Stats: 60kg 5,8
location Mullaz
Current Gear: 9m waroo,130 Youngblood, 5,11 surfboard
windspeed:16/17 gusting to 19/20
What can i say i about the flow most of you know that last years flow wasnt the best it had to much bar pressure exc the 08 flow totally feels like its been rebuilt the bar pressure has been reduced by alot the kites alot fast and this babys got grunt.
i wasnt expecting much when i got on it thinking it would still pull like a truck and i wwas going to have musles the size of arnies
by the time i was finished. but i got on it and started riding around and the first thing i noticed was that bar pressure had been reduced by soooooo much it was no longer painfull to pull the bar down it was great i was boosting huge on a 7m i was lit!!
so i started riding around and i had to depower it a bit and the cleat system was quite good the only thing that i didnt like about it was that if you depowered it a fair bit you had all this loose rope that would tangle up and was quite anoying when unhooking
i was trying to wave ride for some of the session and the kite was really good it drifted back with me while i was on the wave but im no wave riding expert so i couldnt totaly tell u
Stats: 75/80kg 6'2"
location Mullaz
Current Gear: Vapor 10m and 08 protoy 135
windspeed:16/17 gusting to 19/20
I had a quick go on this kite towards the end of our session, prob 20/30 mins worth. Nice quick kite, I found it very easy to switch over from my vapor.
Was riding upwind nicely, plenty of grunt when whipping the kite around, would be fun on a surfboard in similar winds.
Was only able to do small jumps, so I ended up just whipped it into kite loops and it packs a pretty solid punch.
The low end seems pretty decent for a 7m, will have to give it another go in some stronger wind to check the top end. Seem like it could be a pretty fun kite for the surf and for loops in stronger winds,
Thanks
Matt
Had the most amazing kite down south on Saturday.. how good is kiting!!! Finally had strong but gusty winds and good surf and the 10m Vapor was the ducks nuts, finally I was doing moves on waves that I wanted too - I am still stoked ![]()
Im 6'2" and around 100kgs and can ride the 10m in most conditions although I cant jump too well till its 15kts, before that Im doing lots of F16's hooked in which are easy (now) in light winds.
I have the 07 flows also and am keen to try the 08's with reviews like this... going to be hard to move from the Vapor though - what a kite ![]()
Had the Flow 7m out again at mullaloo, and it was impressive. Started out strapless on the choptop, easy to ride and well behaved, power when I wanted it, and was easy enough to just park and ride so I could try some strapless ollies
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Then took out the protoy for a boosting session, wind was now getting to about 22 nots gusting to 26ish at least, and this thing boosts big. I was looking down into the front yards of the houses across the road in every jump, and looking down on peoples balconies in some, just insane height. I botched a few landings as I wasn't used to getting so much height and haveing to move the kite around on landings.
Can't wait for another 20knot sesh
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Thanks
Matt