Slingshot B2

This was my first kite, I was looking for a trainer before moving up to a larger bowkite. As others have mentioned, the build quality of the B series kites is quite good, this kite as survived some nasty crashes without suffering any damage. This is also a 2 line kite, and comes with a short 20 inch control bar. I 've never used handles, but I find the bar works quite nicely. It comes with 25 meter flying lines which give it great speed and controllability.

The first few times I flew it, it launched great, but my lack of experience brought it crashing back to earth pretty quickly, but after a half dozen launches, I was flying it all over with great confidence. In light winds it will over fly a bit when brought right up to the zenith and parked there, but with more wind, say 10 mph or more, it's not really a problem. But thats not where this kite was meant to be flown, it loves to zoom all over in the power zone and turns very quickly. It also develops good power in higher winds and I have skied behind it several times which is a good warmup for skiing with my other kite, an 11 meter slingshot T2, I'll give a review of it when I 've used it more.

I think this is a great beginner kite, it is tons of fun to fly and can even give you a bit of a ride. I'm sure it would even move you in a buggy with enough wind, I might just give that a try this summer as well. For the money, I think this kite is VERY tough to beat.

By : jackk