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I have NEVER flown a kite and loved it the first time.  There is always a learning curve on new equipment.  I just pumped this kite up, hooked up my lines, and BAM, i was skying huge airs.

The bag is great, tons of room for kite, bar, pump, and some extra stuff you may trek down with you.  No one pump (slightly disapointed), but got over it right away when i realized this 12m only has 3 struts (amazing).  Took no time to pump up kite, nice clean shutoff valvles at all struts and LE.  material and workanship is top quality.

LE bridles are barley bridles at all.  they are attahced to 3 points on LE but so small and out of the way its a great design.

In the air kite was just perfect.  great amounts of power in not much wind, fast turning, direct feel, big floaty jumps.

If you are new to the sport or a pro, this kite has to get in your hands for at least one session.  I am so stoked i tried this kite which I knew nothing about at all.

Thank you Wainman for a quality product that we are stoked to ride and stoked to sell our customers.

Cosmic Kites is proud to announce that we will be fully loaded with 2011 kiteboarding gear and 2011 kiteboarding equipment.  Cosmic has been involved in testing a lot of the 2011 kite gear that will be available starting October.  There are some major developments that will be introduced to the kiting world very soon.  We look forward to sharing with you updates as they come available.  There are brand new safety systems, 2 line water kites, amazing new one pump systems, incredible new designs that will offer the user amazing wind range, hang time, etc.  thanks for making 2010 a great year and we look forward to serving you in the years to follow.

RRD have launched the 2010 Obsession.

RRD Obsession 2010 Kite

The next generation RRD Obsession kites have raised the ‘all-round’ performance level even higher than the 2009 model.

RRD Obsession slightly lower aspect Than the‘delta’ shaped 2009 Obsession than last year and in the air you notice instantly they are a little more ‘crisp’ feeling-they turn a little more quickly with light bar input, and you can feel the power come on and off so smoothly. The depower range is even more impressive, and gives you great upwind performance to boot.

For those of you who are a bit more into unhooked riding the RRD Obsession 2010 is way foward and is alot more stable being unhooked than previous 09 Obsession, you can even ride around for ages without unhooking if you pull in the depower strap first, making waveriding or freestyle that much easier. This feature’s on RRD Obsession 2010 are really impressive and is just the easiest kite to do anything with, whether you’re just cruising and want a smooth, easy kite, or if you want to get out there and push your limits and learn new manoevres or ride that wave just a little harder and faster. Kites like this just seem to improve your success rate, whatever your level.

RRD are offering four fresh new colour ways and are offering the following size range:

5m, 7m, 9m, 10.5m, 12m and 13.5m. You have the option to buy them complete (with global

(carbon) bar +lines, bag, pump or as separate components.

Fone Bandit III 9m Staff Review

Today i had the opportunity to ride the 9m Bandit III 2010.  I read a ton of reviews first and wanted to really make my own opinion about the kite.  well here it is.  Out of the bag the kite looks awesome.  great new graphics and the bag is just like last year except it has an enclosed bar pocket (neither good nor bad) but does help keep your wet bar somewhat sand free when you put it in the bag.  the one pump is awesome.  i got the 9m pumped up in very short time.  the bridles are the first major change you will notice on the kite.  the bridles are much shorter this year so you don’t get that tangled mess that some people experienced last year.  the rear lines on the kite are also longer.  they did this so they could allow for all 4 lines from the bar to be the same length.  great feature for those that don’t want to purchase another bar and plan on using a bar from another kite they already have.  however, this years bar is really nice.  the rear lines have knots off the bar ends so you can easily adjust rear line length, and the CL locks nicely into the bar and stays sturdy and upright for unhooking.  i self launched and realized i actually did not do anything, the kite did all the work, literally.  the kite went up in seconds and so smooth.  it flys on the front lines as opposed to last year when it flew more off the back lines, this should be really nice for unhooking (i did not fly unhooked).   The Fone Bandit III (3) flew super smooth and VERY fast.  i was surprised about the low end power of this kite.  today the wind was only about 10-15 on the gusts and it had so much power i was able to drag very far and fast on the beach.  yesterday i took the kite out in 30-40 mph side shore winds and it handled the gusts VERY well.  at one point i dropped the kite due to rider error and a set wave was about to destroy it and thankfully to “auto” relaunch the kite got up very quickly and out of harms way.  i have to fly it a few more times to really dial in my jumps as i am so used to the bandit dos where i could really hit major air on that kite.  the sweet spot moved a little with this kite and it fly’s more forward in the window.  i like when kites fly like this because it allows for easy upwind performance and allows the kite to sit in a comfortable spot of the window while wave riding.  i am far from an expert in wave riding; however, this kite affords me the confidence to work on that aspect of kiting: the kite literally just sits there in the air when you approach it and it does not fall out of the sky.  This kite wants to fly.  that is all for now.  i will report more as i ride it more.

Best Nemesis NXG 2010

Have you heard?  the 2010 Best Nemesis NXG is out and on sale.

The all new Nemesis NXG sets the bar for performance riding, providing the perfect balance between C-kite responsiveness and SLE performance. Demanding riders will find it the unbeatable choice for Big-air and high powered Freestyle riding styles.

Get lined up to kill it on HUGE waves with this super stable fast turning Best Nemesis NXG.

Starting at: $999

Get yours TODAY!!!