This is John McCarthys Skytiger Hi100. He was kind enough to offer to let
me fly it before I even asked. It is an amazing kite - pulling well right
to a very wide edge.
This was John McCarthy's maiden voyage on a buggy. He took to it quite
naturally - even doing some cool backwards moves! They looked quite controlled!
:). The winds this day were howling (20-25mph and gusty) so he opted for
a 10ft Flexi. Suprisingly, it was able to pull his 140lbs around the field,
but it wasn't until he switched to a larger kite that he made any upwind
progress.
This is Job's 6.4 Peel UL. If I had to sum up this kite in one word...it
is steady. Steady at the edge, steady in a turn. The shape is steady -
it just doesn't deflate or deform. The power is much more steady than the
Sputnik - hard pull at the edge, harder in the middle of the window, but
overall, much more consistent pull than the Sput.
This is Berhard Mahlle's DRibed Sand's Quad.
The Quadrifoil Comp's, while no longer made :(, are truly amazing kites.
This is Bernd's C-1.
The C-Quad by Peter Lynn is a great performing kite, and the first kite
to push a Single Skin (Hybrid) design into the main-stream market.