Hey guys,
looking to move to a more wave specific kite, tossing up between a cabrinha drifter and eleveight WS (formerly best i think). Currently have a 10m blade trigger which i like as an all-rounder but recent got an oldish 7m drifter and i have loved the few sessions I've had on it. I often struggled a bit with being pulled off the wave when turning the kite - understand this is partly due to poor technique but on the drifter i just felt like it turned on a dime with minimal power unless i wanted it.
So i have been looking for a 9 or 10m drifter, but also saw a few eleveight WS and the people using them keep claiming they are the best wave kite in the market so am looking for a comparison. I am in adelaide so mostly riding cross-on seabreeze wind swell up to 2-3ft. I figure both kites will do well when it is really good and cross or cross off and clean, so probably more interested for the day to day conditions.
Cheers
Eleveight is hard to get here and just for that reason I'd avoid that one. Older drifters are around and you might get lucky? I do have an Ozone Reo V6 9m I need to sell, its my own kite from last season kite only $1250
Been using a 2023 Drifter 10m now and I like it a lot, quite fast, amazing drift, nice lift for strapless freestyle too. Cannot compare with Eleveight but also cannot immagine anything better than 2023 Drifter.
@peppedurso how do you find the 2023 drifter? I think is a bit more grunty and turns maybe a bit quicker like a neo maybe, drift seems to be the same or better. Been using 18/19/20/21 drifters all good hard to fault and pretty much the same only more recent ones have more grunt.