Any kiters flown both the Rebel and the Link?

[windhorny]

Hello Bulldog,
i was on a brand new 2007 RRD, a new high performance jumping kite called HYPER TYPE. This kite is a hybrid between a Bow-kite and a C-kite and should combine the advantages of both kite shape concepts. It has unbelievable lift......is very stable, pedictable, and has geat up wind performance....and for experienced riders, that can stand the pull, you can kite loop it while jumping. So it's great to learn all kinds of moves like rotations...front or back 360?, 720? with lots of hang time to do board off's and as i did on Saturday evening, jumping really high. In waves i could have jumped higher !!! and a trusting "observer" from the beach who knows my best jumping days on high performance C-Kites told me that i was higher than in comparable conditions on my C-Kite. I was flying and testing this kite for the second time and i think i can get still a little bit more performance out of it in waves.....as a service to LIVE2KITE customer, i could invite some very good SI kiter (Michelle, John, Steve, Curt, Mike, Don) on Saturday to test it themselves.....with the help of their feedback and my own impressions i will write a test sheet.....you will find more information of this kite in the next days on my friend Evans LIVE2KITE websides. Today i will take some time off to check out the ATOM/FLEXIFOIL at SI....

So Evan, do your exersise so you'll recover fast!!! You're missing out on all the fun..... Georg

AND !!

Hey Yuri.....you are going to be my down stairs neigbor....you should check out the RRD when we get the rigth wind conditions at our home beach.....maybe this kite is something for you ?

thanks. yeah, we are almost all moved in. We'll come up and say hi when we are all moved in. Feel free to come drop by and see hi anytime.

I cant wait to try the hypertype.

Also, remember all the problems my turbo diesel was having? It turned out to be a broken pulley. Makes perfect sense after you see the pulley.

Talk soon.

Yuri

[Georg]

Nice day yesterday at SI. I could check out the Flexifoil ATOM. Again a new hybrid kite for 2007 and like the RRD a very nice kite concept. Good lift, very good depower. A little bit more agile than the Hyper Type but also a little more bow-like (need to sheet in all the time with more force than Hyper Type but less force than a bow kite). When you get every phase of a jump perfectly dailed in, you can jump almost high as the RRD Hyper Type. The ATOM likes to have speed before you send it back......whereas the Hyper Type is overall easier to jump....the ATOM has more trim options....So two hybrid kites and each has their advantages.....More detailed test impressions from the ATOM in the next days also on Evans LIVE2KITE site....

Yeah dewey !!! My old f-one's.... 8-[ .....but i am a loyal boy........(mmhh up to now :mrgreen: mmhh... :-k )

So if i should have both hybrid kites still next weekend you are invited to try them both.... Greetings Georg

[windhorny]

Today I experienced the real beauty in living on the beach. I grabbed my 12 TD and my glid and thought about what to bring with me realizing soon I needed nothing. I walked accross the street and rigged up. I then walked my kite up to the launch and did a downwinder. A great way to end the day. Being used to having to walk back up the beach, it was a shock to realize that my new place is right there. Man we got it good. If there was wind, this whole fantasy might be better. But I am stoked! Even the days I dont go out it is just nice seeing everyone I know from the patio, almost like I am there, but dry.


Deep thoughts with YAR

[Don Bogardus]

Early spring is when It really is nice!!, After a nice 30 knot session in a ripping hail storm, straight into a hot shower, thats the way to do It!.

[windhorny]

You think you will even be here next year? I hope you are, that way we can rig up down here together and race to the shack :)

bytheway, what did you think of my board the other day we switched? I was curious how the shape and placement of fins on the Jaime kept water from spraying in your face. Very smooth flow. Thanks again.

Y

[elli]

Spray may not be because of fins. My board used to spray when I rode it finless. I think the shape of the rail has a lot to do with spray. You can experiment by taking out one heel side fin (or both the heel and toe side fins on one side of the board) and riding it.

Anyway, as for this topic it would be really interesting to see what the Switchblade 2 will be. Unlike the crossbow 2 it's a redesign from scratch. I hope the SB2 keeps its older SB1 qualities, but from the sound of it, it may not. From what I read it's a different animal.

[AntiJF]

Fins can effect spray in the face. I've run 3 different sets of fins on the same board, and noticed a difference. All 5cm deep, different chords and shapes.