My new light wind kite!

I’ve been thinking about picking up a light wind kite for a while now. My local conditions tend to be light and this was the biggest gap in my quiver. I’m also incredibly juvenile and love jumping as much and as high as I can.

I love my Venom I so much that I considered getting an 18m Charger 2. After doing the research I decided it wasn’t a good light-wind fit for me.

My Montana made me really see what foils are all about. The speed and ease of unpacking and packing are really awesome. I considered a 14m Montana but decided that I wanted a closed cell to prevent the collapse that I would get occasionally with the Montana. It’s no fault of the Montana, its just that my winds will occasionally drop to 0 with no warning, causing the kite to backslide and collapse.

To counter the collapse I decided to start shopping around for a 15m Matrixx, but when I did, I was disappointed to found that they were out of stock everywhere. Probably because they're readying the new version of it?

Then a sweet deal came along resulting in this:


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I had two super short sessions on it so far (one at lunch and another after dinner), and I'm convinced I made the right decision. Unpacking and launching was nearly as easy as my Montana. Landing and packing up was a little more difficult due to the closed cell nature, but still quick and easy. I was able to cruise along on my ATB in winds that would not fly the Venom at all, and would barely fly the Montana. I’d say the wind was doing 5-7 mph (I don’t know for sure since I didn’t measure). When the wind picked up just a little bit, I was able to do some nice little floaty jumps. The only negative thing I noticed was that it did turn rather slow. I think this was more a function of the low wind speed than the size.

Overall I’m very happy with this purchase. Even used they’re still pricy, but I now see why people are willing to pay the big bucks for them. I can’t wait to get more board (and air) time with this thing!

Thats an awesome piece of kit and well loved by the many who have them, as for turning its just slooooow, although i am a little jealous and definetly jonesing for a little air time
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Yeah I can't wait to get some more time on it.

>Did you notice the little LB rated attachments between the bridle and canopy to become the week link
No I didn't notice that! I guess I need to look closer! Also <Grammar Nazi Mode>It's weak link, not week link.. unless we're talking about connecting the first week and second week of the month together.. </Grammar Nazi Mode>

>If it didn't come with a manual
It did.. It also came with a bunch of other connector lines to replace some of the parts that can get worn. I think I need to familiarize myself a bit more before I mess with it too much.

The bag is pretty nice as well. It has a little fold away (when not in use) pocket at the bottom designed to hold the nose of a board so that when it's strapped to the backpack with the big strap, it doesnt slide down. Nice little feature!

Quote: Originally posted by SpecialK

>Did you notice the little LB rated attachments between the bridle and canopy to become the week link No I didn't notice that! I guess I need to look closer! Also <Grammar Nazi Mode>It's weak link, not week link.. unless we're talking about connecting the first week and second week of the month together.. </Grammar Nazi Mode> >If it didn't come with a manual It did.. It also came with a bunch of other connector lines to replace some of the parts that can get worn. I think I need to familiarize myself a bit more before I mess with it too much.

Dang, busted again . Shouldn't have spent all those English classes hanging out in the skool parking lot.