Epic screamer v Nitro 6

Very odd theres no seems to be no one with a Nitro willing to let me demo it for 10 minutes or so... truth must be scary huh !
Common team riders what rocks yall hiding under

If it were Dimitri from Epic id have it from the U.S on my doorstep in 5 days.

Lol - with 1994 views so far, Im guessing theyve heard about it allready being team and demo school people

Please excuse my lack of enthusiasm... the 'team' online was full of crap when they sang praises and i bought one - what a dog and swapped it for an old underground kiteboard !

Lets see what comes of it

Well, underground boards are awesome, but not sure which team you swapped it for? The switch kiteboard?

I reckon those profiles havent been updated in a few years, why not try calling them to see what they have, then if no dice, try contacting switch? Have you tried that? You said you'd try contacting Dimitri so why not speak to Felix at switch and let him know the story, or do you just want an excuse to complain about Switch as a company or something?

I never had a theory mate.

But I could make a hypothesis that you are a whiner

I'll just sit back and gather the evidence to support my hypothesis

Not that I even give a sH** because I have nothing to gain or lose from the outcome of this thread

Chris your funny

Before i bought the nitro, I did my research, contacting switch riders and the company rep.. and there all saying "ferk yeah awesome kite blaa bla..

It leads me to believe that there skills are crap.

The kite flew like a dog compared to the Screamer and that justifies me to have an opinion

A whiner ? ferk yeah - thats me everytime i get sold something crap.. that was meant to be the bees knees.

Now go read the first post i wrote on this thread

Intermediate kiter of 4-5 years. My review:

Nitro 6 is lighter, faster and easier to relaunch than the nitro 5.

It boosts really well. As good as the rebel, evo and switchblade and hangtime is awesome. Turning is slightly quicker than the switchblade but its not a park and ride kite and you need to sheet out on the upstroke.

Bar pressure is light and may take some getting use to. Initially i would lose the feel of where the kite was when doing tricks and end up on the wrong sife of the wind window but now i am use to it.

Im **** at unhooking but I my wife has the vegas and the nitro is not a vegas when it comes to line slack... you can still do raileys easy enough but dont expect much more unless you are really skilled.

Construction is solid, however i had fraying of the dacron along the leading edge. I cut the fraying strands off myself so it wasnt a big deal but it pissed me off that a one month old kite developed it.

Its a 5 strut kite, strong and wont bend. But its heavy and even though they have good low end you need to be in the mid to upper range of wind to have fun and for the kite to be powered up. For example on my naish pivot i could go in 12 knots 12m. Nitro 14 knots 12m and 16 knots to do tricks (95 kgs). I now have the Cab FX which although it has less low end than the N6, because it flies so fast I can generate enough apparent wind to kite in 12-13 knots on a 12m with a twin tip. Its not fun by any stretch but just a comparison.

I wouldnt go bigger than the 12m. I owned the 14m too but it was too slow and a light wind kite would have been better. Plus it only got me 2 more knots of low end.

I reckon the 9m would be great but the smallest Nitro I owned was the 10m and it was the 5th generation.

Im selling mine only cause i love kite loops and I found the nitro was a bit slow and a bit too powered in the loops for my liking. Everything else was awesome for freeriding and the odd bit of unhooking.

You need to fly the kite really aggressively to get the most out of it. Two handed fish pole kiteloops, massive dives on water starts etc and she does well.

I have the 10 and 12m for sale see my seabreeze listing.

Yes agreed - i assume the Nitro should be good for its own specific purpose.
Sometimes I think its better not to try a different kite if your happy with the way your one flys..

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@Prawndog

They are both good..... probably

Are you Russian or Greek?

Nitro V2 still had a heavy racing pedigree and required some skill to use properly. I had 8/10 and had the biggest jumps of my life on my 8. Flew the V3 a few years back when they came out, it felt pretty good, similar to the V2 but with full depower at the bar and faster turning. Haven't been on any newer versions since going to elements but I'd imaging they are pretty good.

A 9 metre screamer is $2000nz , A 9 metre V6 nitro is $1035nz, huge difference in price for not a lot of gain,

Haha ease off the shandy's there ya grumpy can't