OR Flite 10m & 12m & Jinx
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SmallWaveSteve
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OR Flite 10m & 12m & Jinx
Those of you who read the OR newsletters will see they've released the flite in 10 and 12m, it sounds like it might be a good offering for those who were disappointed by the disappearance of the Rise from the OR lineup?
What I really want to know from the OR insiders: whats the story behind the Jinx that was mentioned in the e-mail? the e-mail said "We've made cool kites before that we elected not to sell"
What I really want to know from the OR insiders: whats the story behind the Jinx that was mentioned in the e-mail? the e-mail said "We've made cool kites before that we elected not to sell"
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juandesooka
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Todd and I fought for the Jinx last summer and threatened to buy it from the company so we could have it exclusively to ourselves 
The Jinx is actually still in our proto kite closet and can probably be demoed again come Nitinaht season (it's a 10m). It was also coined the "Prodigy Pro" by Todd internally.
Back to the more important part, Flite 10 and 12m. Juan is pretty spot on... in fact the local testers helped confirm that we really had to make this kite. We were all pumped on it here at the office and were starting to wonder if our stoke was just feeding itself, but the independent verification went a long way.
The new Flites are not race kites. They drive further forward than the Prodigy in the window, but not as much as the Rise did (for example). If they flew that far forward though they wouldn't be nearly as good in the surf, which they are awesome at.
Steve - in terms of Rise comparisons.... the new Flites definitely have that old Rise jump style of SUPER lofty and lots of hangtime, but the kites are way easier to fly, turn faster, don't backstall like crazy a-la Rise... oh, and they are dedicated light wind kites too (don't forget!).
Juan can probably attest he has seen some pretty legitimate testing whereby guys can ride a 12m Flite when they would likely be on a 15+ of anything else - they are pretty darn efficient.
Ned
The Jinx is actually still in our proto kite closet and can probably be demoed again come Nitinaht season (it's a 10m). It was also coined the "Prodigy Pro" by Todd internally.
Back to the more important part, Flite 10 and 12m. Juan is pretty spot on... in fact the local testers helped confirm that we really had to make this kite. We were all pumped on it here at the office and were starting to wonder if our stoke was just feeding itself, but the independent verification went a long way.
The new Flites are not race kites. They drive further forward than the Prodigy in the window, but not as much as the Rise did (for example). If they flew that far forward though they wouldn't be nearly as good in the surf, which they are awesome at.
Steve - in terms of Rise comparisons.... the new Flites definitely have that old Rise jump style of SUPER lofty and lots of hangtime, but the kites are way easier to fly, turn faster, don't backstall like crazy a-la Rise... oh, and they are dedicated light wind kites too (don't forget!).
Juan can probably attest he has seen some pretty legitimate testing whereby guys can ride a 12m Flite when they would likely be on a 15+ of anything else - they are pretty darn efficient.
Ned
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Ya garf was able to go upwind on that even better than me on my 14.5. Might be some skill attributed to that though! Todd might speak on the design differences.
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