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Buying advice

yeti - 1-10-2013 at 06:57 PM

Can someone identify or date these kites?

http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/spo/4081855626.html

Sounds like the owner doesn't really know.

Apparently one is a "Boxer 12" and the other one is some 16m kite.

I'm thinking I might get some snow-only equipment for this winter. So that means not having to use inflatables.

flyjump - 1-10-2013 at 08:14 PM

One is a north rhino kite, one of the first biiig boosting c kites. Naish boxer might be the other. The boxer used to be a popular c kite. Both of these kites are more than five years old i think. They have comr a long way in safety in the last couple of years

yeti - 1-10-2013 at 11:03 PM

Thanks. Pretty much the only answer I needed to hear. So these are probably inflatable even though I didn't realize that and safety disqualifies them either way.

flyjump - 2-10-2013 at 05:32 AM

yeah they are old inflatable kites from a few years back. the north rhino was supposedly ahead of its time when it first came out. they've made a bunch of new advancements in safety since then. Definantly not a snowkite though

Maven454 - 2-10-2013 at 05:54 AM

I'm currently selling a pair of Ozone snowkites.

yeti - 2-10-2013 at 10:55 AM

Once I move to a place where I can walk out my front door and kite around in the snow every other day, I will consider spending that much on snow kites. Until then I am not really the buyer you're looking for. I'll just stick to the inflatables I already own or pick up some bargain gear if I can.

erratic winds - 2-10-2013 at 11:25 AM

Yeti- super hard to find good deals on CL in CO. Sellers are either team riders selling last year's stuff at still a high price, or people with zero idea about what they're trying to sell, always way overpriced. See the Best BFK 2005 19m for 900 last month? I had to email that guy and explain why it was not going to sell at that price, and that there was a good chance it would never sell. Very rare to find a good kite deal on CL here in CO. I too love my LEI's, even though I'm on land and snow only.

Best of luck to you, hope to see you out on Dillon this winter

Maven454 - 2-10-2013 at 11:45 AM

Quote: Originally posted by yeti  
Once I move to a place where I can walk out my front door and kite around in the snow every other day, I will consider spending that much on snow kites. Until then I am not really the buyer you're looking for. I'll just stick to the inflatables I already own or pick up some bargain gear if I can.
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