The Click bar comes with a premium price but also adds premium performance to the wide wind range of the Neo. I do not like the Cab bars. Their power, range and handling, drift capability and overall performance make theme great wave kites or just great kites in general. If you are used to your freeride kite you will likely find that some of the wave designs sit further back in the wind window and some of them don’t boost airs quite as high or have the hang time of their freeride counterparts. Having a kite that sits back can be beneficial when riding waves especially in side or side-off conditions where you can sit the kite and just let it drift as you get vertical on the face. Originally published in the Spring 2018 issue #9 of Kitesurfing Magazine. It has the edge for jumping and hang time over the other two in this sub category. I have flown the SB and Nomad. Does the SS pump attach to the clip? For me, the Switchblade does much better in low winds. The Core has some of the best direct feedback from the lines which really lets the rider know where the kite is and it can react with precision when it needs to. I watched an online video and I'm sure the kite was started from an anchor point. Only one outcome. The Wow has one of the skinniest leading edges as well, and has fast and tight pivots. I just bought some new kites, Slingshot Rev II, thought it would be interesting to see if Slingshot’s kites were better than my Cabrinhas. The SST is designed for drifting, maintaining steering control and depower which all works towards the end goal of placing the kite in the proper part of the window with the proper amount of power for performance kitesurfing. This is going to be a shorter video but, unlike the Switchblade, there are some new insights we wanted to share. Just never really Highlighted in the quick start guide nor on kite. Not only are you forced to steer the kite far beyond 12 to get enough lift, but the fact that power difference you can achieve by sheeting the bar out or in is far from enough to give you a good lift as well as catch the fall on your way down. So there has never been a better time to fit a wave kite into your quiver. With the Rev II this is something that seems almost impossible to perform. Now, I did use my Cab pump with the ball. The Roam and SST don’t have the biggest lift and are not bigger boosting kites of some of the designs in the test, but they don’t lose any feedback and respond well to rider input during boosts with the kite overhead. The Rev II sucks when it comes to jumping even if you manage to keep it steady at 12. The Slash shows refinement in its second generation design and still offers the similar smooth and controlled power through its turn. The kite feels solid, like it’s impossible to puncture it, but that’s pretty much the only positive thing I can say about the Rev II. The Wave has slightly more boost and glide than the Section but both run shy of a freeride kite. The Drifter is also more versatile this year with bridle settings for freeride and onshore wave riding or traditional wave settings. The only thing I do not like is the below the bar trim. Their longer and more squared wingtips give them really quick and reactive pivots and great direct handling and feedback from the flying lines. These kites also are designed to float and drift and not turn helmet down and lose flight as quickly as most freeride models. Anyway, the wind went down a bit, so I thought that I should try my “new” 11m Slingshot Rev II from 2009.