I have a SlingShot 6m, 8m, and 10m, and I like these kites alot. I have 2 other old small kites for high winds, a Naish ar5 7.5 and an older 5m wipika. My SlingShots seems alot less hyper than these older kites, and they are, I THINK, the innovators of having different connection points to attach your lines to. So when the winds are really high, and your kite seems too fast, connect to the inside pigtail as opposed to the outter one.
We have seen Naish copy Johny Doyle's innovations in the boards, because they work; and they are copying the different connector points for the lines on the kites, again, because they work. I think that this is ok, and helps all kites to be better kites, but I think it's pretty lame to lay claim to them like they tend to do.
JoBo