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Postby Jbrook » Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:20 pm
I just replaced a 7, 9 mtr Obsession quiver with Vegas 2013 9 and 11 mtr and is great. The range is about 12 or 14 knots all the way over 30, I live in Brasil so haven't really tested the low end so much but I just love the whole set up.
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Postby keviene » Sat Sep 28, 2013 6:28 pm
Jbrook thanks for your input. Is the 11m slow?
i think i'll go with 11-8 combo
Another thing, how bad is the relaunch?
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Postby icebird » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:21 pm
keviene wrote:Another thing, how bad is the relaunch?
In enough wind easy - just a little patience while it drifts to the window, otherwise pull about a meter of 5th line to get it almost on its back / always faster this way. It requires some work to get it into the water in the first place.
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Postby wrogu » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:28 pm
Lol, its funny to see people cry how bad relaunch of C-shapes is. With 5th line it's damn easy - torch/vegas/whatever - just use 5th line. If you are pulling just the steering line - your doing it wrong.
This video always makes me laugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVyFOC_HP-0
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Postby Mike27 » Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:20 am
Anyone for the difference between in Vegas 2013 and 2014 ?
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Postby xenosd » Tue Oct 22, 2013 1:09 pm
Hi to all,
I have been kiting from start (2011) on a 10m 2011 evo. Everything ok with it, except for the heavy bar pressure (especially on 20+ kn). Looking to change it with a vegas. I think it would be a good choice, as many vegas owners have told me so.My concerns:
*What would be the best size for me? I now have only the 10m evo. Is the vegas low end so much worse than evo's?
*what happens with relaunch? Some say that it is harder, some say that if you pull a meter or so of the 5th, it is easier. Haven't tried 5th line bars yet to discover.
I also cannot understand how some get to rip their kites apart with the 5th line's help.
(weight: 75-80kg, wind: 14-25 kn, boards: 135/39 - 132/41)
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Postby Slingshot-Bi-Curious » Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:40 pm
Mike27 wrote:Anyone for the difference between in Vegas 2013 and 2014 ?
Not much.. They just have less dracon on the TE.. Other than that they are the same kite..
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Postby Jbrook » Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:28 pm
Keveine, the 11 is not slow it is really smooth. I had not owned a kite bigger than 9mtr for a few years and did not think I was going to li from riding before. Now I might think 8 and 11 is a better quiver for me. The high end of these kites is amazing so you rarely get blown off them. I don't drop my kite a lot so relaunch have not tested too much.
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Postby keviene » Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:47 pm
Thanks a lot JBrooks!!! now i have to safe enoguh money to go for a 11/8m Vegas
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