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Ozone Enduro - instant progression

Postby Macster » Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:28 am

I tried my friends Ozone Enduro on a kiting holiday recently along with the new Bandit, Evo, Dice and my own Vegas and FX.

I liked the Enduro a lot for kitelooping so I bought a 10m and a 50cm ozone bar with 23m lines.

Got it out today in 20-25 knots. Did my highest kiteloops yet. Such a user friendly kite for looping. Gave me the confidence to really send it and try some decent backroll kiteloops.

Anyone else given it a go for looping?

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Re: Ozone Enduro - instant progression

Postby kjorn » Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:31 pm

what did you think of the Bandit? Or would you care to compare all the kites you mentioned :)

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Re: Ozone Enduro - instant progression

Postby Sun » Sat Dec 01, 2018 2:59 pm

Agreed. Please do give us a rundown of your feelings on the differences between those kites. I am specifically curious about the Vegas-Dice-FX-Enduro comparison but you might as well compare them all.

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Re: Ozone Enduro - instant progression

Postby Macster » Sat Dec 01, 2018 11:16 pm

If I didn't do the odd bit of unhooking I would have probably gone the Bandit as it had the best wind range and boosted higher and longer than the Enduro. But it's just too twitchy and it doesn't give up any line slack to unhook on.

FX 2018 is an improvement on the 17 model but I still find it doesn't rise to the zenith as quickly as others after looping which results in some hard unassisted landings when you jump at a moderate height say 5-10m high.

The new 3 strut evo was also really user friendly. I found it a bit dulled down compared to the others but still capable. Probably a bit more freeride orientated. Some pretty narly raileys with no line slack!

I'd go the Dice if you want to do more unhooked tricks as apart from the Vegas that was the most freestyle orientated kite.

Vegas is great but the loops are deeper in the power zone with more of a horizontal pull versus diagonally upwards like the enduro. This makes the loops really powerful and a bit scary for me.

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Re: Ozone Enduro - instant progression

Postby kjorn » Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:17 am

Nice :) thanks for that. V. interesting

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Re: Ozone Enduro - instant progression

Postby Macster » Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:57 am

By the way. I'm just an average kiter, not professing to be a pro at looping or unhooking. I'm on the cusp of breaking into the 10m plus kiteloops but I'm still a bit chicken and taking it really slowly.

I think the Enduro will give me the confidence to push through.


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