Naish: Introducing The Fly

NickStuart · **Joined:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:14 pm **Posts:** 124

OzBungy wrote:

NickStuart wrote:

I have had a decent amount of time on the FLY and it is a great lightwind kite. ....

Cheers!

What board were you riding?

The Naish Alaia. It is a light wind board.

tautologies · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:34 am

NickStuart wrote:

The Naish Alaia. It is a light wind board.

And a fun surfboard in small beach breaks.

WjM · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:16 am

Hola to all, I am chuckling to myself, if the kite performes like a spinnaker we will have to buy some crocs for all the beach walking, if it performed the opposite to a spinnaker I would try it.

Some detached marketing dude who should stick to boats....

Good winds to all.

WjM..................

alohasurfer73 · **Joined:** Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:34 am **Posts:** 64

The Fat Lady is the shit when it comes to light wind! Fast and fun and grunty and really performes despite its 17 meters! All my other kites are Naish though, so I will try the Fly as soon as possible!

DrLightWind · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:38 pm

WjM wrote:

Hola to all, I am chuckling to myself, if the kite performes like a spinnaker we will have to buy some crocs for all the beach walking, if it performed the opposite to a spinnaker I would try it.

Some detached marketing dude who should stick to boats....

WjM..................

I'm second to that :thumb:

If the spinnaker idea is the new trend, wouldn't be cheaper and easier to use an Umbrella,
since everybody likes high wind anyway :?:

DrLW

tautologies · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:11 pm

DrLightWind wrote:

I'm second to that :thumb:

If the spinnaker idea is the new trend, wouldn't be cheaper and easier to use an Umbrella,
since everybody likes high wind anyway :?:

DrLW

Aw come on guys you know that is not what they say tho.
The way the 2 strut kites work is that it changes shape a little to catch more or less wind. I've seen this clearly on my ride that the kite LE will bend a little when gusts hit the kite. It really helps with power / gust management. It is actually quite ingenious because the kite will sit still in the same spot ready for when the gust passes and have none of the back and forth movement. Same way as you would trim a spinnaker. One of the spots I ride is notoriously gusty and the kite passed that test with flying colors. Before you ask, no the Ride LE does not fold or anything like that.

The kite obviously goes upwind great.

Windrider · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:30 pm

I'd like to try it to compare to my EZE 13.. still the best light wind kite I've ridden. Main trouble with the EZE 13 is that it's too strong in anything gusting over 20 mph... pulls you right off your edge. We have enough 10-15 (mph not knots) days here that a good light wind kite is a good thing to have.

14ToeSide · **Joined:** Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:16 am **Posts:** 430

My FLY will be here 2 day. Will report if flown in the next 3 days. Will compare with Dyno, Fat Lady.. :happybirthday:

Dan-at-North · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:59 pm

If anyone is doing a lightwind showdown (especially Nick and Todd) I wanna show up with the new North 58 liter lightwind weapons: The IRA, Vaporizer, and Kolsch.

When your friends are out barely mowing the lawn in 8 knots, just pull one of these suckers out and you'll be laughing at them in no time. And if you want to progress from hooked to off-the-hook, these things are your ticket. All three are guaranteed to get you absolutely lit no matter how light the wind.

NickStuart · **Joined:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:14 pm **Posts:** 124

Your the man Dan. Next beer is on me.

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