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I just looked at those. Those kites will be gone in 2 days, is my guess.
What's your guess, Danny?
Man, those WPs are at a great price.

I used to buy last years gear but this time I am going for 08's all around. The kites are really that much better this year! Against my usual advice too.

I almost got one of the smaller ones for Donna, but her Ozone 7m has only 3 uses, so it'd be a waste.

I agree Tom. There is a night/day improvement in my mind as well from 07 to 08.
Otherwise I wouldn't have bought one.

I am sort of surprised that Best themselves don't say much about the improvements. They seem to downplay it.
I think maybe a lot of the 08 kites are better than the 07 kites, is what might be going on. Maybe Best knows it and doesn't want to claim to be the only company that showed huge improvements in kite performance this year (?).

I also think they don't need to say much anymore. People just buy them. They have a lot of momentum.
They use to be the kings of hype, to the point of annoyance when they first came out.
I use to get moderately pissed with their marketing claims and anyone that's been around for 5 years remembers all the forum fights I got into over it. The irony.

I really don't think it matters as much anymore. All the kites are converging upon similar plans (maybe divided into 3 main categories, like wave, high booster, and wake-style) and are getting good.
It use to be that one kite truly was noticeably better than another and a few really sucked. I think those days are probably gone.
I actually believe Bayflite now when he says "All kites rock". 5 years ago that was nothing but a load of crap. lol

[SandiBottom]

Was in the shopp the other day and they had some 08 Demo's for sale already.. Best , Naish and some others

http://www.emeraldcoastkiteboarding.com/

Hey guys...
What about the type9?
Tons of people thought the hyper was the sh*t... Wondering if any locals have tried it...
Even though scott and al have almost convinced me to get a 08roo dont want to count this one out yet...
And the era... Their was lots of talk about this kite before...now zip...what gives?
(Maybe its just awesome and doesnt need to be talked about?)
Who knows....

I don't think you can go too wrong with most of the kites out there this year.

[BigR]

Jason,

Believe it or not , most kites made in '08 rock. But they ALL behave/ handle differently. So, it depends on what you like and what your style of riding is. Alot of people like little to no bar pressure, some like a more direct feel to the kite. The only observation I have on this is that alot of the newer people would have hated the early kites but alot of people liked their feel in some respects. Best thing is to demo as much as possible to find what you like and not pay attention to the people trying to pimp their view of what you should ride and buy without even trying it first



post script: some bars and quick releases suck..... still

Demo demo demo......
Yea I heard that....
But being a newer rider im too nervous to demo someone elses kite...
Being a surfer i can kite on my surfboard strapless no prob..but on my 140x38 well thats a different story...but im getting there..
Im glad I started on oldschool Ckites tho.. so i know what it feels like to get my freakin a$$ handed to me...
I am still using 04 ckites and at the end of this month im gettin something new..
Flew an 06 waroo16 once in about 15-20 more power than i was used to but it felt kinda sloppy...not sure what that was about...
Sorry to hijack this thread...but im just gonna have to group everones opinions together and hope for the best.. Thanks Jason

[inferno]

Originally Posted by Skyway Scott

I just looked at those. Those kites will be gone in 2 days, is my guess.
What's your guess, Danny?
Man, those WPs are at a great price.

they wont go that quick, maybe the pros, im even tempted to get one of the smaller pros, im sure that 7m pro would jump to the moon and loop like crazy in solid 30+, but i just cant justify it, especially with our wind lately......