Wow all this fuss and fighting over a foil, never thought I'd see the day...
Loooove to have a go on the chrono though, ooooooh all that aspect.....
Yeh plumett agreed. Wouldn't buy one even if I was rich, but I'd love to burn some speed and feel that aspect driving you along...miss my edges, although got out on my 16m 2011 dyno last night, not the same aspect drive (as I got it to dabble in airstyle) but damn it was nice getting Towed down to the waters edge again (maybe I shouldn't have tried it for the first time in 16 to 18 knots.....bahahaha).
Proof will be when the kite gets here fellas...can't wait to hear the reports.
I've never canned a foil unless it was a particularly shoddy one and I actually cannot remember bothering, probably because lots of others would know too, I grew up on them, and refused to even use LEI's until about 2002/03
Foils for surfing waves suck and I'll stick with that, foils for kite racing have great potential and from what I hear from those that actually rip at kite racing, Ozone Chrono's also rock for kite racing, and foils on land and snow are superior for so many reasons particularly ease of use.
Back on topic
ozonekites.com/products/water-kites/chrono
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Lets face it. Foils are for people that fly foils anf have enormous amounts of patience. LEI kites are for the rest of us.
They are the people's kite for the masses. Their profile holds even when there are lulls in the wind and they are cheaper, and no tangles.
I flew my flysurfer doing some land kiting and was so frustrated with it collapsing and having to self land all the time to reset the kite, that I packed it up and pulled out my 12mt LEI. Still managed to land-kite without a problem. 4 lines are so much easier than all these fkn lines and bridles overlapping the wing tips, etc.
I am seriously thinking of selling all my foils. Had enough.
Wait - the Chrono has 47 cells? It has the same "Speed system", the same bridle design as the FSer... so that makes it MORE complex than the Speed4!!!
Wait - "newly designed internal straps"? How can a brand new product have "newly designed" anything?
Wait - "no stretch"? How about shrink?
Wait - is that a zip I see? *shudder*
This just gets funnier and funnier!
have ozone been sneaking around watching me launch and land my speed? because that video is almost a carbon copy of how I do it !......hehehe
Interesting flexi plastic things to hold the nose in shape. Good idea.
I really look forward to flying one of these beasts.
My, my, this thread is suddenly a lot shorter... and looks better for certain vendors. How convenient
What ever. Can we get back to discussing the Chrono please? Admin, you need to delete a few more posts here.
Shame on me!? Shame on me!?
Kami. Until you've seen it, touched it, tried it, and tested it - then I will listen.
We obsessed kite racers have a few coming to Perth soon so we will give a bit of feed back compared to 2013 Lei Edges from from 19m to 9m on both kite race boards and foil boards - I have nothing to sell except my own time and money but LOVE to go fast
first flight assessments of my Chrono.
super smooth and cranking on my KFA Hydrofoil in 5knts on 15m. Amazing stuff.
Just gotta work on my 'foil' technique and all these bridals can be confusing
will be out on it today again..
Should have played more DnD as a kid ;-) follow the V splits but you don't need to worry unless something breaks...