BLANK KITE TEST: ep1 (Big Air) feat. Len10, Marc Jacobs and Giel Vlugt
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Series 2: Cape Town. 8 Big Air kites. All 9m. All blank. Unbiased testing by three of the biggest names in big air.
Big thanks to the brands that took part in this. Props to them for believing in their product and trusting us to do a fair job. And thanks to Ocean Rodeo, Ozone and North for being open minded and letting their riders test for us. Legends.
Next episode: the remaining 4 kites are reviewed
Last episode: the top3 go through to the final
Boom.
Follow the pros here:
/ marcjacobskite
/ gielvlugt
/ rubenlen10
Height tracking provided by @woosports
woosports.com/
with FPV footage from @JanekGrzegorzewski
and drone footage from / arlinladue
Videography by
/ kinas_photos
/ miriam_joanna_art and
/ nonoise_media
(it's the stuff that is actually good)
Stills by
/ miriam_joanna_art and
/ arlinladue
Source's of the @RubenLenten footage (worth a watch):
• Slingshot Sports Kite ... (storm jees 3.0)
• ruben lenten stormsjee... (storm jees 2.0)
• CODE RED - Extreme Kit... (Code Red)
• MY LIFE STORY | Ruben ... (Life story)
• Ruben Lenten - Profile (Junior profile)
• Ruben Lenten - PAINKIL... (Painkiller)
thanks to the caddies:
/ hamzawykiteboarding
/ youssef_kiteboarding_
/ loicdeconinck
thanks to Steezy Pete for beach management
/ steezy_pete_official
thanks to the microphone caddies: / gabby_pioraite
/ domas_life
and the legend (his words) himself: / kitesurf365
and thank you to me as always. now scroll down for individual kite models:
northkb.com/pr...
slingshotsport...
ozonekites.com...
airush.com/kit...
www.f-one.worl...
ridecore.com/u...
harlemkitesurf...
see u in the next one. xoxoxoxoxo
Great Video, although I want to know why you have not released a single video of yourself kitesurfing ever inspite of all this big talk about the post office and getting paid to hang out with the worlds top kitesurfers.
Nor we've seen Colin's true non-big-chin face, or have we? Seems like we should make a petition which ofc he would be obligated to obey! 😀
Descriptions of his sessions in older videos are so vivid we don’t even need a video
@@JohnyFretka you could see him a few times during the kota commentary. He did it together with Lewis Crathern. Just skip though the kota replay at red bull TV! :)
These videos are the best and the industry as a whole definitely could use more of this! Thank you everyone that was involved in making this happen again.
Really good drone footage... adds a lot!
I like that format 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾😎 Much appreciated how much efforts you put in this…💪🏽😊. Can‘t wait for the next episode…
… and I really enjoyed your appreciation for Rubens legendary influence on kitesurfing.❤❤❤… indeed. He is a living legend🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾😎
Damn looking forward to watching a storm chase with Ruben and Giel!!
Lol Giel's face after trying the pig 😅😅
EPIC STUFF!!!
is just a prototype. takes time to reach perfection.
@@portraitpremium fair enough. Probably just needs som aluula 🤔
Is there a site available for the squeeler yet?
@@portraitpremium curious choice of words, Colin. No two north's there for sure, but curious indeed
This is my favorite kite "series" to watch. Keep it coming. 💯
Love these blank kite tests!
Wow, Best graphics ever done by any brand! and done by a bunch of brands, by far this is the most impressive improvement!
I really liked to see the different opinions of pros in a blank test. Can't wait for the next part of the video!
What an amazing video! I just love it, the concept, the filming/production, the great kiters ... Wonderful.
Awesome job ! Of course it is important to have an objective and fair way to test and realistically address the performance of the kites. And you are doing just that. But also much more than that ! The tests are interesting but the relationship between the riders and the focus on Ruben biggest carrier moments are brilliant!
Keep going with your great work !
Awesome episode, wish I could binge the series 😂 The Squeeler, haha what a stunt!
Show us the squeeler!
❤Nice trustworthy setup, great idea with this blank kite testing with the pro’s. I love it!
Sick content. A great format. Classic to watch Colins kite get slayed, shows the importance of years of r&d though!
So cool to hear these legend riders instantaneous analysis!! Great exercise, very instructive ! Can't wait to see part 2😃
Nice project :D Ruben is just a legend!
16:17 Spot on, good on you Colin.
so awesome that you do this! Must be a hell lot of work
Why did they choose core nexus instead of xr?
Also curious, maybe because they are now testing the xr8 but it isn't finalised it yet and didn't want to run with the slower xr7
Someone else commented it was a blank kite core submitted in KOTA, why they did that I don't know, but I guess if they already had a blank kite they could submit it in this.
Epic boys! Killing it!
Awesome information what a great concept.
Those tests are great, but disappointing that duotone isn't in it as one of the biggest brand (I'm guessing they didn't want to be part of it)
I would love to see they 2000+ dlab kites in the test ..
Probably because high-y bar gives it the brand away. Altho... Core is in here so idk
best kite content in the world.
would be much appreciated if the riders can get deeper in the analysis, perhaps: bar pressure, forward flight in the wind window, upwind abilities, stability
Man that core kite is so easy to tell by the colours ahaha
Definitely, but maybe the pros were thinking it was the gts and not the nexus 🤔
@@huvoliveira we are gonna have to wait for the second episode to see! 😃
🎉just amazing
Dudes epic content. Thank you!
awesome vid. Can't wait for the next one.
duotone knows it'll get exposed...even if the kite DID manage to win the test, the price still wouldn't be justified (3k for a 12 😂)
Great content Colin
I LOVE IT!!
So epic guys!
That blank Core is going to be difficult to identify 🤔🥴
Brilliant
Awsome :D thx for making thise insane good videos that gives us a bit insight into more brands 🤙
This format is just great guys! Do you have like a patreon or something? I feel kinda bad getting something like this for free.
The War Pigs Squealler is alot like a Blade High Score. Thin leading edge, high aspect ratio 5 strut, made for a fast turning kite that had a lot of canopy flutter and very little boost. It also has the angular swept wing tips. Couldn't see if the one on test had a pulley on the bridle, the High Score does.
What brand is the kite with the pig logo?
i could be wrong but isn't kite number four the ocean rodeo? lol.. is it not properly trimmed or what
Really wonder which one is Kite 4 brand now 😂
Great job! Looks like a lot of work, I'm just wondering how you get this format financed. Might be incredibly expensive!
But no Duotone again??? Where are they 😂😂😂😂😂
Insane content
Bigair and... Nexus? Why not XR?
so good
Wait, was it Janek steering the drone?
Yes yes yes
The Edge is so high aspect it's easy to spot. A high Y kite would be ?
Please do one for Freestyle kites!
I like these people 😊
Giel talks about a cabrinha, but there’s not one there right? I wanna hear how the nitro is performing!
Or is that war pig an alias for the nitro? Haha
The Cabrinha Nitro is a super fun kite. Flew it at a demo. Very nice hangtime and lift- even in marginal conditions. I felt that I needed to add some speed for it to work, i.e. pushing the kite a bit back into the window, then boosting. Its quite efficient, even when fully sheeted in. Kite is super stable and intuitive in the jumps( using bar pressure). I did not try loop it, but I think if you crank it, it turns super fast. It flies nice and far forward in the wind window. I think it dumps power really easily because of that. I noticed its extremely lightweight build. I'm quite cautious about the lifetimes and canopy stretch - but seems to be the way most brands and kites are going...
Love this! Core didn't play by the rules :{ Thank you!!!
War Pig The Squealer.. just call it by name duotone sls d-lab super anabolic rebel evo6. Surprised it did not explode during tests
Frothing for Stormjees 4
awesome! keep it up. Duotone its time to get real and give them a kite... u won KOTA, grow a pair
A skilled rider who could have performed with any other kite won Kota (rightfully).. Not the brand itself..
@@yiimbob7805 give him the pig kite and see how he does...
@@yiimbob7805 my point is to the brand, they are scared to put it out there when they shouldnt. Its a good kite but they dont seem to think so cos they are scared the pros might think is not the best. I would now avoid going to that brand as they think themselves that it might not do great against other kites...
@@ignaciosernacampillo9527 thats exactly what I was thinking! They probably don't want to hear that their sls products dont really differ too much from the ones using conventional Materials.. at least in the way they're using it
@JanekGrzegorzewski what's your drone setup?
I guess that the Pig 🐷 Kite is in fact the new Dice 2024 SLS 😂😂
That Core kite looks pretty obvious, as well as the Airush (blue bumpers) 🤣
No Duotone kites :(
Can‘t speak for the other models, but the edge works much better when you use it on the hard + loop setting.
I think XR and Rebel isn’t in the test, because of their high Y.
There are 2 kites flying on High Y in the test. We had bars set up for that.
@@AdrianKerr ah cool. So why is the XR and the Rebel missing? Just asking.
@Hjtvjz Hgcjhg the brands send the kites to us!
@@AdrianKerr „no no they gave it to me“😂
Sorry, but i can‘t believe that. „Hi Core, we planing a Freeride 5 strut blank test, you wanne be part of it?“ „Yes…here is our nexus🙃“
Duotone, of course didn‘t even answer.
@@hjtvjzhgcjhg2532 it's a 9m big air kite test... we didn't mention 5 strut freeride
Can u even compare the kites if people use their own bar wouldnt it be that a north bar for Exemple works best with a north kite?
But when the rider is riding their own kite, we discount it. So for all the feedback that counts, the kites are being flown on bars that aren't their own.
@@portraitpremium ok that was probably the best way to solve it because u really cant hide the bar Brand 👍
@@NaishEU In a dream world we'd have loads of 'blank bars' which are fully adjustable (line length and bar width). I'd also love to employ someone as a kite technician, checking that all the blank kites are flying the same as the production models before the pros touch them
p.s. can you put in a word with Robby for us. We want a 14m Torch and an 8m Pivot for 2023 tests
So umm... where do i get a squealer?
Giel: It’s for the wanna loop kind of guys 😂
I think he said " for the 1 loop kind of guy's"
Core wasnt able to build a black one...🤔
UP
I like how every kite is blank except core lol
So when is ep 2 online?
Nobody likes to wait!
Would be nice to know if it is 2days or 2 months though
When does my squealer arrive?
...and what kite was it??
Which one is the 4th??
someone can decipher and tell me what Marc is saying at 19:24 please would be much appreciated 🙏🏻❤️
He's saying the caddies are doing a good job. If they were doing it in KOTA the kite changes would have went really smooth.
@@tizzleberg oh Thank You! I was believing be was speaking about the Edge!
Ruben is looking a lot like Bill Burr
Specsavers are doing a deal you might benefit from.
This just goes to show its not the lite its the rider
I was watching this with my girlfriend, and she asked me "what's the name of the guy with big chest?"
I need to know which kite is number 4, is it reedin? 😮
wtf?
1. Reedin Supermodel has only 3 Struts
2. Did you listen to what Colin said?
@@julianschulzeck8259 what said Colin?
For me is the same prototype that joshua Emmanuel used at kota
@@julianschulzeck8259 says the guy who didn't even watch the video ffs
@@francescomandolini4878 20:59 [...] make your own kitebrand and give it an awesome name and then enter it into your OWN test.
Maybe I'm just dumb, but I think its a kite designend by Colin (and team) just for the luls
@Francesco Mandolini that is a prototype not a production run )
Only one quibble.. I hate F-One Kites, but its not fair to test kites like F-One that require a high Y bar with a low V splitter. It does make them perform a lot differently.
Its jitteriness in the air and backstalling would likely be improved by using a high Y bar.
Also my first thought, but the Trigger seems to use the low V setting on the linxbar. So seems to be okay.
But this could be the reason why they didn't test a Duotone kite.
Did I miss something? :D
The test of the F-One Kite wasn't shown in this episode, or am I wrong?
@@julianschulzeck8259 ja .. Trigger test around 9:45
They are all flown on the correct V setting. Each rider gave us 3 bars. The kites that needed a high V were set up correctly.
@@julianschulzeck8259 did you watch the video at all? All you're comments on these threads are idiotic.
Nice, but difficult to follow. Why do you put loud music over talking, really hard to understand (non native english speaker here). In my opinion no music needed at all.
@spleenekiteboardig
so good