I have had my hands on the full line of Skycountry Reflex kites now. 3, 5, 7, and 10m. Not enough time on the 3m to judge performance but you can just
tell by it's shape it will be fast and friendly.
I have really only had a chance to get moving on the 10m for any time. It out performs my 9m Blade II in low wind by a good bit. I'm not sure why,
maybe the material or the fact it is new but the 10 holds it's shape nicely with very little internal pressure. The material on my 9 is obviously much
less stiff and it will deflate much quicker. This weekend I sent the kite for what I thought was a little transition jump. I only went up as high as I
expected but floated along for longer than I ever have before, feeling very comfy under the big stiff canopy.
Make a point of finding Solaris at NABX and give these kites a close look even if you don't have time to fly one. They are just different enough in
material and construction to be interesting.
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)