Snowkiting in mountainous terrain generally means dealing with gusty conditions. While LEIs have the advantage of a rigid structure, they are often heavy and impractical for alpine terrain. Foil kites have a clear advantage. Recent developments in single skin kite designs (single skin kite comparison) are pushing the limit. They have a clear advantage over weight and simplicity, yet a disadvantage can be that they sometimes front-stall with a collapsing leading edge in very gusty conditions when flown close to the edge of the wind window. Ram pressure closed or open cell foil kites can have an advantage in gusty conditions in mountainous terrain.
„Flysurfer Soul vs Ozone Hyperlink vs Ozone Subzero TEST“ weiterlesenFlysurfer PEAK 5 vs Ozone Explore V2
A detailed description of the performance of the single skin FS Peak and O3 Explore kites is posted here.
Flysurfer and Ozone Foil Kite Comparisons
Comparing different kites from various manufacturers can be challenging. If you are interested in foil kites you should definitely have a look at the two market leaders: Ozone and Flysurfer . Riding a range of our own kites over the years gave us the opportunity to test comparable kites from both manufacturers under different conditions (water and snow). A comparison between two great backcountry open cell kites (Ozone Explore and the Flysurfer Peak) was already posted here.
„Flysurfer and Ozone Foil Kite Comparisons“ weiterlesenOzone Explore vs Flysurfer Peak4 TEST
Comparison Ozone Explore (v1) vs Flysurfer Peak4
If you want to go steep and high, safety is a good thing. Both the Ozone Explore and Flysurfer Peak offer great performance in the backcountry (more comparisons are also posted here and update is also posted here).
MOREFoilkite für den Wasserstart packen
Flysurfer Soul in 8 Schritten für den Wasserstart vorbereiten – How to pack a Closed cell foilkite for waterstart. How to start see this blog entry: https://www.kitewetter.at/?p=6791
