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Advance is a kiteboarding brand which makes kites since 1996. Although it is not yet widely known, the odd shape of the kite (inverted naish helix ;-p) will ensure that the brand will stick out from the crowd. Advance produces the Advance Kondor (C-kite Freestyle) and the Advance Kaiman.This review will go indepth with the Kaiman.
Read the Mark Shinn interview. Mark tells us the real facts about his new kites, the 555 and the NHP/666. Have you already flown a 555 or a 666? I know I would like to read your No Bullshit review in the comments! thanks mark!
The Best Waroo is a kite for bow kite fans. A good price for a reasonable kite. Although it must be said, when you hang to a Waroo, you immediately notice the attention to simple details. The finish on the kite is a ok. For the intermediate kiter I should say, the Best Waroo is for that day with gusty winds and downright crazy conditions. Other that that you’ll want to grab a modern c-kite for a little more bar pressure and more aggressive jumps, and definitely not the Best Waroo. The Best Bularoo is for absolute beginners and freaking lazy kiters (onepump).. (lazy kiters that tend to have tons of style that is..). The Fone Impact 2006 was the best kite that Fone Kiteboarding produced that year. In general we can say that the Freestyle kite has been built not that tough (I’ve seen some impacts being torn up in the line-up), but the Impact flies incredibly light and turns on a dime. The 11 m Impact feels like a 10m or even a 9m and feels really responsive. Combine this with light bar pressure and you end up flying a kite that will offer hours of good fun. Want to buy the Fone Impact 2007? Go for the Tribal 2 then, but if you can get your hands on a 2006..
the Fone Dream was all about producing a kite for beginners and intermediate kiters. Although the Dream is a classic c-kite it has all its priorities straight: the Dream was a good start because it showed the essence of kitesurfing and that is of course easy to use versatility: throwing a jump, riding a wave, going crazy for speed, landing tricks or even cruising. To achieve all that with no worries, with fun as your only goal, the Fone Dream really delivered. F-One released its 5th Line Safety System as early as 9/8/2004 so the original was not fitted with a fifth line when it came out. The F-One Rival kite is for anyone in desperate need of a light wind kite. So if you are not blessed with 25+ winds regularly… Then you might consider to buy a Fone Rival. But consider the Rival also because it features the patented F-One Integral System. This system allows the kite to have bow kite like depower but still have the high performance characteristics of a classic C shape kite.
the F-one Bandit is the result of intensive research into kite-aerodynamics and the wish to create a kite with full depower. The debate goes on whether a Bandit is a bow kite or a hybrid, but in my eyes Fone has definitly created a unique kite concept. |
