Buyers Guide - Kitesurf Kites

A Full Blown C Kite is for people who are into Freestyle/Wakestyle riding, who want a super aggressive kite that never ditches its power. These kites are much higher aspect than a Hybrid Kite, which in turn gives them more flying speed. If you’re a beginner buying your first kite, the team at S2AS recommend staying away from these kites.

For boosting, C kites are also brilliant. What we’ve found is that when you sheet out in the middle of a boost on a C kite, you don’t fall out of the sky. This happens because the depower range of the C kite is only around 30%, so you’ve actually still got around 70% power to keep you afloat in the air. These kites offer the best in class for performance and turning speed, advanced riders only.

EXAMPLES OF C-KITES:

2022 CORE IMPACT 2 KITE

2022 XENON RAD KITE

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BENEFITS OF A C KITE:

Very good High-Performance Kite.
Good Slack Line; great for handle passes.
Faster turning speed,

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DRAWBACKS OF A C KITE:

Less Wind Range than any of the other 2 types of kite.
Less Depower than a Hybrid, more aggressive.
Harder to relaunch due to the shape.

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A Delta Kite is what we aim at for beginners. The characteristics and power delivery of this kite are super beginner-friendly, which obviously is great for anyone looking to get their first kite.

This kite has the best wind range out of all the types we’ve covered, but here’s where it becomes interesting. When you fully sheet out on a Delta kite, it sheets out so much that it becomes difficult to actually turn the kite, but it does mean that it lets all of the effective wind out of the kite. The way we explain the power delivery is like a light switch. When fully sheeting out, the power goes from 50% to 0% really quickly. But when you start to pull the bar in, you get a faster gradual pull than a Hybrid.

These kites are renowned for turning around the wingtip of the kite, as opposed to actually turning in a loop and generating power. This again is great for beginners because if you make a mistake, you don’t get body-dragged halfway down the beach.

Two other things to mention with these kites, is 1; that there isn’t a set ‘Sweet Spot’ that you can find and park the bar in. With a Delta Kite, the power is on or off, there’s no in between. 2; The relaunch is the best you’ll ever find on any type of kitesurf kite, and that’s due to the shape of the wingtips making it super simple to roll the kite on to a wingtip and get back in the air.