Does a wake style kite really need much performance? This is a serious question. I'm not a wake styler. All I see in the vids is blokes riding with kites parked and then thy pop some unhooked rotations with the kite still parked. Seems to me that a wakes style kite needs very limited performance. It just needs sit there.Tiago1973 wrote:limited performance?
MJ was top 5 (?) on last year PKRA with the Combat v1
this year, so far, is going 2nd between Youri and Pastor
personally don´t beleive you can compete at PKRA level if your gear is not solid
Don´t see performance as only about aerodynamic efficiency, but something in the broad sense that will maximize the rider potential, either on wake-style, wave riding, airsytle or racing. And all these things look for different tools.plummet wrote:Does a wake style kite really need much performance? This is a serious question. I'm not a wake styler. All I see in the vids is blokes riding with kites parked and then thy pop some unhooked rotations with the kite still parked. Seems to me that a wakes style kite needs very limited performance. It just needs sit there.Tiago1973 wrote:limited performance?
MJ was top 5 (?) on last year PKRA with the Combat v1
this year, so far, is going 2nd between Youri and Pastor
personally don´t beleive you can compete at PKRA level if your gear is not solid
So the riders skill is the biggest impact as apposed to the kite he is flying. Compare this to course racing. You are screwed if you don't have a competitive kite. No matter how good you are.
hehehe... Never going to happen I have zero interest in wake style.Hansen Aerosports wrote:@plummet - maybe better to do some serious wakestyle competition and then comment on the subtleties of 'C' kite design? Being one of the heaviest PKRA riders, MJ needs a high performance kite to support his powerful style. He is very specific about how and where he wants it to fly and we spend many hours 'tweaking' the Combat for him. What you buy from Switch is exactly what he is using.
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