There seems to be a growing band of brave kitesurfers out there in WA using PL kites. I say brave because we are in the absolute minority. I am amazed that there are not more of us out there as the PL kites have brilliant jumping, floating and depower abilities.
Come on people - get with the program!!
Is going to be my next kite, I have never heard a bad thing about them. I've talked to various owners and they would never go back after owning PL. No pumping, No bladder or valves blowing out, piss easy self launch and land and perform as good if not better than any other kite on the market.... apparently, of coures I don't know this from experience, just what I've seen and heard so would love to try out for myself.
Obviously those owners never heard about something called FLYSURFER so before you make such mistake it would pay to do more homework .
In their day PL were great kites and could compete with Inflatables. however since bow's and SLE kites - with almost 100% depower have come on to the market, I dont think they can really complete with this. Unless they can now depower like the bow kites.
they are excellent for stability, safety, self land and self launch.... and jumping and floating.
But in terms of speed through the air, and depower.... nah. they are behind.
I agree with bigmark
The first kite i owned was a second hand Venom 1 which i bought for $500
i loved it and it was soooo easy to lurn on and i found it had a huge wind range (repairs cost about $25 professionally)
this was great but when i started getting better i wanted more, had a go on an old octane and a Rev, Never Looked Back 
'Depower' is over-rated. Release the bar on a PL and they fly straight to 12 and wait for further orders.
Peter Lynn are not marketed as much in Australia to since the NZ operation did the dirty on the Aust importer.
When Lachy was driving the business Venom II's were getting more popular.
I taught on PL's frequently and they are super stable, easy to fly, have auto-zenith
capability and don't crash so often. My students (especially the females) really enjoyed their lessons on the PL's as they are more forgiving. Saying that we usually progressed to SLE's for subsequent lessons because PL's weren't as 'cool' to fly.
Anyone who doubts the performance of PL's should watch Aaron Jarman in the surf.
Interesting discussion. However, I have heard they don't fly so well when wet. And what about self-rescue with no bladder for floatation? Also have been told (lots of heresay here, sorry) that while the Venom was good, the Synergy is not so?
But have heard lots of good things too, already mentioned in this thread.
i found they flew okay when wet...... and to be honest , I dont think you could get the kite to stay in the water for long even if you tried.
also - it takes a while for them to lose the air , because the air inlets are designed to act like this..... i actually found self rescue with a PL easier than a LEI.
i dont think you should believe what you have heard....
They only ever got wet when they were old. For a season or three the coating on the fabric repelled water. Floated like a balloon on the surface of the water and usually relaunched before you knew you'd crashed.
I flew them or a while. Not quite quick enough for me.
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