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Postby fdvj » Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:03 pm
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Postby pj sofine » Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:13 pm
And I thought my old 22.5 wipika matrix was a monster! I threw it out to protect the innocent!
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Postby Toby » Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:05 pm
I rode once the 25 V4. That LE was massive!
There is definitely too big !!!
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Postby s1buell_wl » Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:32 pm
My Paraglider is on 26m....
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Postby POACHER » Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:31 pm
Just out of morbid curiosity I'd love to see some nutter send that thing in 25 knots just to see what would happen.......
Could be awesome.
Hmmm.....
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Postby edt » Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:44 pm
i would totally ride that with the wind blowing 25 knots. love to bid on it but the shipping charges on such a big elephant won't make it worth it to me. I have wanted a naish v4 for a while now. Talk about great exercise. Not riding it. I mean exercise pumping it up.
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Postby rtz » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:39 pm
I want to see Dimitri loop it!
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Postby Peter_Frank » Thu Jul 10, 2014 11:38 pm
Are you guys too "young" - so you havent been riding 20-26m2 kites, which was "cool" back in the days ?
I can tell you then, that you WONT get much out of it, sending these in 25 knots.
You can jump much higher with a smaller kite, as simple as that
If you somehow manage to get up high, you will have great hangtime though - but you will most likely not be able to get up there in the first place
These sizes became obsolete very fast, and even today bigger than 15-17 are not really used by anyone (medium sized)
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Postby fourperf » Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:04 am
Peter_Frank wrote:Are you guys too "young" - so you havent been riding 20-26m2 kites, which was "cool" back in the days ?
I can tell you then, that you WONT get much out of it, sending these in 25 knots.
You can jump much higher with a smaller kite, as simple as that
If you somehow manage to get up high, you will have great hangtime though - but you will most likely not be able to get up there in the first place
These sizes became obsolete very fast, and even today bigger than 15-17 are not really used by anyone (medium sized)
Peter
+1
Agreed. Had a 25 gaastra Phoenix back in the day. Very fine line between having enough wind and not being able to hold an edge. No range! Still got it and put it up about a year ago for a laugh. Can't believe we used to kite on those kites..
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Postby Bain » Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:28 am
I have a 20M Torch if anyone is interested.
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