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Kober
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Kite companies that you may not know ......
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DemBones
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ASV makes wicked cool brake levers.
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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Elfs are winning the races here as well.
I'm not sure Paraski Flex counts as a kite. Maybe I'm wrong?
They are pretty amazing tho.
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erratic winds
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Feyd- why not? I always thought a kite was just a sail that was far away from you.....
Tide? What's a tide? Man, it's 1000 miles to any ocean.
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hvkmike
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Yes Paraski it is a kite,although not the traditional control system.They do use longer lines in lighter winds,but fly almost off the bridle in higher
winds.A unique design that does work well.Designed for snow but IMO would work fine on a landboard.Have seen videos of them surfing but lets face it
you can kitesurf with almost any kite, but that doesn't mean it's any good at it.I can't see the control system working well with a buggy either.
As for the ELF... mean machine but pricey.
Good Winds
Mike
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Kober
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I am sure Paraski qualifies in kite category ......
.. Elf definitely have spot in that list ..... any other companies you did not see on US market ????
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NAPKA US-212
2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
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Kober
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2013 Aeros Gyro
Look at that scenery ...... 
New Jersey Kite Addicts
NAPKA US-212
2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
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razeontherock
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Can't get the Concept air page to translate into English, but it looks like they make Cabrinha? The most local kite shop here carries them - pricey!
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Feyd
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Fair enough on the paraski bit. From here on out Paraski Flex is a kite. A PKF DECREE.
You gotta admire the abilty to just lay the things down when the wind gets nasty. Makes me jealous some days when it's nasty.
Yeah, ELFs are pricey but for the money you get a lot of performance. Flysurfers are pricey, everything is pricey! But fortunately you usually get
what you pay for in the kite world I think.
Are we just counting kite companies that are still in business or can we count some that have faded away? Viokite is one that is worth mentioning I
think.  I have a Protean 2 here that has a messed up bridle system
that I need to figure out to get it to work. It's a 9m BUT ZIPS DOWN TO A 7M. Depowerable and with one of the most complex line systems I've ever
seen.
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Kober
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razeontherock .... Concept air only sell Cabrinahs ...
Feyd .... any links or photos for Protean ???
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2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
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canuck
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Here is a link to the VioKite website product page. It is in German and does not show the Protean 2.
There is also a YouTube video of a 17m VioKite that might be a Proteus
FB: Pro Foil 5.5m, PL Reactor II 3.5m, Radsail 3m
Depower: GIN Shaman 12m & 6m, Shaman2 9m (incoming), PL Venom II 13m, Venom I 10m
HQ Powerkites seat harness
Salomon snowblade 90, straight & shaped skis
PL Comp ST buggy, MBS Comp 16 Pro, Coyote All Terrain Rollerblades
BodyGlove wakeskis
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A few years ago windwing kites caught my attention. They created the batwing kite that had the middle section of the kite cut out of it which seemed
like a bad idea. After watching some videos of them they looked like they performed well
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Feyd
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Thanks Canuck.
I forgot about Windwing A., they still around?
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flyjump
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I'm not sure if they are still around or not. However I have seen a few of their kites pop up on fleabay and other kite sites where people are
getting rid of old gear. I can't remember what their website was, but I think they were based out of the North West somewhere?
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Bladerunner
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Skycountry make some great kites. www.skycountry.ca
I am fond of the AlaSCa . It fits the snowkite label but like all snowkites it works great with buggy and board. They have more aggressive models and
even a closed cell .
The Reflex is a popular FB here. I think that SkyCountry allows you to choose your colours if you special order. Something I like !
Like most quality foil kite companies SkyCountry is a paragliding company 1st.
I know Wind Wing closed once and then took a second stab at the market. Not sure but I think they are out now? They were an early player with some
good ideas in LEI.
Lets not forget : Mr. Kitesurfer !
On second thought Lets FORGET Mr. Kitesurfer ! 
Star kites for LEI http://starkites.com/
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 .
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Kober
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Windwing is in above list .... #14 ..... pictures of batwing on that site too ....
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2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
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Kober
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How you like those ??? 
New Jersey Kite Addicts
NAPKA US-212
2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
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flyjump
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I wanted a windwing for a long time when I first got interested in kiting. I looked forever to find one used but they were few and far between. I've
seen more 6m phantoms on the market than the batwing
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Kober
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new companies added .....
Who answer 15 ??? Really ???
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NAPKA US-212
2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
....... My videos!
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DemBones
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Not me, but...
I thought the poll was how many you don't know, so I probably would have.
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Well if we are including kite companies that are no more than what about Pegas Kites? I used to want those in my Blade III days. They made a depower
converter kit for Blades and some nice kites on their own (Chimera red and Gryphon, blue).
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
Fixed Bridle Quiver: MAC Bego 400, JOJO ET Instinct 2.5 & 5.5, Lil Devil 1.5, Sting 1.2
Rides: Ground Industries
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Lets not forget J-N (Jochum-Nestler)
German-Italian foils and tubes
Primadonna
Wildthing
Randas
Luis
Foils: Phantom2 15, Aurora 19 custom, F-1200, S-840, JN Luis 10, JN Randas 8
Inflados: Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17.5m, Rise LW15m, Razor 12m and 10m, Prodigy 7m
Boards: Mako Duke, Mako King, 6'6" Bushman shortned to 5'8"
Land 'n snow: "Tsar" RC2000 Nobile, 150 SantaCruz TT with IceBlade, 159 Mongoose Grand Slalom
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B-Roc
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J-N seem cool. I was looking at some of their kites around the time I bought my Yetis. Just no distributorship over here in the States 
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
Fixed Bridle Quiver: MAC Bego 400, JOJO ET Instinct 2.5 & 5.5, Lil Devil 1.5, Sting 1.2
Rides: Ground Industries
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Correction: Sky Country is not a Canadian company. They are located in Kharkov Ukraine, once a center of the Soviet aerospace industry. Had the
Soviet Union not collapsed these guys would have been designing MIGs not paragliders and kites. Paragliders and kites are available through the North
American distributor Sky Country Canada ( www.skycountry.ca). The manufacturers web site is www.sky-country.com.
They have four models of kite: Reflex (fb); Alsaca (dP); Nasca II and Madagascar II both closed cell de-power.
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Is it possible to design for strength, if the designer doesn't really understand what strength is?
8m speed wings.
Ozone Samurai 3m
Sky Country Reflex 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10m new 6m!
Sky Country NaSCa 2 11m
Sky Country Alasca 10m - sold
Rhombus Firebee 3m (ret).
Libre Vampir Race Pro 2.6m
Jojo Rage 8m
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Kitesport SOAR
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New Jersey Kite Addicts
NAPKA US-212
2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
....... My videos!
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Kober
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AirEvolution Hybrid X-Air 12m
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New Jersey Kite Addicts
NAPKA US-212
2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
....... My videos!
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Kober
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MAySTER LUNA 1.9
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New Jersey Kite Addicts
NAPKA US-212
2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
....... My videos!
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Kober
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List updated ..... errors corrected ..
New Jersey Kite Addicts
NAPKA US-212
2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
....... My videos!
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What ever happened with AirEvo ?
I thought that company was super progressive when they 1st showed up. They had that interesting trailing edge and I think some creative use of mylar
or something?
They had some slick videos like this one .
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk5pm_in-the-air_sport
and this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5nRl8jmpTI
and this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2eHQ3gr6bc
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 .
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