just a couple of pics from hood river
kitemovement.com/gear/kites/slingshot-fuel-2013/
I got to ride th 11 mtr in hood river good old fuel with a little tweak here and there stay tuned...
How do you make a fantastic kite better?? Tweaks and design changes will be all we see for the '13 Fuel. It looks like they kept the split strut, which is good.
Does it look like the LE thinned down a little? Always a trade off in my opinion for kite stability v speed through the air, in the bigger sizes especially. Any narrower (without some innovation away from existing construction methods to strengthen the LE) and they will have to follow the Hadlow route with supported LE which I reckon most Fuel riders would not like. Traditionally Fuel = simplicity, no extra lines to create more tangles, no frills or other wank, just a solid predictable kite.
Damn, I had to leave the Hood the day before so missed out on watching Reuben kite.
The wind wasn't really filling in all the way to Hood River that week unfortunately.
I did get to have a brief chat with him at the Full Sail Brewery though, really outgoing and approachable.
