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 Post subject: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2011 5:34 am 
larva
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:53 pm
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Anybody of you tried it?


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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2011 12:18 pm 
mantis
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mine are in the mail. will let you know next week how they are.


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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2011 1:25 pm 
larva
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nice!


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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Sun May 22, 2011 10:36 am 
mantis
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rode the method!!! crazy fast kites!!!! 100% surf kite though!!!
thats all i got man!!!
maybe that will help you narrow it down

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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 4:04 am 
larva
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took the order today...hope it was not fail


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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 5:35 pm 
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Location: The Hague
never even herd of em!

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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 8:33 pm 
mantis
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official launch date is June 1st.

i can't comment on their other kites, but the Combat (c-kite) is a straight up no bs c-kite. supposed to arrive monday, will review then...


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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:23 pm 
mantis
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aight kites are in, they look top notch. straight up 5 line c-kite. bar is fairly simple, only thing you might be picky about is the chickenloop, but that is a subjective thing

of course still waiting for wind to try them

a few pics in the meantime

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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 2:00 am 
larva
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yesterday i got the 9m too.Pretty windy here but i drive to poland today for a wek :(
i hope the kite is not too fast because there is only 1 choice to attach the powerline.


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 Post subject: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 2:47 am 
mantis
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Looks cool :) It's a kite i really would like to try. Tje bar looks all right. Is it because the CL is too small that you have comments for it?

It looks like a low depower kote like the fuel, am I right?

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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 4:11 am 
mantis
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How are the prices on the combat?

Chickenloop looks fucking tiny :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 12:35 pm 
mantis
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chicken loop isn't actually that small. it's a decent size, but not huge. i'm just saying bars and chickenloops are a preference thing, not everyone likes the same thing.


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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:26 pm 
mantis
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Location: estonia / europe
looks very similar to North 2010+ bars.. if yes.. these are decent :)

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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:26 pm 
mantis
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ok i am a team rider, so if you don't trust my review get out and try these kites and make up your own damn mind.

on to the review

had a good session on the 9m yesterday.

solid kite. smooth turns, it's not twitchy and only turns when you give solid input. doing grabs and the kite just stayed put.

light bar pressure, but still great feed back on where the kite is. relaunch is great, you can pull on a back line and it will pop up, but i found sometimes that was a bit slow so it was faster to grab the fifth line a bit and do a normal c-ktie relaunch. depower was comparable to all the other new c-kites.

unhooked this kite is top notch - slacks off great and like i said doesn't move around unless your cranking on the bar. i rode the stock 45cm bar, but i'm sure on a 35cm bar it would be mint.


only thing is this kite has battens on the wingtips, some of you may not like that. they're super fast to put in and they collapse so the kite can pack up small, but it's a batten and some people just don't like battens.

overall i think they did a superb job and this kite is right in line with all the other top c-kites like the razor and fuel (which i've flown) only difference is the price!

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 Post subject: Re: Switch Kites
PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:06 am 
mantis
Joined: Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:03 pm
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Location: belmar, nj
hey pete can you get any video of that combat in action?


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