I currently have a 2003 Fuel 17 and am looking to upgrade. I am trying to decide between the 04 Fuels (I am very impressed with my 03) and the much cheaper Nemisis Kites. How do the best kites compare with the Fuel 17s for low end. What size (16 or 18 ) would be most comparable in Best to the 03 Fuel 17. I like getting out pretty early so would I lose this with Best. I have also heard the 04 Fuel's have lost a bit of low end.
How does the 16 or 18 Best nemi handle gusts. The 03 Fuel tends to send me down wind in a big gust. I guess any comparisons between the Fuels and the Nemi in the bigger sizes would be appreciated.
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i havent ridden the 16 nemesis but i have owned the 17m 04 fuel and know it inside out.
from my experience of the 14m nemesis i would say the 16m nemesis would do you, in terms of low end pull with little worry, the nemesis is more forgiving in gusts, an area where the fuels werre much improved from previous years.
the nemesis is a much easier kite to push upwind, due to its aspect and foiling than the 17m fuel and both of them are superbly stable kites.
i always liked the convinience of the one pump system it makes a real difference in gloves weather.
the fuel and the nemesis handle very differently, the nemesis is faster across the window and goes further to the edge of the window, the fuel by contrast sits a little further back developing more power, but requires more leg to go upwind, so despite it not perhaps being as grunty i found the 14m nemesis to be superior upwind in lightwinds to the 15m fuel 04.
the kites jump differently, with the fule being very point and shoot, requiring little timing just balls, the nemesis by contrast requires more board speed to get the best out of it, but the changeover between the two kites took me only a day and the swap paid dividends.
both of them are simply excellent kites, you pay your money and take your choice.
from my experience of the 14m nemesis i would say the 16m nemesis would do you, in terms of low end pull with little worry, the nemesis is more forgiving in gusts, an area where the fuels werre much improved from previous years.
the nemesis is a much easier kite to push upwind, due to its aspect and foiling than the 17m fuel and both of them are superbly stable kites.
i always liked the convinience of the one pump system it makes a real difference in gloves weather.
the fuel and the nemesis handle very differently, the nemesis is faster across the window and goes further to the edge of the window, the fuel by contrast sits a little further back developing more power, but requires more leg to go upwind, so despite it not perhaps being as grunty i found the 14m nemesis to be superior upwind in lightwinds to the 15m fuel 04.
the kites jump differently, with the fule being very point and shoot, requiring little timing just balls, the nemesis by contrast requires more board speed to get the best out of it, but the changeover between the two kites took me only a day and the swap paid dividends.
both of them are simply excellent kites, you pay your money and take your choice.
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