So I mostly fly power kites but I started out with dual line stunt kites. Now, I know this review sections mainly caters to the power aspect of kiting
but would it be OK if I did some reviews for some of the stunt kites that I have. I know alot of people who fly power also do duals
I really like my Prism E2 and E3 Big smooth stunters. I haven't flown them in
over two years though. They break too easily, lol. I am way too rough with my rigid kites after heaving 8m fixed bridles and 20m+ depowers around
for the last few years. I lack some of the subtle touch I used to have for snap stalls and slide stalls and flic flacs. Now I just rip the spars out
of the kite when I try any of the tricks I used to be able to do. And I am not even talking about hitting the ground!
Edit: Corrected my time machine kite purchases to E2 and E3.
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Kites:
Ozone R1 V3 7m
Flysurfer Sonic v3 15m
Flysurfer Speed 3 Deluxe 19m
Peter Lynn Charger 2 12m
Ozone Access Reride 6m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 5.5m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 8.6m
Prism Tensor 5.0m
The Maestro is a great kite, the Fazer XL And XXL are also great kites but quite different in design and feel. The Fazer's have a very flat sail and
are designed more towards speed than tricks. The XXL is quite impressive. My
favorite Dual line kites right now is either my Widow Makers, Deep Space and Talons.
I flew mostly ULs and SULs and never got into the high A/R, weighted kites scene (started with the STX, I think) but do love my JITBs in normal winds
and my Wahoo in moderate-high winds. I use to fly 3Ds on 12 foot lines right in my yard and I customized my Ozone bridle to make it more cascade /
flick friendly (much to the shock of some at the time). Most of my trick kites haven't seen the light of day in 3-5 years.
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
Fixed Bridle Quiver: MAC Bego 400, JOJO ET Instinct 2.5 & 5.5, Lil Devil 1.5, Sting 1.2
Rides: Ground Industries
Same here B-Roc. The last time I got my E3 out was almost two years ago, and the first thing I did was a backroll and my timing was totally wrong and
I pulled to unroll it and snapped a spar that went flying out into lake Michigan...
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Kites:
Ozone R1 V3 7m
Flysurfer Sonic v3 15m
Flysurfer Speed 3 Deluxe 19m
Peter Lynn Charger 2 12m
Ozone Access Reride 6m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 5.5m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 8.6m
Prism Tensor 5.0m
OK by me, I love my Mighty Bug .5, I fly it with my 3 year old daughter. She's helped me fly it before she was 2 and she loves it . You gotta start them young, my dad taught me to fly a R/C sailplane competitively
before I could ride a bike so I'm always looking for something new to fly that would be fun for the family or people who might be intimidated by the 4
line kites.
Two Line: .5 Mighty Bug (For me and my daughter) - intothewind.com
HQ: Beamer V 2M - (first 4 line before I knew about PKF and Big Mike's Kites) intothewind.com
PL: Twister III 5.5M - bigmikeskites.com
PL: Hornet III 3M bigmikeskites.com/dakitez.com
Wheels: None - Approved by "The Boss", discussing options with Big Mike
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Big smooth stunters. I haven't flown them in
over two years though. They break too easily, lol. I am way too rough with my rigid kites after heaving 8m fixed bridles and 20m+ depowers around
for the last few years. I lack some of the subtle touch I used to have for snap stalls and slide stalls and flic flacs. Now I just rip the spars out
of the kite when I try any of the tricks I used to be able to do. And I am not even talking about hitting the ground!
