Finally Ozone has produced a crossover kite, one that can be used on land/snow and water. More details soon, but it will be on the shelves mid March.
for a moment there i thought it was the new bar with soft bar ends...............
over the holidays i put my old bar end through the nose of my board ...doh
Since I got a Sector 60 my big kites never get used. When I buy a new quiver I might consider a Chrono as a light wind toy. There's something beautiful about a sleek foil slicing through the air.
I have to agree with the other posters, if Ozone improved their bars then I would consider Ozone kites for a new quiver. Push away quick release, soft bar ends and a fully enclosed depower and safety line would do it. In short, rip off the Cabrinha bar system.
rumours are the Chrono Foils go really well on the course race board and hydrofoils- crazy upwind and downwind performance..
Time will tell people.. however, its very exciting news from Ozone for all of us :)
It has a very arc'd profile, similar to Flysurfer, or the Zebra 1 even. Hmmm this is very exciting. Price will be pretty high I'd expect though.
Meh. The name may have been used before, but this Ozone beast is totally hew and about time too.
Actually i was eyeing the Flysurfer Peak until now.
I'm not actually a fan of large soft ends at all, Cab, LF etc. are terrible and also look totally ridiculous. I think they cause far more problems than they solve.
Looks a bit pricey $3,449 for the 18m (with bar), but I am still curious. Would this be a good option for a light wind kite? I know there might be issues with relaunching, but could be ok if I try not to crash it Would this work with Ozone Edge bars or would I need to buy a new bar?
Man I been keen to see a great kite company produce a foil type race spec kite. I predict big things for this set up - this is going to blow LEI out of the water . I smashed 2 board decks with my bar ends last month, flying edge's. It's just part of kiting - fix it and get back out there.
I'll be getten on the Crono ASAP. Will be good to throw away the pump as well.
Time will tell
The graphics department must have been on strike that day....
" ahhh... stuff it. Lets just make em all orange with a white tip...."
I actually disagree with you rowdy. the few times I've used Ozones I've experienced that ****ty death loop situation FAR more times than I ever have when i used LF or on my current best kites.. and I've used both LF and Best significantly more than I have Ozone. Also had problems at the school on occasions with leashes grabbing the bar ends or similar situations where the line locks down. I think it's more to do with the angle the end has that actually funnels anything that hits the outer edge towards the steering line instead of away.
I do agree with the no ends at all idea, similar to wake handles like what you had set up a few years back. Surely kite companies can work on creating catch free bar ends or even more low profile bars at that! seeing the general trend between most companies is make the bar ends bigger and bulkier every season.
The problem is if it isn't big and you want it really soft it will just break...
@Charl dv,
I'm not saying ozones bars don't do it, as the same problem happens with every bar that has things poking out the ends, but I have definitely seen the mentioned bars do it far more often than anything else, Cab seems to be the worst for it by far. Also as you mentioned I have created custom bars in the past that I have never had this issue with, it would be cool if companies could just make a bar designed for handlepasses that gives you a safer setup.
Yes I did look... did you?
I was merely commenting on the fact that if you want them really soft (like some do) there is no way they can really be small. Switch bar ends aren't what I would call small, nor do they do anything different to say SS which have been running rubber over the ends since 2005... Rubberised ends are all right but they don't give what most want from a soft end which is protection for their surfboard decks (something I don't care about).