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Just got out from my second ride on the Naish Boxer. Conditions were pretty much dead onshore 10-15kts. I have a 12M Naish Boxer and the kite performed amazing. I was riding a Liquid Force Happy Foil. Only 3rd time foiling so I can't contribute to much there but the kite had a ton of low end power. I had to deposed the kite once up on a foil, mainly due to apparent created and beginner/intermediate foil skills. Everybody else tried riding 17.5 meter kites going nowhere. I know the apparent wind created from the foil definitely helped but the kite performed amazing. Crashed the kite in the water around 6 times and relaunched no problem each time. Never post reviews but just got back from the beach and have a ridiculous amount of light wind foil stoke.

Nice, glad you had a good session. Love the stoke!

I just had my first session on my new Boxer 12m with my hydrofoil. After a few minutes it felt very comfortable. I am used to flying foil kites (Ozone Chrono) so wasn't sure the Boxer could compare but I hardly noticed after a while. The Boxer doesn't point quite as high going upwind of course but it did seem to allow a very deep angle going downwind. It jumps well, downloops easily, and holds me up well during gybes and tacks. I was nicely powered in 12 knots of wind. Overall I was happy with it.

With my Chrono foil kites there are places where I can't launch a foil kite or I am afraid of relaunching it (like in the surf).

I haven't tried relaunching the Boxer.

CG

cglazier wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:08 am

I just had my first session on my new Boxer 12m with my hydrofoil. After a few minutes it felt very comfortable. I am used to flying foil kites (Ozone Chrono) so wasn't sure the Boxer could compare but I hardly noticed after a while. The Boxer doesn't point quite as high going upwind of course but it did seem to allow a very deep angle going downwind. It jumps well, downloops easily, and holds me up well during gybes and tacks. I was nicely powered in 12 knots of wind. Overall I was happy with it.

With my Chrono foil kites there are places where I can't launch a foil kite or I am afraid of relaunching it (like in the surf).

I haven't tried relaunching the Boxer.

CG

It relaunches great. Way better than the trip.

12 too big for starting to hydrofoil at 140 lbs?

12m is a good size for you hydrofoiling in light winds. You wont need anything bigger unless you want to compete in international races.

CG

Definitely no races! How would you rate the lowend of a 10 with a Nugget or a lightwind TT?

tautologies wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:27 pm

Whats your take on the Boxer in a large size as a surf kite? What about for jumping?

Im finally getting to this. Sorry !. It definitely has its place in light wind kiting but its not responsive enough to be a good surf kite. I guess thats why Naish didn't market it as one. Im getting out on my foil a lot more days now ! And I'm still not getting any better at it ! HaHa ! Doing a transition in 8mph is tough no matter what gear you got ! I need to go out in better winds but when its windy I want to be on my surfboard !

martino86 wrote: ↑

Mon May 29, 2017 3:20 pm

12 too big for starting to hydrofoil at 140 lbs?

No ! Well I guess it depends on what its blowing !

tautologies wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:27 pm

Whats your take on the Boxer in a large size as a surf kite? What about for jumping?

The Slash is my new favorite !