Most interesting thing about the Ozone wing is the spliced bridles. I can tell you that standard bridles don’t feel very nice on your hands when stowing. It has potential to be a pretty big QoL upgrade.
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Yes, the spliced lines are huge. I just realized that the BRM lines were the reason for two shredded pairs of gloves this season.
Flysurfer POW teaser:
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Absolutely loved my peak 4s, this is the one I have been looking forward to the most. Do I spy a pulley on the bar? My Flow 3m order was just delayed 3 weeks after a month of waiting maybe I just wait a little longer for a 3m…I do live in Florida after all. 
Side note had a couple of really fun dw runs in light sea breeze 10-13mph conditions this week with my 5m BRM. I had some doubts that I would be able to Parawing this summer but no longer. I was using my dw board but I think a neutral vol narrow mid would work just as well.
A bigger foil is essential as you need to grave dig/pump the foil up, I use my Uni p200. I was consistently able to start no problem in these conditions.
Technique is a little different than when powered. You need to point downwind enough to align with the bumps, back stall the kite a little and just allow the speed to gradually build, once moving at a steady pace you can start your board pump up. The BRM doesn’t like to be pumped but you can leverage the gusts with a quick pw pump too.
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Oh and this doesn’t look like it’s a Peak conversion kit, looks like its own thing right?
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Yes it is a new product. They will not be offering conversion kits according to Armin Harich from Flysurfer. Hope it is no too expensive.
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What would the purpose of a pulley be?
on foil kites pulleys are used to allow more of a change in Angle of Attack for a given amount of bar trim. Could allow greater depower range. But honestly for PW its just one more thing to tangle the lines on so I am not sure its worth it. I think 777 uses a Pulley. You probably really need one for the double skins.
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The Naish Morph also has a pulley, but I agree just another tangle point. Here is a diag of how it works.
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More tease
that shape looks solid in wind
Man I hate flysurfer’s marketing department. Those stupid ads with all the story and whatever and all the shots of the gear are like 2 second clips and not showing me the scenarios I want to see or giving me any idea of what the gear is going to ride like.
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I wish manufacturers made finding specs easier. We know any canopy on wings 4mts and above that are made out of heavier ripstop that 32g are difficult to stow and even a 4mtr in that weight is borderline.
BRM are the pack leader still, a dream to pack away though Five-0 seem an option if available. Other manufacturers seem to be missing the point, and Gong at 54g is a joke.
Naish 32g
Duotone 30g
Flow 32g
BRM ?
Gong 54g
North 40g
Ensis ?
Windmaster 35g
Five-O 21g
Ozone ?
Ahhhhhh. I so want to pull the trigger and make para-wing my project this summer- but it’s such an awkward time to do it with so many new versions on the cusp and v2s on the way. My rec budget can’t afford a buy-rebuy and I want to get something that I can keep a while, that maximizes my chance at success 
Just go for a big gong or flow! If you are dw’ing- the finer points wont matter- but if you need a wing that people are actually posting tracks on today- its the flow.
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Agree on the general sentiment to just get one, stop waiting for the new best one to come to market….but here is a better view of the Flysurfer POW. It’s looking good, curious how much of a tangle risk the pulley adds though. Would be worth it if it’s more stable with increased depower range.
More details, not available till late May. Introductory price looks reasonable
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Remember that’s in NZD. $485 USD. Which is actually kind of insane…
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Oh man, I used AUD, that’s awesome! Way to go Flysurfer.
Considering canceling my delayed Flow Order for either the north or Ozone pws but I am just not very patient and late May sounds to long to wait. Especially since April and May are good wind months here and summer..not so much.
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Super excited about the FW parawing but that size range sucks!
Sizes: 1.7 / 2.5 / 4.0
I’d love to get a 3.5m and a 5m to fill in my quiver of D-Wings (4.2m and 3m), yet these sizes don’t line up with that dream.
Also while I can pump up my 4.2m D-Wing in 11 knots (can’t go upwind very well in that little wind though) I find my 3m needs at least 18 knots which is a far bigger gap than I’d like.
So unless Flysurfer has done some magic and these things are way more powerful than D-Wings are these sizes are going to be like
1.7m: 25-60
2.5m: 20-40
4.0m: 14-22
Hopefully they add in 3.0 / 3.5 / 4.5 / 5.0 soon after launch.
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