The Unik is our lightweight single-strut kite for foiling and all styles of not too powered-up riding.
Lightweight with its single-strut structure, this kite is suitable for all levels and all types of practices.
Ideal for lighter wind conditions, be it with a foil, a surfboard, or a twin tip, it combines excellent stability in the air with all the power you need to cruise through tricky wind conditions.
It's a delightful kite in underpowered conditions. Thin, precise, light, with yet sufficient torque and speed to have a blast.
Dedicated to low wind conditions, it belongs to the large family of inflatable strut kites, and therefore, kites that are very simple to use. Reassuring, secure, it is also very comfortable in waves, where it will be formidable in underpowered sessions to focus on surfing.
For foiling, it's a perfect, flawless kite. Stable in 6 knots, fast enough to keep up with the foil's pace, you can go for full tilt reaches, jumps, and tricks with absolute serenity and comfort.
Whether you're progressing or at the top level, this kite is magically simple and "pure".
The Unik benefits from a single strut design that is 30% lighter than other kites. This allows for much easier navigation in light wind conditions while still providing sufficient power.
When crashed, the Unik maintains its shape with its inflatable central strut that does not easily fold. This ensures quick and easy relaunching.
The Unik is a hybrid C shape: a modern and dynamic design that maximizes performance while remaining simple and lightweight.
The turning radius is reduced, making the kite precise and lively to enhance both feeling and performance. This balance between agility and profile stability allows for very healthy original settings, resulting in an exceptionally clean bar return that enables effortless micrometric control. The direct feeling remains, allowing you to connect intimately with the kite.
The new reduced diameter bridles minimize drag while maintaining impeccable mechanical characteristics. The kite flies much more smoothly.
Your Unik also adapts to your preferences thanks to adjustments on the rear bridles.
The new short bridling system enhances feedback, resulting in a much more direct feeling. Everything is more intuitive to stay in sync with your kite.
The tips play a major role in your kite's behavior. By combining perfectly distributed tension and precisely calculated tip twist, we have provided the Unik with the best responsiveness while maintaining maximum control.
The low aspect ratio of the Unik provides a very reliable feeling, allowing progression without stress.
With this compact kite, we achieve the best balance between power delivery and docility.
The power of the kite is applied even at low speeds. You can feel well supported in the air. The feedback is clear and allows for easy adjustment. This linearity in the kite's power is combined with a bridling system that allows for instant depowering. Everything is under control.
This low aspect ratio advances less far towards the edge of the wind window, thus avoiding all the errors associated with this complex flight zone, especially in very light winds.
Everything about this Unik is designed to make you feel confident to maximize enjoyment and avoid troubles in 6 knots of wind.
All these characteristics make you feel like you know your kite by heart from the very first outing.
The highly curved leading edge and the lightness of the Unik make it easy to rotate the kite on the water to position it on one tip for easy relaunching. Simply pull on one back line and it pivots. This ability is indispensable in certain conditions and when you decide to push the limits of light wind.
The kite is also perfectly capable of relaunching in reverse by pulling strongly on both back lines: essential in less than 8 knots of wind.
Technical sheet
Buying guide
The Unik is truly the kite for everyone. Easy and light, it will simplify the sessions for progressing kiters. Playful to the core, it will be adored by pros as well.
It's really the kite that suits everyone for its flight qualities.
The Unik is all about freedom from constraints. Light, easy, and efficient, it can be taken into all sorts of programs as a kite that excels in light wind conditions.
Foil, of course, and surfing, but also laid-back freeride sessions, not to mention travels. This kite can do it all and is flown lightly to simply enjoy a maneuverable, powerful, and light kite.
Display : the freeride kite for rapid progression.
Vertigo : high-performance kite for all disciplines from unhooked to surfing.
Ayto : the ultimate 5-strut kite for big air and kite loops.
Unik : lightweight mono-strut freeride kite for light wind, foiling, and waves.
Strutless : super light kite for light wind and freeride/freerace.
Strutless Revo : ultra-light and maneuverable kite for foiling and surfing.
Elips : the ultimate kite for waves.
Powerful and single-strut, it's certainly a kite that excels in light wind conditions. Far from being a constraint, it's a pleasure to fly a reassuring and maneuverable kite.
Choose your kite following our recommendations below. Wind ranges always depend on your weight, skill level, and the type of board you're using!
Keep in mind that the longer your bar, the easier it will be to turn your kite. Also, remember that the smaller the kite, the easier it will turn. So, the smaller the kite, the more you need a smaller bar to balance behaviors.
Conversely, the larger your kite and the more you use it in light wind, the slower it will be. A longer bar will have a greater leverage effect to compensate for this natural loss of reactivity.
Therefore, consider these parameters to choose the size of your bar and adapt the steering to the feeling you like and the conditions encountered.
If you want smooth and progressive steering, then you should “undersize” the bar. If you want more reactive but less forgiving steering, you should choose a longer bar.
For example, if I want smoother steering with my 9m2, then I will go for a 46cm bar.
If I want hyper-reactive steering, then I would go for the 52cm bar.
Oversizing the bar will have little interest and paradoxically will result in a feeling of heaviness in steering in the case of the 62cm. This one will be perfect, even essential in light wind. But in stronger winds, it will be slower to untwist and manipulate.
Between the 46 and the 52, there is no sensation of heaviness. These are two very close bars.
Note also that the 52 is perfectly usable on all our kites. No kite will not work or perform poorly for this reason. The 46, 57 and 62 are just optimizations for perfectionists.
It should also be noted that two bars generally age only half as fast as a single bar for the whole quiver ?
The key size is 52cm; it is the most versatile bar that you should choose if you want to have only one bar for a quiver 7-9-12 or 8-11 or even 8-10-13. If you want to add a second bar to your quiver, here are our recommendations with GONG kites:
The recommendations below are based on the behavior of GONG kites. Since our bars are compatible with a large number of kites, you can adjust your choice according to the type of kite used.
Your Feel-X bar comes standard with 80cm front lines, 19m of lines, and 3m extensions already mounted. The original setup is the most versatile and will be your best choice for 90% of your sessions.
One of the main advantages of the Feel-X bar is its great tolerance provided by its shape. By playing with its lengths, or even modifying them with our extensions (sold separately), you further enhance its versatility!
Note that 22m and 19m are not extreme line lengths and remain a fine adjustment to your piloting sensation.
Equipments
All our kites are obviously compatible with our FEEL-X bar but also with 95% of the bars on the market. If in doubt, get yourself a complete set (x4) of pigtails: PIGTAILS.
Don't forget to bring a pump ;-)
10 years of spare parts.
GONG makes durable kites: that's the basis of our specifications. Never disappoint.
GONG ensures the longevity of its durable kites: offering you all the components of our products for 10 years is a challenge that we gladly take on. Because we are convinced that a good kite today is still a good kite in 5 years if it is well maintained. And this maintenance is good for the planet because it will allow many young people to equip themselves second-hand at very affordable prices.
To ensure a long life for your kite, it will need maintenance.
Delivery
We indicate a preparation and shipping time of 3 working days. In reality, the majority of orders are shipped within 24/48 hours.
The delivery time, i.e. delivery time of the package to your home, then depends on the delivery location and the carrier.
We work with reliable and efficient carriers. 99% of shipments go perfectly and quickly. In the case of the remaining 1%, rest assured that we will do what is necessary with the carrier.
Unlike other sites, shipping costs are not hidden behind the price of our products. You know exactly what shipping costs you, and you are not disadvantaged if you choose to collect your order at our GONG Space Center.
Shipping costs are calculated based on the weight and volume of each package, and your delivery address.
Delivery tracking is managed directly by the carriers to whom we have entrusted your packages. They will contact you by email or SMS to allow you to choose delivery methods and follow the route of your package.
We work with the best transport societies to deliver to you throughout Europe and the world within very short deadlines. We chose them for their quality of service and their compliance with deadlines.
For mainland France, 80% of your orders arrive at their destination in less than 48 hours of processing.
For Europe, delivery times vary from 3 to 6 working days, depending on the country of destination.
For the rest of the world, delivery times depend on transit time and customs clearance time. This delay depends on customs and can last from a few days to a few weeks depending on the destination and seasonality.
Please note, transport time is added to preparation/shipping time. Two companies collaborate on your order (GONG and the carrier). Each one masters its activity and is committed to optimizing its deadlines so that you are delivered as quickly as possible and at a reasonable price.
Preserving the environment is an absolute priority. This is why we do everything possible to reduce our ecological footprint.
The most important thing is to sell quality, durable products that will be repairable and will please you for a long time.
For our shipments, we use:
Scotch craft paper.
Final packaging in high-end cardboard.
For rigid boards: Flexi-Hex, very high resistance ecological packaging.
This means:
Reusable and recyclable packaging.
An almost total reduction in single-use plastic.
Maximum protection and impact resistance for rigid boards thanks to the innovative Flexi-Hex honeycomb design (35mm thick).
Upon delivery, check the condition of your package in the presence of the carrier. A complete explanation email on the procedure to follow will be sent to you when your order is shipped.
Despite our requirements and all the care we take in the packaging and protection of your product, transport hazards may occur, and your product may suffer more or less significant transport damage.
Note that the products are protected in their carton. If you have any doubts, simply refuse delivery and contact us.
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