Hi i posted many posts and people will not respond. I am new to power kiting and am looking for a kite with alot of lift. My options as of now is the beamer 5.0, radsail pro 5.0 or crossfire 4.0. I did the math and the crossfire is 13.3 ft wide while the radsail is 13.8. The sizes are all relatively alike the radsail being the biggest at 13.8ft wide. I want a quality kite that will last awhile and i will not grow out of. I want alot of lift.

In theory they're 5 square meters or 4 square meters and there are several ways to come up with that area. In short, length means nothing (okay, it means something, but there are so many other factors that length alone doesn't tell anyone anything). As i said in my first post to you, 5 meters is big. You will not outgrow a 4 meter kite. There might be the occaisional light wind day when you wish you had a 5 meter, but chances are equal (if not better) that there will be times that 5 meters is too big (especailly with your weight). The crossfire and the radsail will both produce more lift than the beamer (how much, I don't know). You might find a shop that sells both and ask them what they recommend if more people don't answer here.

Im going out on a limb here and saying this: If you want to jump, there are only 2 fixed bridle foils made for jumping, and one more on the way. Flexifoil's Blades are lifty kites. Macpara Begos are lifty kites. And Ozone will have out this summer the Riot. Without going de-power, these are really your only options. Any kite will jump in the right/wrong winds. But these listed are designed to produce lift. Anything else is just having the wrong tool for the job.

Scoop