eddiemorgs said..simonp said..eddiemorgs said..
Had a great session yesterday on the cruzer on the 17 Zephyr , sounds boring but the cruzer foil and 120 board in swell is sweet even with a big kite
+1 for J-shapes, awesome user friendly gear. I have the cruzer foil and 120cm board as well but have never tried anything bigger than a 12m. The limiting factor is board volume. If I can get up on the board, then I can foil. I am often scraping the bottom or losing the board in shore break. The gear is tough.
I use the 17 because that is what I have , and it cost me $3000, or something like that , so I need or use it or get rid of it
Of course prefer to use a 7 but its Darwin and we need to think hard about bottom end , at this time of year we often are faced with 10kts (10kts here is not the same as 10kts in the south, different density ) and I can go out on the 12 Neo but our wind is thin and a lull of 2 kts makes it tricky .... so lately I have been using to 17 to protect me from a swim at the bottom end of the wind range
Havent used the 17 for a long time for obvious reasons above , but i have really enjoyed it ... believe it or not .
Having said that I can now see why you might look at the Cloud strutless and mono strut kites due their light wind ability, but its more $$$
I am guessing the 13.4 cloud + 10.4 would outperform the 17 zephyr
Which size would you go for ?
Sorry about off topic ... but its a useful conversation for Brohan too
And agree , I have had quiet afew impacts with sand and one good one with a rock
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on the jshapes ... no problem , just a few scratches. Its well built
Cheers