Slingshot REV's Outa this world?

Rico · Since 13 Mar 2005 1219 Posts Vancouver Photographer

Slingshot REV's Outa this world..........

Thanks second wind

Rico · Since 13 Mar 2005 1219 Posts Vancouver Photographer

One more pic, then must go kite. See you at the spit Cool

JW · Since 28 Jan 2006 227 Posts portland Stoked

REV demos at second wind? not true a budy tride to get a demo and was shut down. and told we dont do demos this makes know sence.

Yardsale · Since 29 Mar 2005 387 Posts Portlanastan Obsessed

Gotta chance to try 7,9,11 and they are all super fun kites, effortless re-launch, good pop, steady, turn on a dime, and really light feel.....props to Amery, Dano and Kish for letting me ride em, they are a great crew!

boardrider · Since 05 Apr 2006 1034 Posts Ventura, CA XTreme Poster

Cool fisheye shot Rico.

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

That first pic is the coolest shit I've seen yet!!! Thumb's Up

Kraemer · Since 24 Apr 2006 1736 Posts Sky Pilot Unicorn Captain

tHAT IS A FReaking Rad SHOt RiCO! KillER CaptION toO!

Pepi · Sun Aug 05, 07 2:46 pm

Mark · Sun Aug 05, 07 2:50 pm

Hey Trevor, The Rev is NOT a c kite Laughing

JUMPIN JIMI · Since 11 Nov 2006 123 Posts Stoked

THAT NEW REV LOOKS JUST LIKE A WAROO! SS FINALLY JUST COPIED A GREAT DESIGN,THOSE TURBO DIESELS 1&2 WERE A JOKE.

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

Kodiak · Since 01 Aug 2005 1114 Posts Slidey

I had a similar feeling between the rev and the waroo. Now I currently ride waroos, because for '07 I think it is the best kite out there. this has nothing to do with price.

I liked the Rev alot. It gave nice consistent pull, and solid feedback. The depower was very smooth, and didn't have an on/off feeling that you get sometimes with the waroo. I think I jump higher on my waroo, but I am used to that kite, so it may just be a timing thing. I also think that the rev has more high end, but didn't have as much low end when compared to the waroo. I was riding a 7m waroo and the 9m rev back to back. All around the rev is a very solid, super stable kite.

I did not have to relaunch, so I can't comment on that, but Trevor said it was very easy.

The bar setup is also super trick for the '08 gear. I really like the current BEST bar, with the safety on the center string for depower and the moveable stopper. The slingshot bar has some additional nice features, including below the bar depower so you don't have to reach and a really solid safety system.

All told I can see slingshot selling alot of these kites and people will be very happy with them.

stringthing · Since 31 Jul 2007 5 Posts the couve Kook

i don't want to fly the rev because i.m afraid i'll want to buy it next year and i just got t2s

boredbrain · Since 16 Feb 2006 352 Posts Hood River Obsessed

The 07 Fuels are the sickest kites out there.

There the best kite on the market, hands down.

I have riden the Waroo, and there is no comparison.

Best kite of 2007 is the FUEL.

trevorsmith · Since 25 Apr 2005 501 Posts PDX Addicted

The REV by Sling is one of the sickest kites I have flown.
Thanks Pepi (2nd Wind) for hooking me and Rico up this weekend for a ride. Had several different people try it and most of them all had great things to say about the kite.
I love my Fuels, but the REV feels just like my Fuels except the extra depower. Definitely going to get them as my high wind kites. Things I have not liked about the bow/sle is the Full turbo ON/Off feeling you get in the smaller kites and the accelerated turning, where it starts off slow, then accelerates thru the turn while ramping up power. And I have not seen a good kill switch/re-ride on bow/sle like a 5th line C kite has. Without having the leash attached to the outside line, which gives you the death spiral swim back to shore feature.

Still not crazy about the depower/sheeting cleat system being so close to the body as it gets "Stuck" for a few yanks, but the rest of the bar is very nice. Looks like SS has the new 800lb test lines on the front lines. Assume this will help with the stretching on the front lines.

Things I noticed about the REV
1. Consistent turning/power during turns/downloops/kiteloops
2. Nice super soft landings after jumping
3. Nice boost
4. Easiest kite to relaunch I've ever tried
5. Rides equal to my C's unhooked
6. 5th line like kill switch/re-ride feature

When down looping the kite, it has the same speed, turning and power all the way across the power zone. I also noticed that when fully loaded across the power zone during a down loop turn it did not "Snap" and get warped in full overpower conditions. I was suprised, as I kept trying to get it to invert, pop, warp, twist or do something weird..no luck. Very solid.

Even during jumps gone bad, the kite still hung in there with out falling from the sky, and had enough turning response, to get the kite back overhead, and recover nicely. This is a huge improvment over my Fuels. But really I should just learn to jump better, but nice feature when they do go bad.

The safety system is like a 5th line kite without the 5th line. The center line attach to an elastic like rope then to a oh shit ring thru the center of the bar, and when deployed falls gently out of the sky. Then just pull the bar back to you and relaunch. Very nice. Could add a stopper ball or something to keep the bar from running so far up the lines..I didn't mind it, just saves a bit of time.

The relaunch was amazing, most times, you just pull on one side of the bar, and wait. It works its way close to the edge of the window, and relaunched. Sometimes just rotated over and relaunched. Very very similar to 5th line but better without having to mess with the kite rollover pull in 5th line feature.

Jump and unhooking has the same feeling as my Fuels, noticed no difference between them.

Overall, a super smooth kite. Not sure if I'll give up my all of my fuels yet Wink

,but I definitely want a 9m/7m REV.
Still waiting to hear from Pepi/2nd Wind on when he can get them instock..Pepi..any word from Slingy? I want new kite!

Trevor--

Pepi · Mon Aug 06, 07 8:02 am

Still waiting to hear about availability on the Revs.

I finally got a ride the Rev 9 last night in overpowered to underpowered conditions and completely fell in love with it.

The kite feels like a the love child of the Fuel and T2. I loved the super quick power turning and the incredible pop, similar to the Fuel, and I appreciated the forgiveness of the bridles when pulling the kite out of the hot-zone when downlooping through turns or through the swells.
Being that I have primarily been flying T2's all summer, I had to actually adjust my riding a bit due to how powerful the kite was in the turns, which I really missed.

This is definitely a kite for those riders who were interested in stepping up pto a newer style kite, but did not want to lose the power and pop of their Fuel kite.

No hype, no long bridles, no lack of reinforcement panels, and no funky star trek wing shapes, just good, clean and simple Slingshot power kite design.

As for demos, you're now all SOL, cause' my staff and I will likely be fighting each other each session just to see who gets to ride the Rev.

Pepi

pdxmonkeyboy · Mon Aug 06, 07 8:57 am

ok, ok, I'll take two of them.