Cabrinha makes crap kites (for my style of riding at least) but wicked boards. The Custom is definatly THE best wakestyle board out there.
...my 2 cents.
ohhh mannnn,
I just ordered my fist cab. after the last 4-5 years avoiding them.....
I dont think i will be disapointed though..
but does that meen i have to borrow a board leash off all those Slingshot riders..??
Laurie....maybe this thread should be locked out. It has turned into a bunch of relative newbs bashing Cabrinha vs Slingshot (again....yawn). I don't think Andy or Hudson deserve this rubbish. It also serves our sport no useful purpose. Lets keep it real.
I've been flying SS for a few years now and very happy with them.
I had a chance to demo one of Hudson's 12 switchy at the Robe wave titles and there's certainly nothing wrong with them. Infact, I ended up demoing it 3 times over the week.
I would buy a CAB tomorrow if they had a bar similar to the SS . It comes down to what ever floats ya boat.
Get out there and enjoy the great sport we have. Bitching about crap like this solves nothing.
Up to over 120 replies with in a couple of weeks that must be a record, man who said cabrinas couldnt set records.
Where did the north, naish kites bashing pages go. If they had to go why is this one still hear?
Lets get rid of this rubish thread so that cab riders can feel like they can come down the beach again and not cop a hard time.
Yeah I'm sure most Cabrinha riders will have a real complex now, have to wear disguises
and kite at a remote beach so we won't get a hard time. 
I think you are right, good conditions all day and only 2 cab kites on the beach in whyalla, and the buy and sell section seems to be full of them?
come on guys, dont be shamed by these fools get out and ride, prove everyone wrong.
Really? A bloke lent me his 7m 09 switchblade for a session in big winds earlier this year. Way more stable than my ozone 7m.
Maybe the one you flew was just badly tuned.
I'm just starting out, got a new 10m switchy, and after three lessons I still can't do a double backroll. If only someone warned me off cabs!
See you SA guys around at largs. I'll be the guy up a tree.
Iv got an 08 switchblade 12m and a 09 8m switchblade. Rock solid construction .Flys like a dream. Relaunchs like its alergic to water.(insert tree joke here)Couldnt be happier. Dont even feel the need to look at another kite. So happy with what i bought. There maybe better kites out there but what I have works so well i cant even comprehend where the improvements could be. Bash 'em all you like. If i bust one up Il be straight down the shop to fork out for another.
it must have been a 2010 SB they didnt make an 7m 09 ...
i can see why you would be shafted tho !!
I bought a Cab once and it blew up The Cabs that I see at my beach are less than a year old and look and feel like an old sheet
whats going on there? Also I see a lot of people having trouble with their lines stretching to... Glad I fly SS now.
THE coolest kite is debatable but the coolest kiter ever is definitely Andy Hurdman- check out his styles inbetween the footage of nocturnal activities on Surf F$%#&*s, the slingshot kites don't go down but plenty of people go down on them 
As far as Cabs go- I like them, and until I ride something better I will keep riding them- now if they could only make a Cabrinha porno I would pledge allegiance for life......
I have loved seeing all the gadgets Cabrinha have brought out over the years, Recon1, recon2, the red over-ride ball on the Crossbow1, the bungee cords, the incredible complexity of the trim strap, which is always just out of reach, and the IDS just to name a few.
The Crossbow 1 was my favourite, you could sit down for 45 mins and sooner or later someone would crash it full power and rip, straight up the guts. I also used to love seeing guys ride back to the beach with their kite inside out wondering what the hell is wrong with my kite.
Their aftersales service in Australia is very good and looking after their customers has made them keep loyal kiters who upgrade automatically to another cabrinha. Pity Pete said I'll never make another C-kite again, (The gonad is not a real c kite) otherwise I might be tempted to be uncool
oy waxy ya bald bowling ball- lay off my furry friend, teddybear... I think you have a serious case of fur envy.... if you had Cab gear like us you would get out more and be less frustrated....
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me
a Cabrinha in a pine tree....
