WiND-X Monsoonz 14m
WiND-X Monsoonz 14m First Ride
Spent some time on the 14m Monsoonz from WiND-X, so I thought I would provide a first ride review on the kite. This is by no means a comprehensive review, for I only spent about 40 minutes on the kite.
For the record I sell a few kites, weigh about 95kg, don't wear undies, I'm quite ugly and I am an average rider. I didn't get the chance to compare this kite to any others on the day. The last time I did that, a few people got upset and being the touchy feely fella I am...I don't want to hurt the feelings of any of those delicate little flowers or challenge their manhood.
Conditions were pretty ordinary, 10 to 15 knots on the gust, and sometimes nothing. Had someone give me a launch because of the lack of launch area, trees and not flown the kite before. The board I was riding was a WiND-X 142 x 42cm X-koi ....more on the board later.
First off you notice this kite moves a lot slower than the 10, but is stable and easy to fly. I flew it on the 10's bar with the pulley setup. The kite looks big in the sky and feels heavier, but the bar pressure is the same as the 10.
On the water this kite goes up wind.....and up and up. One dive and your off, then you park it at the side of the window pull in the bar and off you go. Its upwind ability is amazing. Keeping upwind becomes and after thought.
The kite does not thrive on speed as does for example a sonic and vapour. It has like a tractor type of pull....torquey type of feel.....if that makes sense? It allows you to plod along at a brisk walking pace and still be going up wind...I don't think this kite will set any speed records but it will provide you with an upwinding machine.
I had trouble getting my jumps together because of the combination of unfamiliar kite and board, some were ok and some were embarrassing...so no comment on that yet.
I was a bit worried about the relaunch on such a big, flat, high aspect kite. I dropped it a couple of times and the relaunch was easy as...
Turning speed was respectable for the size, not like a c kite of course, but good enough.
Overall first impressions were good and I think that it will be my most used kite this season. I don't think many people will need a bigger kite than this, with the right board I recon I could be kitting in 10 knots, but I will have to wait and see.
The X-koi board is made by a very popular manufacturer, and it's quality is second to none. It has early planning and works well with the Monsoonz. I found it hard to get used to a first because it felt totally different to what I was used to, but now I'm more in tune with it. It's a good board.
Cheers,
Barrie
http://www.stormriderkites.com.au/
Spent some time on the 14m Monsoonz from WiND-X, so I thought I would provide a first ride review on the kite. This is by no means a comprehensive review, for I only spent about 40 minutes on the kite.
For the record I sell a few kites, weigh about 95kg, don't wear undies, I'm quite ugly and I am an average rider. I didn't get the chance to compare this kite to any others on the day. The last time I did that, a few people got upset and being the touchy feely fella I am...I don't want to hurt the feelings of any of those delicate little flowers or challenge their manhood.
Conditions were pretty ordinary, 10 to 15 knots on the gust, and sometimes nothing. Had someone give me a launch because of the lack of launch area, trees and not flown the kite before. The board I was riding was a WiND-X 142 x 42cm X-koi ....more on the board later.
First off you notice this kite moves a lot slower than the 10, but is stable and easy to fly. I flew it on the 10's bar with the pulley setup. The kite looks big in the sky and feels heavier, but the bar pressure is the same as the 10.
On the water this kite goes up wind.....and up and up. One dive and your off, then you park it at the side of the window pull in the bar and off you go. Its upwind ability is amazing. Keeping upwind becomes and after thought.
The kite does not thrive on speed as does for example a sonic and vapour. It has like a tractor type of pull....torquey type of feel.....if that makes sense? It allows you to plod along at a brisk walking pace and still be going up wind...I don't think this kite will set any speed records but it will provide you with an upwinding machine.
I had trouble getting my jumps together because of the combination of unfamiliar kite and board, some were ok and some were embarrassing...so no comment on that yet.
I was a bit worried about the relaunch on such a big, flat, high aspect kite. I dropped it a couple of times and the relaunch was easy as...
Turning speed was respectable for the size, not like a c kite of course, but good enough.
Overall first impressions were good and I think that it will be my most used kite this season. I don't think many people will need a bigger kite than this, with the right board I recon I could be kitting in 10 knots, but I will have to wait and see.
The X-koi board is made by a very popular manufacturer, and it's quality is second to none. It has early planning and works well with the Monsoonz. I found it hard to get used to a first because it felt totally different to what I was used to, but now I'm more in tune with it. It's a good board.
Cheers,
Barrie
http://www.stormriderkites.com.au/
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