We are hearing some reports on the small-medium sizes, but has anyone ridden any of the larger (16+) new Bow style or SLE kites:

- OR One

- Best Waroo

- Slings

- WW Rap II

- Shockwave

etc.

We need some unbiased performance feedback on these kites.

Thanks,

Ed

I have riden the WW Rap2 16.5m but I must say that it was the first time I hooked into a bow type kite.
1.- The 16.5m Rap2 behaves totally different to the equivalent C kite (I would guess 18m) and it takes time to get used to it, time I did not have.
2.- The little time I spend on this kite I felt it turned somewaht slow and lacked the direct feel of the C-kites I was used to.
3.- Power and range are obviously mutch better than with C-kites.
4.- Lacks the grunt at low speed that helps you to get out of the water, but has plenty of power when ridden at high boardspeeds.

In the mean time I purchased a 9m Rap2 and allready accumulated some 20 hours on it. It kook me about that time to propperly tune the kite, my bar and to adapt to the new behavior of the kite. I am shure the same is the case with the 16.5, I just have little use for sutch a kite arround here and did not bother to figure it out in detail.

I ordered the Waroo 20 but they said it was still in final testing becasue they wanted to get teh smaller kites finalized for production in China. They said the smaller kites will ship in Febraury but the 20 won't probably ship until March or possibly early April.

I had to get my Cabrinha Contra 23.5 fixed until the Waroo 20 arrives.

Dam it.

BEST letting a ship date slip? UNHEARD OF!!!

I called them becasue I was hoping to receive it before a March vacation. And the guy was only giving me his best guess.

I hate when they advertise something that won't be available for another 4 months.

It would be nice if they posted videos of these kites being tested and demod so you could at least see how they perform in the hands of pro riders.

The two largest bow kites that I have seen are the Crossbow 16 and the Sonic 14. Both are great with awesome range, but I would like to see some of the others before parting with my $$$.