell be out the back yard mowing your back lawn and getting browny points with the misses.

now 7 vs 8 is a trickier one considering you have a 10. Depends how comfortable you are being over powered with the 8 in storm fronts or over powered with your 10 when your 7 won't fly..
Thats more a personal choice.

I'd go the 7 ;) the rebels have monster bottom ends.

I've got the '12 7M, i'm 75kg's and rate this kite highly

I pump it up at 25knts and it can handle a heap of wind with no depower as i have long arms

I use it on heavy bar setting on 20m lines

It is really stable and doesn't shoot forward and back in gusts

Depowers really quick for ripping turns off the lip without being pulled off the rail

I could go on but these are the main reasons i like it so much

hey flying high.
the north rebels come in every size 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 hence why its a hard choice on what one to get. i was tossing up on the 10 and 11 a while ago and the 11 was different power delivery to the 10 but i went the 10 and havent looked back. plenty of power in it for me.

hey bris kites maybe would it be that i just go the 14m? i think the 7 should be good and that the 8 would be to close to the 10. my mate who weighs 85-90kgs had a go on a 7m rebel in about 22ish knots seabreeze and he was going fine.

when they offer every size you could think of it becomes hard getting the right kite lol

Yeh been thinking exactly the same thing man. Looking into it at mom. Rather stay the two kite quiver with a sector. Just don't dig big kites, had em, don't like em. Need a big jump in evolution I think before I might go a big kite again.

hey what's the diff between the nugget and the sector - you looked into this?

Righto so 13 10 7 or 14 10 8 quiver for an 80keg experienced rider

righto so i got a ride on a 14 rebel and a 8 rebel. the 14 rebel would have been in around 12 to 18 knots and seemed to go great was abit slow but you get that with a bigger kite.

the 8m was so much fun and im thinking an 8 instead of a 7 as i dont think ill ever max the 7 out plus the 8 would see more use. i had the 8 out in around 20+ knots

so not to worried about the 7/8 choice. but 13/14 well.....

i was looking on the north website and with the kites 8 through to 13 are all the same aspect ration that the 14 it slightly different (5.0 and the 14 is 5.1) can anyone explain this to me and would this make much of a difference?

all in all if i was thinking the 13 should i just go 14 as its so close blah blah blah

thanks guys mitch

you will never have the right size kites unless you have them all You need to check was sizes are used the most in you area AND take a chance This season i used my 10M.2011 season i used 11M but could of used a 12M /2010year a 9m Wind is a bitch GOOD LUCK

Hi guys,

I have a few thoughts on better light wind kiting. I suggest if you have a 10m, your next bigger kite should be a 17m otherwise there is too much overlap. A 10m Rebel will get a 90 kilo rider riding upwind comfortably in 15 knots, to get down to the bottom end you are talking about, you need to really go a lot bigger, hence the 17m.

Look at the wind ranges of a 17m, generally 10-20knots for a TT. This allows a 5 knot overlap with your 10m. You do fall into that law of diminished return when going bigger, so to really maximize your water time, I'd go the 17m option if you are looking at kites. If you add a Sector or raceboard to a 17m kite, then you delve into a world of kiting known to few. It is tricky stuff requiring good skills, but winds as light as 7 knots are not only doable, but can be fun. These big kites don't relaunch in 7 knots!

To gain much better bottom end without the kite upgrade, the Sector or race boards are the answer. A Sector 60 will give you a 5 knot bottom end advantage over a twintip. Problem is with the Sectors is you can't really jump them and that flat water riding is only really fun if you have mates who can ride with you, unless you are a loner. They don't really work in the surf, they don't carve well enough to be useful on a wave, the rocker is too flat, and if those fins come at you propelled by a wave, it is akin to being chased by Freddy Kreuger.

The North Nugget is a surf board designed to get you out in the surf in as light wind as possible and still have maximum surfing fun in small and junky waves. The Nugget is very agile, fast, can be jumped and is a hoot with no straps. It's a good freestyle surfer. Grab rails all round, for airs and board flips etc.

The 17m kites won't get much of a run over a decent WA summer, whereas a Nugget will get you on the water first in clean (ish) surf before everyone else and then you can switch up without changing kites once the wind kicks in properly.

There is more ways to skin a cat than you think!

DM

Airush sector is a nice easy board