Even when there is light wind out you can be training for kiteboarding. So maybe you can’t get out on the water, but you can always be practicing your kite handling skills with a nice trainer kite.
The First Timer’s Package includes a Best Trainer kite, complete with Trainer Bar and Lines (3m includes wrist leash and safety system), along with our Trainer kite DVD. Helping you take it to the next Level!
RRD recently released the Passion a delta hybrid kite, designed with lightweight features. These kites are very stable and powerful, super easy relaunch. Getting good marks for free riding, easy upwind capability.
Features:
Stability
Great Power
Easy progressive de-power
Medium/light Bar pressure
INSTANT Re-launch
Technology of construction:
- New SPS system with a new designed inflating valve
- LE Parallel seams for maximum strength and lower stretching
- Insignia double tape leech
- PVC round label strut end protectors
- Metallic PU strut end reinforcements
- DP 175 LL Dacron
- Tejin T9600 Canopy
- New moulded struts protectors
- New PVC Inflating valves protectors
Price-$602.00-1178.00
The Takoon Nova 3 was released earlier this year and we’ve been hearing some great things about it. It has excellent performance in Freeride, Freestyle, Hang time, Wave riding and unhooked.
Features:
-Bar pressure gives accurate control
-Efficient Depower
-Kite turns with ease
-Unhooked-Kite stays in sky
-Rigid kite; doesn’t loose shape when turning-makes going upwind easier
Here is a little sneak preview of the griffen kites coming out sept. 2009! Griffens are great preforming affordable kites on the market right now.
some of the new kite features:
-20m + 5m line setupbalance bar feel
-Easy ‘punch ou stopper ball’
-Hybrid style kite
-Single point inflation (optional)
-Turnable power settings for wake or wave style riding
-Turnable turning speed
more info
The Litewave and globe kites the GK V-Sonic is one sweet kite. The Strut Profile is flat making fast, giving the kite huge boost and great upwind performance. The shape of the kite gives stability, quick turn speed, large wind range and easy water relaunch.
SIZES
6M-17M
Prices- 1140.00-1795.00
The Slingshot TURBO 3, this kite delivers!
-Instant 100% De-power
-Huge Vertical boost
-Instant Re-launch ablilty
-Solid Flight Stability
This is a great kite for beginer to advance rider who is looking for a simple 4 line bow kite.
Cabrinha Contra 3, the new light wind kite!
Overall Verdict
SWEEEEEET KITE!
-Super Light Wind Performance 8-14mph
-Delivers the speed and agility of a small kite and power and Pull of big kite
- Moderate bar pressure
-You can inflate the kite from one single inflation point
-Simple and fast to relaunch
-It even has a good color and graphic scheme
We say these would be a perfect kite for somewhere with light wind like San Diego.
BEST BULAROO
Great kite when on a budget. All Terrain Versatility, perform great on open water, land boarding, snowkiting or a little freestyle sesh. SLE Design holds well in Gusty conditions, great depower system when in a jam. With the cash you save with this kite you can get out out of work and on your board. 450.00-750.00