Bladerunner
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9m B2 Handles or Bar ?
I like my bars! Does anyone have experience with the 9m blade 2 on a bar ? Are handles better ??
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)
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The only person I know of that flies the B2 9m is Moroni 10 on racekites forum. You could ask him--good luck!
17m Ozone Zephyr (2012)
15m Flysurfer Silver Arrow 2
12m Ozone Catalyst (2013)
10m Ozone Catalyst (2012)
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A couple of the guys in our buggy group have the 9.0 meter. They fly exclusively on handles. I don't think you could get them to put it on a bar if
you gave it to them free. I have also flown this kite on handles and it flies perfectly, no problems. I also would prefer the handles.
You do need some pretty good sized handles (longer the better). Handles do give you the ultimate in control for the lighter winds.
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I had a B3 8.5 and it was sweet. I had a 55cm flexi bar but never used it. I always flew her on Flexi handles and upgraded the lines to Ozone 360 kgs.
Handles gave me great control needed at low and high winds! I could have never done this on a bar:
17m Ozone Zephyr (2012)
15m Flysurfer Silver Arrow 2
12m Ozone Catalyst (2013)
10m Ozone Catalyst (2012)
MTH Colonel Reb customs 160x45 carbon, 141x43 wood
Wainman Joke & Demitri Pro
11'6 Naish Nalu
6' Davo Fish
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I have an 8.5 BIII and I bought it with the flexi bar for kite skiing. The bar is good for skiing as you can pretty much lock the kite in position
and go. However, for boarding in-land, on smaller fields than the lakes I ski... handles all the way.
If the wind is at all flakey, I fly that kite only on handles. The bar is confined pretty much to winter only, when I'm on a lake large enough to
allow the wind to smooth out so the kite doesn't need working.
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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I have heard that the 9m BII is larger (more area) than the 10.5m Blade III :o
Foil Kites: Flysurfer 12m Sonic 4, 10m Soul V2, Peak 5s and 5.5m Hybrid
LEIs: 9m Naish Pivot, 12m Naish Phoenix
Land: 16" Dirtsurfer GP
H20: 134 Shinn Monk Chromatic, Slingshot 103cm Hope Craft w/ Axis Spitfire 840
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Bladerunner
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I was pretty sure this was one kite I was going to keep on handles. Definately going to start out that way. I have plenty of them now so it will be
nice to put a set to use.
Yup. this is going to be about as big a kite as my 140 pound :moon: will get attached to. WELL...... I'm sure I'll have to fly a larger Combat when
they land. It's a local kite and I've had my hands on it for a few minutes once. Hey, it's a Blade. If I don't like it I think someone else will !
Thanks !!!!
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)
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Let us know what you think also when will you get it? Chadvicki flew his on a bar but he said he only flew it a couple of times. I have to wait until
he gets back monday before I get mine shipped.
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