What's on your kite buy list?

6m race kite.
One kite at a time

Quote: Originally posted by Ed Cline

Both of Steve's custom made little stars

If you are truly waiting Ed then I suggest you pack a lunch 'cause it's gonna be a while. :saint:

Hey Steve,
My Born order is coming tomorrow. It was paid for on May 15th.
The same thing happened on the last order.
It's worth the wait to be sure, but I hate the wait just the same.
nasa stars are almost here.

Also Ms Daelyn has found me a midi fork for my PL bug. I'll be rolling on midis with 4 new kites.
If I'm dreaming, I hope I am awakened by a strong breeze! :D

Piss. I was just dreaming about the little stars. First they would be perfect for your latest board endeavors, and beside that we both like things no one else has. Conclusion. If I want them I'll have to buy them from your estate

Quote: Originally posted by rtz

Is that not the PL single skin? https://www.facebook.com/1650894692/posts/10217479080482843?...

To the best of my knowledge, that's a wing of Blake's own design, hence the comments about copyrights in the comment thread.

ATB,
Sam

The new 19m nasa, in 4 parts. :sniff:
Like the new bridle material, it's the grey stuff, the kite is getting upscale, good job Born.

The bag went from foolishly large (see rage) to cheap and equally useless quasi backpack. The quiver fits one bag.
New tube bags on the way.

Better build than the last go, excited to try the old/new comparison and especially the 7m DFO vs 7m Born offering.

Randy that makes 60.5 m, not counting the hot pink Nasasia i gave away, far away. :cool2:

Quote: Originally posted by Ed Cline

All together I have more nasa meters than miles on the bug. :barf: Kites don't equal skill, kites can be bought. Mr Steve bought some of the best kites first, and outgrew them. They found their way to NC to retire. Since Born discontinued the 8,10,12 in the new series (so far) I'm lucky to have them. Sometimes being bottom feeder isn't so bad. New is nice though. I'm looking at cleaning up my bar act. Bits and pieces cobbled together from old bars do work somehow... but ugly, butt ugly. I'm thinking shaped bar, finger grips, and consistent safety's and harness loops. 45 55 and 65cm should do it...

Along the lines of a nice bar, I'd suggest the Universal Totem bar:

Totem Bar

Comes in two sizes, either adjusting from 40-55cm or 45-60cm.

Along the line of larger NS4s, Steffen tells me they are in development. Not sure just how big he is going to go or timing, but there should be some larger NS4s by and by.

Quote: Originally posted by BeamerBob

I was afraid of Big Blu but after spending a day with it at JIBE, it's one of my favorite kites. Having that much power at my fingertips was addictive. Even in winds that shouldn't have offered much, it always had plenty. I handed it off to PBC who is one of the best kite pilots I've ever ridden with and he took off and brought it right back. Apparently Blu requires some ballast to hold back so buggy and body weight come into play.

I was happy to have the opportunity, but a supermaxi kite is a lot for a medium weight guy. 12m was all I needed that day.

Or, rather; "what's on your oops I just purchased dunnoifthatwasverysmart :o list"

I just swapped my whole Peak quiver for model 4, this itch just had to be scratched. This is what getting leftover money in my bankaccount does to me, seems I can not do sensible things which also needs money, Whatever. !!

Edit; and reading, among other things, on the now 30 (!!) page Kiteforum tread where the hydrofoilers give the P4 (mostly) lotsa praise, there is many a newfound singleskin lover to be found in this tread, cool runnings :cool2:;

https://kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=197&t=2401224 end

It is also because the local shop had the P4 8m and 11m lightly used for a nice bargain sum, both of them on the new Connect bar. To get a nice range I also got a new 5m (said to more like 5,5 (?)) with connect bar. Would have wanted to add the 3m to all that, but had to stop there. Can later consider to add it as kite only as its the cheapest and won't represent too much fresh monies. A bit annoying that they also have the P4 4m on sale, but I don't feel it fits into the range- too much of a gap from the 8m...

The whole kaboodle cost me the Norwegian equivalent of 3044 dollars, cheaper even than the 3 kites new from Flysurfer US - 3544 dollars. And dollars are severly pricey over here these days...

There is also a trickle down in effect, my two buddies gets the P2 6m and P3 9 or 12m each. Then I will keep 1 bar and lineset from the P3's, and sell the last P3 kite as kite only.

:duh: forgot to mention the reason for the "notverysmart" bit, is that I'm only 1 month into a 3 month kite quarantine, having broken my left arm badly at work. That's gonna be a hard two months, to lay off those kewl kites with all the new tricks and features and stuff.

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Quote: Originally posted by khaakon

:duh: forgot to mention the reason for the "notverysmart" bit, is that I'm only 1 month into a 3 month kite quarantine, having broken my left arm badly at work. That's gonna be a hard two months, to lay off those kewl kites with all the new tricks and features and stuff. and

Outstanding work all around! When it comes time to pull the trigger on a tiny little DP don't forget the 3.0m RS+:

http://www.born-kite.de/product_info.php?info=p309_race-star...

I've had a blast with this kite.

Thanks Steve!

I haven't even tested the P4 at all, but I do love the Peak kites in general, and the new gen hopefully beats the 3rd gen - which left us a little wanting, you'll remember. Reports are, they have less ear lapse than previously. More stability, less flutter and bar pressure. I am very curious about the new bar, and the windrange of the individual models of the new series.

I'm definitely keeping an eye on any new kites from the Born family, as I've also learned (WWW is such a great teacher, as i can choose exactly what to learn ) that my favorite kites ain't so good upwind. Shock. Eh, maybe not really, but that is where the RS+'s come in as interesting. But then again I just don't know about high AR kites in smaller sizes in particular (too speedy?), and you know also, ..eh.. Flysurfer. Flysurfer Peak. I'm so very used to it, too much probably, it's already (maybe) a problem. Bought an Ozone to weane me off the Peaks a little bit, hasn't been out much but seems very interesting, more like the Speed I got. Not like a Peak, definitely. Winter's better for those dualskins since I dont need that boost yet, in the buggy.

I find it good fun these days, to see many more manufacturers (GIN and Ozone, keep'em coming) try out the SS concept, and I hope, maybe, also u mah bru, get to try out these new skinny's with puffy ears one day. You're also one of the few who could compare them to Born's best, RS+ would surely be a bit different from a Peak 4.

Quote: Originally posted by Pablo

Not sold yet, something about a lit up small fixed bridal race kite.

I was never was a fan of arranged marriage but if you're looking for a fixed bridle kite in that size, I can highly recommend the Crosskite Sonic in 7.5m.

Quote: Originally posted by Pablo

Leaves me with one hole left, need to stuff something in the 6.5-7.5 range in a high aspect. I thought long and hard about the new generation of depowerable race kites. Not sold yet, something about a lit up small fixed bridal race kite.

I got a 7.8 Vapor that could possibly use a new home.

He was lost, but now he's found. You must be Born again...

Quote: Originally posted by Randy

If I correctly remember his marriage contract, Steve now has to sell as many kites as he is buying. So Steve, remember your friends.....:D Or are these contraband kites smuggled into the country and delivered to the office or friends house????

Ha! Good one. Thing is I just sent Ed my 1.5m NS3. It was custom made for me and easily counts for as much as three stock kites so I think I just went N + 3 - 1(3) = 0. :evil:

Just heard from a fellow Born enthusiast buddy in NZ that Steffen has a 14m RS+ in the works. Whupp! :saint:

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck

Just heard from a fellow Born enthusiast buddy in NZ that Steffen has a 14m RS+ in the works. Whupp! :saint:

A 14m RS+?? You have my attention sir.

Quote: Originally posted by Blitzhound

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck   Just heard from a fellow Born enthusiast buddy in NZ that Steffen has a 14m RS+ in the works. Whupp! :saint: A 14m RS+?? You have my attention sir.

Mine too, and specifically thinking about it for your beautiful OR shoreline. Not sure how much use I'd have for it on Ivanpah. Now that I've been to Ivanpah about a half dozen times I seem to gather the impression that it tends to blow not a bit or too hard for that kite.

The single time I flew with you in OR I had the 11m RS in the air one day and wanted more kite; a 14m RS+ would have been sweet that day! You were racing by me with some big beautiful kite that day.

What I heard more specifically is that Steffen has it "on his computer" which I suppose means it is in the design phase but not yet physically prototyped. Read a long way off still.

Quote: Originally posted by khaakon

Pulling the trigger on Sysmic S3 as we speak, so to keyboard. :bird: w/the trispoke hubs on std. tyres. I already got 3 nice midi XL's (2 asymmetric rims for rear). Current buggy has to go back to barrows it came with. The tri-spoke set will then be for travels and reserves. Much lighter than mXL's too, can be interesting...

That's awesome!!

Please show us a video, or at least some pictures of folding it up, and how big of a package it requires when folded. I'm really interested in these, but want to know if it will fit in the trunk of my car, if it will fit in a suitcase, and how long it takes to fold/unfold. I would have to import it so cost may be fairly high. If I could take it on a plane I could go to some of the buggy meets I've wanted to attend.

Quote: Originally posted by Randy

That's awesome!

He**, yeah. I'm crazy anxious to see this myself, hope to get it before fri 13 sept, because I have the whole week after off from work

Curious to how it is to ride, as well as the packing. The packing down small is the feature I bought it for - nothing wrong with the v-max.

Quote: Originally posted by khaakon

Quote: Originally posted by Randy   That's awesome! He**, yeah. I'm crazy anxious to see this myself, hope to get it before fri 13 sept, because I have the whole week after off from work Curious to how it is to ride, as well as the packing. The packing down small is the feature I bought it for - nothing wrong with the v-max.

Outstanding that folks are starting to look seriously at the S3 and in fact pulling the trigger! Personally, all I need to do is swallow a tape worm and wait six months or so for it to grow and start eating its meals that I've been consuming for so many years. :evil:

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck

... Personally, all I need to do is swallow a tape worm and wait six months or so for it to grow and start eating its meals that I've been consuming for so many years. :evil:

That kinda made me remember what our in-house wise old man once said about buggies & food, still valid...

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Rather disappointingly, I got an e-mail early this morning from Chris@Sysmic, that they don't have the bloody thingamajig in stock, so it's gonna be more than a month before I get it. Maybe the snow then, arrives before the buggy - boohoo, cry, wail...