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INSTINCTS 09 >> AOTEA - NZ
12:53 @ 02-02-09, 194 keer bekekenHi everyone,
Yesterday was a fantastic day! We went to the beautiful and untouched Aotea Harbour, 50 minutes drive South of Raglan (NZ) to finalize the testing of the production samples of the '09 Sport +. We managed to ride the 5, 7 ,9, 11 and 13m all in the same day! The wind conditions rose and dropped as the day wore on allowing us to complete those all important finishing touches.
After riding the 13m, Robbie compared the ’08 model to the '09 model, " I am just so happy that we have a kite with such a smooth progressive feeling plus a wider sweet spot, I really like the fact that I can feel where the kite is more than the 08's". Hugh (Ozone ripper and Product manager) tore it up on the 13m noticing the difference in feel and how well its performing back to back to an 08; “with a big kite like the 13m you just don’t expect to do the same things as you can do on the smaller kites but this thing is amazing, I love it."
The Fluctuating wind allowed Robbie to ride the 5m upon arrival and then later switch easily to the larger sizes as the wind dropped during the day giving another great opportunity to make sure the range has the same feeling throughout the sizes. Matt and Dom continued work on the re-launch characteristics and safety system, relentlessly crashing the kites like men possessed to retest the relaunching capabilities with only positive results.
Plus we had some friends as kitesurf newbie's learning to kitesurf out on the 09's doing their best as all beginners do to put a kite into the worst possible situation!
All aspects of the safety system have been through the ringer the past 6 months with the through the bar flag out working smoothly and every time. We are stoked with the easy re-launch, just turn the bar and the kites rotate and launch. No need to reach up and grab the leaders for that extra tweak like on the large size 08's. Another day of riding on the new 4-line pulley-less kites and again they consistently out-performed last years models in all areas with simplicity working in our favour.
Overall Robbie is very happy with this year’s kites and as his own worst critic, this is a good thing indeed! The Ozone team are stoked on the ’09 kites and we can’t wait to see them out there in your hands.
Cheers Team Ozone
Ga naar de link: http://www.flyozone.com/kitesurf/en/news/headlines/10190?source=rssfeedYesterday was a fantastic day! We went to the beautiful and untouched Aotea Harbour, 50 minutes drive South of Raglan (NZ) to finalize the testing of the production samples of the '09 Sport +. We managed to ride the 5, 7 ,9, 11 and 13m all in the same day! The wind conditions rose and dropped as the day wore on allowing us to complete those all important finishing touches.
After riding the 13m, Robbie compared the ’08 model to the '09 model, " I am just so happy that we have a kite with such a smooth progressive feeling plus a wider sweet spot, I really like the fact that I can feel where the kite is more than the 08's". Hugh (Ozone ripper and Product manager) tore it up on the 13m noticing the difference in feel and how well its performing back to back to an 08; “with a big kite like the 13m you just don’t expect to do the same things as you can do on the smaller kites but this thing is amazing, I love it."
The Fluctuating wind allowed Robbie to ride the 5m upon arrival and then later switch easily to the larger sizes as the wind dropped during the day giving another great opportunity to make sure the range has the same feeling throughout the sizes. Matt and Dom continued work on the re-launch characteristics and safety system, relentlessly crashing the kites like men possessed to retest the relaunching capabilities with only positive results.
Plus we had some friends as kitesurf newbie's learning to kitesurf out on the 09's doing their best as all beginners do to put a kite into the worst possible situation!
All aspects of the safety system have been through the ringer the past 6 months with the through the bar flag out working smoothly and every time. We are stoked with the easy re-launch, just turn the bar and the kites rotate and launch. No need to reach up and grab the leaders for that extra tweak like on the large size 08's. Another day of riding on the new 4-line pulley-less kites and again they consistently out-performed last years models in all areas with simplicity working in our favour.
Overall Robbie is very happy with this year’s kites and as his own worst critic, this is a good thing indeed! The Ozone team are stoked on the ’09 kites and we can’t wait to see them out there in your hands.
Cheers Team Ozone
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