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Postby jack bush » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:00 am
Wave_Ride wrote:Who is at 1st and 2nd place at kite sales?
eldadgold wrote:2extremes wrote:Maybe this year they could make a good kite!
Are you joking?
The Bandit is probably the best selling kite.
North maybe sells the most kites but theyhve like 4 different models.
Fone has (till recently) only a single kite that does it all and rumors say that Fone are between #3 and #5 in kite sails
I also read those stats somewhere...
If i recall then North is #1 by far then Cab and Fone.
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Postby Westozzy » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:46 am
Which surprises me the lack of these kites in Western Australia with no direct retailers stocking them. Impossible to get a demo hey.
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Postby 2extremes » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:36 am
eldadgold wrote:2extremes wrote:Maybe this year they could make a good kite!
Are you joking?
The Bandit is probably the best selling kite.
North maybe sells the most kites but theyhve like 4 different models.
Fone has (till recently) only a single kite that does it all and rumors say that Fone are between #3 and #5 in kite sails
Just because it's a best selling kite does not mean it is good.
The feedback through the bar is awful feels like jelly. maybe the whole idea of one kite does it all is not so true with f-one.
I do want to try the new kit out as F-one has made some awesome kites but the B6 doesn't cut it.
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Postby Jdude » Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:38 am
Love my B6. IMHO the feedback through the bar is perfect.
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Postby jumarcil » Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:30 pm
I never really liked Bandit until B5; the B6 is an awesome kite. I never have any problem knowing where the kite is. Bar pressure is light but the bar feedback is great. Great for surfing and also great for boosting really high.
If it jellys it is because you didn't pump it hard enough. Since it has only 3 struts if you dont put enough pressure the kite will fly like shit.
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Postby gwechall » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:04 am
Still no news
??? That strange, normally they always put teasers, vids...
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Postby mike holmes » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:49 am
Usually the Fone teasers start pupping around Aug. - Sept.
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Postby jumarcil » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:04 pm
2 major things on my wishlist....
1: use a push type QR and drop the velcro
2: start using big flow valve like cab, core etc
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Postby aTi » Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:15 pm
jumarcil wrote:2 major things on my wishlist....
1: use a push type QR and drop the velcro
2: start using big flow valve like cab, core etc
+1 ... but no specific pump that you have to buy all over again!
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Postby Séb » Tue Jul 30, 2013 4:49 pm
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