If price isn’t an issue then the Frigate is definitely the most user friendly offering and it might save you some pain if you don’t have experience flying single skin kites. Not cheap though.
I think a 4-4.5 ish size is what you want. It will cover a lot of that wind range without being annoyingly large. You will need to set expectations at the low end - at the start, sub 15 knots is going to be a struggle even with a DW board. I have the Pocket Rocket and it works well for me. Ive only tried the Naish and BRM v1, and I think the PR is materially better than both of them, but thats not exactly a like-for-like comparison.
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I can use a 4m maliko v1 in 16/17 on a DW board up to 35/40 with a -35 sinker. DW only when overpowered…
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I love Kai’s assessment at the end where he says its an unrefined product. The way he jammed it into the pouch made me cringe. He basically said redeploy was a crapshoot and I can see why. It shows him surfing some very large waves with it, but I would like to see how he got out in those waves. Also how he stayed upwind. Guy is such a beast. He’s just goofing around in conditions that would be terrifying for 99% of the population.
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One of the drops he took while trying to pack the PW was nuts.
anyone ridden the 5.6m UDW yet?
That blend of low end & ease of dousing looks great as a daily driver 10 to 20 knots….
@cloudland here’s a vid on my leash sleeve to keep the coils clear of my lines. Zero tangles since I started using it and I’ve badly abused my line management to test it:
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