GEAR : new 2019 kites range !!!

The new Strutless called V3 is crazy:
There is more elongation, flowing tips, the profil gains a little bit of hollow to finally get a kite that wins on 99% of comparison criteria with the V2.
The Strutless V3 goes faster easily without going over the wind window or shocks in the bar. It goes more upwind and its stabilizing better.
It’s softer and stronger at the same time. Indeed, because it’s softer and easier, we can use quite a big kite and go way faster. Air tacks are a piece of cake.
A huge job has been done on the bridles. That explains having a more slender shape than the V2, the V3 is way more manoeuvrable. You may have seen them in few videos posted on my Facebook account. This maneuverability is really impressive, even in really light wind. These bridles also give the opportunity to depower flowingly which explain its high stability.
The smooth fiberglass batten, the GONG kite innovation unique in the world, is an asset. We don’t have this camber effect that locks the kite’s hollow, a lock that gives an ON/OFF effect.
The Strutless is free when shocking, but very stable when sheeting. And of course, it is autostable in very very light wind…
Finally, tips are rounder which help for the relaunch, confirming its best relaunch quality in the light wind among struted kites. Arrival of the Unik:
It’s a single strut with a vast program that we can sum up as: No headache!
A new profil, that actually hits you by its beauty. When you see it, it’s just Wow! We find the Strutless V3 elongation and its flowing tips. We add up the temper of a more powerful kite.
With the Unik, you can do everything. Light, it flies in almost nothing. It’s ideal for those who like to ride underpowered with a foil! It’s also a fabulous kite for surfing because it’s very manoeuvrable and light. A crazy drift that you will love as much in surf as in foil for the maneuverability fans.
Finally, with quite big kite and well strapped, you gonna get the lifting feeling for sure! It goes up very fast and kite loops are an absolute treat. Arrival of the Freewave:
I wanted a kite that is 100% new with a program that goes from freestyle with a twin tip and foiling with a quite big kite to strapless surfing.
It’s the most versatile kite for a medium/high wind range.
So what’s the difference with the Unik’s program? Well, it’s identical but upside down : the Unik is a kite for foiling that will be amazing even for the twin tip. The Freewave is a kite for twintip that will be amazing even for the foil. One is very light, the other has a lot of grip.
What I love the most in the Freewave is its maneuverability. We have a kite that is very manoeuvrable because it turns short and fast and also because it’s stays smooth in the turn. I worked on the evolution of the Strutwave to get the same result but it didn’t work. I was coming to an end in terms of the design.
Blank page and we start all over again to finally arrive to the Freewave which turns without pinching dramatically the kite tips. So the Freewave is really flowing in the curve. We can chose to stop the kite to move it, but we don’t have to. We can make it turn very fast and still let it glide. Whether it is with the foil, the strapless surf, or freestyle, I’m crazy about it. The bar feeling is just light and smooth. We also have a high wind range.. It’s a must have. These kites will be in stock in few weeks. I’ve got pre-series on the road to do photoshoots with and to show them.
The design change completely. The same way as kites offering a smooth feeling, I wanted softer colors and a lot of finitions to underling its shape natural beauty. My team did the rest for an amazing result. Gong prices don’t change. They will be available in few days in pre-sale. Thank you all. Shaper : Patrice Guénolé et ses nouvelles GONG Kite Strutless V3, Unik et Freewave 2019. Source : GONG Kite, have a look on these beauties.
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