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A look at the 2007 Slingshot Fuel
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Onad

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PostFri Sep 29, 06 11:33 am    A look at the 2007 Slingshot Fuel Reply with quote

Thumb's Up http://www.ikiteboarding.com/kiteboarding/news/66/slingshot-fuel-2007.aspx

http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2331114


   07 Fuel3.jpg 
   07 Fuel2.jpg 
   07 Fuel.jpg 

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pkh

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PostFri Sep 29, 06 11:36 am     Reply with quote

Any shots of the bar? is it the same as the 5 line Link bar?

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Onad

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PostFri Sep 29, 06 11:38 am     Reply with quote

Thumb's Up Thumb's Up

   profire5.jpg 

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pkh

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PostFri Sep 29, 06 11:40 am     Reply with quote

suhweeeta! Thumb's Up

The 06 Fuel seems so smooth, fast and agile... best C kite I have flown for sure. I wonder how they can improve it?

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Hein

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PostFri Sep 29, 06 11:55 am     Reply with quote

Too bad they didn't add a 6m and a 4m
2 m jump from 7 to 5 is too much. And
the 5 can be too much sometimes.

I like the cleaner look of the graphics.

C kites are not dead!!!!

-Hein

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Tony

Since 28 Aug 2006
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PostFri Sep 29, 06 11:56 am    Re: A look at the 2007 Slingshot Fuel Reply with quote

Onad Rednaxela wrote:
Thumb's Up http://www.ikiteboarding.com/kiteboarding/news/66/slingshot-fuel-2007.aspx

http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2331114



uuuuhhhhhhh.....Love at first site....
I was suppose to buy a new leather couch for the living room and redo the bathroom floor next spring....I guess after see pics of the new '07 fuel...I'm sure plans are going to change... Very Happy

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Kataku2k3

Since 14 Aug 2005
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PostFri Sep 29, 06 12:02 pm     Reply with quote

I want a black/white one!

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pkh

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PostFri Sep 29, 06 12:09 pm     Reply with quote

Hein wrote:

C kites are not dead!!!!

-Hein


I wonder if some day the majority will come back to C kites... its like how now those big old directionals that you couldn't give away 4 years ago are now back in style again...

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gabe

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PostFri Sep 29, 06 1:31 pm     Reply with quote

i don't think that modern surf boards have that much in common with those things, and they certainly aren't ridden in the same way.

is there anything new/improved about the fuel, or just enthusiasm because of the new colors and/or half of you work there?

i do think it's cool they are using the bow style bar on it, so people can easily change the chicken loop throw. i always thought a lot of people had tuning problems/kite trim awareness problems on c kites because they couldn't tweak this on the fly, and had limited sheeting trim to work with. choosing the right pigtail knot based on "expected" conditions should be archaic.

pkh wrote:
Hein wrote:

C kites are not dead!!!!

-Hein


I wonder if some day the majority will come back to C kites... its like how now those big old directionals that you couldn't give away 4 years ago are now back in style again...

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Mark

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PostFri Sep 29, 06 6:59 pm     Reply with quote

There was a 07 fuel 17 out at stevenscrappywindson today. It was a cool all black with red trim kite. Very stealth!
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Hein

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PostFri Sep 29, 06 7:00 pm     Reply with quote

somebody print up some shirts:

Real Men
Ride C Kites


-Hein

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gabe

Since 16 May 2005
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PostFri Sep 29, 06 7:19 pm     Reply with quote

i thought real men had to ride c kites with pulley bars with no depower trim, unhooked, strapless, without a kite leash, totally alone, while nursing a broken body ?

Hein wrote:
somebody print up some shirts:

Real Men
Ride C Kites


-Hein

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blowhard

Since 26 Dec 2005
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PostSat Sep 30, 06 6:30 am    JUST TRY IT Reply with quote

Fly a newer kite, sle or whatever for long enough to figure it out and then go back Crying or Very sad


Kristine IS a real man!!! Embarassed

ALSO Idea

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Onad

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PostSat Sep 30, 06 7:51 am     Reply with quote

Hein wrote:

Real Men
Ride C Kites

-Hein


Ya got that right Hein!!!
Thumb's Up

PS that's a good one Gabe.. Laughing

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boardrider

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PostSat Sep 30, 06 8:07 am     Reply with quote

That's it - I'm going to get a decal sticker of Calvin pissing on a 'C' kite and smack that baby on the canopy of my W. Twisted Evil -C
- edited for clearity -

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stevegriffith22

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PostSat Sep 30, 06 8:56 am     Reply with quote

Captain Buzz Kill above! Wow, if they're stoked on the fuel, let them be stoked. Personally I have both and I will be buyin a quiver of C's again for next year. PRobly the menace(mig) or the Torch. Don't get me wrong, I'll ride a SLE in the waves on crankin days, but for most gorge days, I guess I'm good enough now to go back to C's and enjoy them for why most people do: predictibility and Jumping.

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blowhard

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PostSat Sep 30, 06 8:57 am    hein Reply with quote

I think you are starting to sound a little like my Texan pal,
cliff stone Confused
of the "hey watch this crew" Cool
might wanna think about somwhere with some waves this winter??? Laughing Laughing

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