Im looking to buy a new kite what are the recommendations for a good Freestyle kite?
are C kites the best for tricks?
i want a good not so expensive kite
a friend told me to get the torch from Naish and my other friend lend me his RPM for a session wich i really like but its seems to be a little expensive my budget is like $ 1200 bucks should i get a kite the past year? would it be cheaper than a kite of the year?

To C or not to C....is always an interesting question. C-kites gives a few advantages over flatter kites, but I personally think some flatter kites like the Park are catching up to those advantages pretty fast these days.

So it depends on a few things...how stable is the wind where you are riding? If the wind is very gusty I think the flatter kites have an advantage. How much power do you want?

I think the most significant advantage a c-kite has is how it takes a bit of time for it to power back up once you throw an unhooked trick. It gives you time to hook back in. It is much more aggressive in how it loops and how it goes for a jump. It is a fun kite though. I think the torch from 2012 was way better than the 2011. The 2011 was too much for me. It was a great upgrade in 2012. I have not ridden the 2013 yet.

it's also not just how the kite gives you time to hook back in, when you pop hard with your kite low it gives you a ton of slack to make it easier for handlepasses. they also give you the most explosive pop , though some SLEs come close

the funny thing is the "disadvantages" of a C are what makes it so good for unhooking. the shape gives it worse overall windrange but better useable windrange. i can unhook on my c almost through the entire range of the kite (once you have enough power to pop) whereas a bow or sle is much more sensitive to trimming so you get less useable unhooked range. you also dont get the stupid surge of power when you unhook either, its more consistent to load up against and you get slack like a cable. again, some sle's come close but still nothing is a C kite.

it just depends on which sacrifices you want to make, do you want performance or ease of use. some modern c kites are very high performance but are still quite easy to use and wont kill you trying to learn tricks. i am currently riding the mutiny p-series and have progressed more in a few weeks than i did in months of owning bow kites... never going back

Yes agree on the pop. Not that I do much unhooking, but I know what you say and agree...except there are bridled kites that easily merge the gap that used to be there.