Rider: Weight, 80 kilos
Style: Freeriding, Surf.
Weather: 12-14 knots
Build Quality: 9/10
Satisfaction 8/10
My Comments: I was surprised by both kites that i was able to get up riding (board 137 x 41) in the lite wind conditions! The Trigger had the same grunt as the Prime & they both seemed to be stable kites in these conditions. I would say that the Prime seemed to be an all round kite,great flying characteristics for an 11m kite & it turned reasonably fast but not to quick, i had it set to fast turning setting. There are 2 turning speed settings. Power settings were set to full due to the lite wind, surprisingly the Prime didn't want to stall as much as i would expect with the full power setting, when it started to stall i just let a bit of bar out & it stopped the stall. The Trigger wanted to stall more but that was sorted quickly by choosing the next knot on the kite (less power). For the Trigger this year they have made it a 3 strut instead of 5 strut. Relaunch in the water is very good for both kites,just pull on a steering line & up it gos too easy! Both kites looked great,good graphics, triple stitched seams. They have changed the pulleys & they are dedicated to the front lines which helps in the ease of relaunch. Padding on the leading edge & tips has been beefed up. I will update this review when i get a chance to use these kites in better wind conditions.
Cheers.
Mark. 
The first batch of 2010 blade has come in and quite a few have went out. We only could get the Blade prime in 9 & 11m and the Blade trigger in 9,10 & 12m for the first order.
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Darren, I just had the best session of my life! so sickkk! :)
Those kites are awesome!
exactly the sort of kite that i was looking for!!!! so stoaked.
They megaloop so well ! . awesome unhooked!
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I can confirm the new Prime is an excellent bit of kit as I got to play with Grant’s kites yesterday as well.
The wind was too on/off for a full review, but what I did notice is stability and really well behaved unhooked, and the 9m loops super fast with enough wang to lift you and climbs afterwards even in light winds.
They look like an elongated hi-aspect Delta C with a minimal bridle and are aggressive but still user friendly with a load of depower on tap and the relaunch is very good. Can’t wait to try them again in better winds and this Kite is very high on my list of must have kites as performance wise they surpassed anything I have flown this year.
laters
John
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2010 Blade Prime Review!
First of all I have just gotten sponsorship from Blade this year and i was really looking forward to riding their gear this year :D
I also need to get some better wind to really put these kites through their paces but my first impressions are really really good as I have came from 2008 and 2009 Slingshot Fuels which are great freestyle kites and I thought it was going to take a lot to get me off them - but the 2010 Blade Primes have done this!! :D
First impressions – they have super build quality, triple stitched lots of reinforcement in the right places and a very neat one-pump system that inflated the kite easily.
First thing I noticed when I put the kite up was how it felt and flew like a regular C shape kite, the stability was awesome! Unhooking with this kite was perfect, just sat in the window at the correct position and behaved with good stability and constant power.
Kiteloops surprised me, I was expecting more of a quick pivot round and back up above your head, but it seemed to do a full loop and climb back above your head without any problems. The one thing that I loved about kiteloops with this kite was the constant pull through the loop, which is what all riders want.
I had 3 other people try this kite with me and all their views came to the same conclusion, one of which was so stoked with them that he going to purchase a full quiver of the 2010 primes! :D
I think Blade has really nailed it with the 2010 prime and a lot of people will be surprised by them – especially that 9m loop!
Such good kites, i definatly found the perfect kite for me! :)
Grant Clayton
