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What is the ultimate kite for surfing? I ride the Royals and am quite happy with them but was thinking of trying a Vegas. Any thoughts?

You can not ask for the ultimate kite - without saying what you are looking for ?

Unhooked or hooked ?

Strapless or strapped ?

Kite parked or aggresive ?

Gliding on a powered small board, or on a bigger "surfing" board with smaller kite ?

Onshore or sideshore or slight offshore conditions ?

VERY difficult to answer, even if you know above

As each will have their own taste

Hey - now we have found the ultimate surfing kite: The kite you have now


Okay - to get back to some of the "topics" and compromises :

A low AR kite will turn really fast and tight - good and required for waveriding, especially in bigger sizes.
A high AR kite will turn slower, but search for the edge of the window better (accelerate with slack lines when going with the wind), so dont "slow down" or get "sluggish".
Above differences can also be obtained to some degree with profile and other design parameter changes

That is one of the aspects I see, and look for myself.

Kindly, Peter Frank

takoon furia seems very well appreciated for wave riding. Turns fast, doesn't stall.
Good kite.

smurphy wrote:What is the ultimate kite for surfing? I ride the Royals and am quite happy with them but was thinking of trying a Vegas. Any thoughts?

Rebel 07 9 mt. is the ultimate wave kite with the bar trimmed on the external knots.
I have also a Vegas 08 9 mt , but the rebel is the wave one...

ROYAL ERA is best for now in market as in 08 products

Frankieboy wrote:takoon furia seems very well appreciated for wave riding. Turns fast, doesn't stall.
Good kite.

for hooked in unstrapped i agree.. for unhooked there are better kites.

Cab revolver does the trick for me
Nico

My Eclipse Nano 9 2008 works unreal in the waves. Maui, overhead bombing rights and lefts, gusting up to 35. The darn thing also has a super low end and I rode it in 12 knots....super fast, hooked and unhooked, loops like a banshee and even with the C kite style bar(short throw), depower the thing and the kite didn't pull me downwind at all.....surf the wave with it drifting at neutral...or loop it and put the hammer down! sick ride.

Rebel or EVO. Vegas is not the best choise in waves.

certainly ROYAL ERA
OR
FLUÄ°D TORQUE