Balloon boy was gracious enough to allowed me to take the 07 14m Halo through it’s paces at Blue hill . I know thoughts was going through his mind at times, if shuman hit those trees that kite is his. :lol: It was about 12-15 k more 12, I must say the kite is really sweet, with that light wind I was shocked to see the kind of hang time that kite gave me, I didn’t think I had the power to do any airs but I was dead wrong. I took it for some really fast turns and rode pretty close to the trees to see how fast I can make the turn before hitting it, with that kite I can be even more of a menace on the water , it turns about 20-30% faster than the my baby 06 16 Cab X Bow, I must admit in that wind condition the hang time is bigger and longer the than baby 06 16m Cab X Bow.The gripping of the bar is kind of slippery at least for me, I like the depowering system on that kite and I know it would make a good kite to learn handle passes with cause when that bar gets to a certain point on the center line that kite just falls out of the sky instantly. My concern is with the center line bar stopper, it works because the center line is thick what is going to happen when that line shrinks. All in all in the conditions I was in I usually don’t have a good session but with that kite I did. Balloon B you have to let me hit that thang when the wind gets to 15-20k mostly 20, if the hang time is crazy in lite wind then high winds it should be sick, if it is then I might have to start ripping my Cab stinkers down :twisted: .
P.S , first look at the 07 12M Cab X Bow didn’t have the luck on riding it but I gave it a once over visually and I was truly disappointed the kite looks really fragile.
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