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DJwilson wrote:Ozone have been making kites for God knows how long....years. Why now do they introduce a 10m into what has always been an odd numbered set up? What s the thinking here?

JS wrote:

DJwilson wrote:Ozone have been making kites for God knows how long....years. Why now do they introduce a 10m into what has always been an odd numbered set up? What s the thinking here?

One possible consideration:

Some have a full quiver of Edges: 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17. Some cover the range with 7, 11 and 17, wiith each size incremental decrease being about 35% smaller.

For someone who wants to economically exploit the full range including the new 19 though, without buying every kite, no combination works without leaving a big incremental discrepancy... unless they have a 10, which allows a reasonable compromise: 7, 10, 13, 19.

Cheers,
James

waynepjh wrote:I have prob over 25 sessions on my 15 and for me my low end is about 12-15 mph and my top end is about 25-28 mph. My board is a xenon infra 138 and I weigh 188 pounds down from 215:). I generally ride at elevations over 6000 feet asl. I am not convicted that bigger is better. One time at the sandbar in the gorge I was the only one riding cause of light wind and i was on a 10 meter turbo diesel and a homemade plyboard. Others on 17's and surfboards were going nowhere. Another day I was on my 15 meter edge 2012 and flying circles around everybody but a 95 pound skinny chick. These were people on fly surfers with line extensions. The key to light wind IMO is a kite that turns fast to get you up to speed then builds good apparent wind. Can you say ozone edge!!! I have some videos of going big on the edge but all on snow. Check out "Jackson hole Kiters" on Vimeo. Jmo as a ozone rider!