Yarga Hybrid SLE: please leave your reviews here.

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Demo kites are out with delaers, let's hear what you have to say about them.

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small prize for first Legit review..

[inferno]

kite looks incredibly sweet, same tough construction as the waroos, but for a whole new crowd......

thats the best i can do since there arent any best dealers in the st pete area.... :(

any chance i could get a demo mailed to me (maybe even for a small fee) and i could let a lot of riders try it out...

we already have tons of best riders... we had a night ride a month ago and at midnight there were about 10 kites out, 9 of them waroos....

pleeeaaaseeee....
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[inferno]

so can i get a small prize since im the only one to leave a review :)

[eldadgold]

Simon just give me about 10 days and i'll post one

[Flatkite convert]

I rode the 9 yarga today in SLE mode. It's a fun kite! FAST turning and very good depower. I dumped it once and relaunch was a breeze.

The kite feels a lot like the Naish Boxer 9m of 2004/5--and that's a good thing! You relly FEEL where the kite is at all times. It likes to be flown, rather than the parkn'rip style of the Waroo/Bularoo. The depower is excellent, though not as complete as the W/B kites.

Bar pressure is heavier than the W/B kites, but by no means too heavy. Again, it's a kite that likes to be whiped around and looped. It is much less prone to stalling than either the Waroo or Bularoo. As for range I cannot tell yet. I was on my 10 Bularoo in 20 to 32 avg 25, while my friend was on his 9 Yarga. I weigh 195 and he is 170. He was kite looping all over the place, while I was a bit too juiced for that. When we traded kites the wind had dropped to about 18-25. I was under powered on the 9, but could still head upwind easily by working the kite in classic C style.

Size wise, you really cannot comper the 9 Yarga to the 10 Bularoo. The 10 Bul is A LOT bigger. Regardless, I would say both kites have a similar safe top end, but the 10 Bul has a much lower bottom end. The 9 Yara is a much faster turning kite than the 10 Bularoo, but again, the 10 Bul is at least the size of an 11 Yarga.

Overall, the new Yarga feels like a superbly balanced C-kite with about 80% of the depower of a bow. It really does feel like a faster turning Naish Boxer to me, with a lot more top end. If I had to guess I would say that the 9 Yarga is the same size as the 7 Bularoo.

I liked the kite a lot. If it where the same price as the Waroo I would be tempted. As it is, I like the range and economy of the Best Waroos/Bularoos too much to pay the Yarga premium. I do think that the park/wake jybe crowd will be all over ths Yarga, though.

[Toad]

Managed to ride one of these for a couple of hours on Sunday so I thought I'd write a few words.

First of all the bar system is excellent. Not being very tall (!) I sometimes struggle with the throw on some bars, but this system makes it very easy and quick to set the kite for hooked in or unhooked riding, and the grip is comfortable. I'm going to buy one of these anyway after using this one, it suited my riding style well.

I was using the kite in SLE mode and it still looked like a 'c'. After a couple of attempts at setting the 5th line and pigtails on the new 11m (eventually completely slack...just for relaunch I subsequently found out) the kite was ready.

The first thing I noticed was the bar pressure being slightly heavier than my Flexi firestorm12m, but nothing to concern even after 2 hours. The wind was about 15mph gusting to around 20mph, but on the whole it felt like the kite was in the lower part of the windrange for me at around 10 stone.

When the gusts came through, the kite felt smooth and you could tell that without pulling in the trimstrap the windrange is huge for this shape of kite. It all felt so easy. The transitions could be timed easily, even with one hand in a rotation you could feel the control was there.
Lift was good, but the kite really needed more wind for huge air, but I feel the potential was there.

My favourite thing about the kite was the pop. Unhooked downloop raileys were easy to control, with the kite turning reasonably quickly, it felt like the kite had grunt when unhooked and pulled me through the loops due to the way it turns, unlike bows or some flatter SLE's...and that's what I love about kiteboarding...being yanked around when I throw the kite..not spinning a kite and calling it a loop...I want to be pulled 50 yards downwind with my eyes watering as I hit the water..

The kite was also quite sensitive to line tension, the loops could be sped up or slowed down quite considerably by board edge pressure...it's just something that was noticeable, moreso than my other kites.

The kite was certainly very stable, so I didn't get a chance to relaunch it. You could tell where the kite was all the time, mainly due to the bar pressure I would think.

In all I enjoyed the session, even with the lighter winds, and I put some of it down to the versatility of the setup between the bar system and the Yarga making the most of the conditions...
I'd love to try the 9m in waves...

[Danno]

What size bar did you use the 11m with?

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45cm

[nyckiteboarder]

Was out on the Yarga 9M yesterday in 30-38mph. This is my first 'Best' kite. I have 3 RRD HT's which i love but i found the 9M a little squirrelly so i wanted a more stable 9M. My wife who weighs 110lbs will use the 9M a lot too so i wanted to make sure she has a super stable kite too.

Anyway, the Yarga did not diappoint. It is a really user friendly, fun and ridiculously stable kite. After a front blew through the wind died down to the low teens. I flew the kite on the beach and did everything i could to try and get it to drop out of the kite. No way! The kite would just sit there and behave itself.

On the water the kite was very easy to use. Much more intuitive than the Waroo's, especially if you've been riding many years and are used to 'C' kites. I used it in 4 line bridle mode. It basically feels like a 'C' kite only it has a lot more depower, more than my RRD HT's. My only minor complaint is that it def has more bar pressure than the Waroo's or the RRD HT's but not so much that it was a problem. The kite still feels dam good in the hands.

I did not ride a ton unhooked but when i did the kite felt just like a good 'C' kite. It did not back stall at all. The kite also loops very evenly and did not seem to have the tendancy to stall through the turn like some of the bows do. Jumping was really fun and very predictable. I stuck all my landings with ease and preictability. It doesn't have as much floaty feel as the Waroo's or other bows but i was jumping plently long and high enough.

I am very curious to try the larger sizes. I think 'Best' has another winner on their hands here and a good answer to those, like myself, who liked the Waroo but didn't love the spongy feel of the bar and want a more immediate feel from their kite.

[eldadgold]

got to ride my 9m yesterday at 18-22 knt
i was able to go upwind at about 20knt + 127\39 board, i weigh 75 kg (sle mode)

the build looks very good and there are lots of extras on this kite (frmaing,kevlar,pockets for the pump head etc.)
just open the bar and the kite is ready to fly, no tweeking no bullsh$t- just take it out and enjoy.
i liked the bar very much- the grip is the best i tried, the Dpower is not too far (but i have long hands) the stopper ball works great but the swivel is worth sh$t.
the kite is very stable and reacts pretty fast to bar input. it turns exactly like it should- not to fast and def not slow.
the power through kiteloops and sinos is not linear. when you kiteloop it just sudenly pulls you at about 1/2 the turn. i am used to torch06' and tribal 06'...
i tried kiting to the kite while on a wave just to see what happens. nothing did. the kite just flied backwords like it should and didn't fall.
i havn't tried water relaunch...
all and all i think this kite is a really fun kite and flies great... but over 20knt.
(it has about the same low end as the torch2 10m.)

[Dax]

C kite fun with Waroo like depower, what else is there to say? actually it might even depower better than a Waroo. Wait, no not might, IT DOES DEPOWER BETTER THAN THE WAROO. The power overall is much softer and more manageable than the high aspect 07 Waroo. The range of the 9m Yarga was probably about the same as my 7m Waroo. I had to work it in the lulls, but that was no problem.

Kiteloops are so much fun on this kite, the kite pulls very evenly throughout the loop and has no trouble completing the loop with plenty of time to go back up and save you.

Tried it in the swell (gorge swell) and it did awesome. Really likes going downwind which is nice for waves and unhooked.

Oh yeah, unhooked... I think I forgot how good C kites are for unhooking after being on the Waroo for the last year. I was doing much better at getting the kite low and the landings were much smoother.

I am still keeping my Waroos, at least for now. The 9m Waroo hits a nice sweet spot of low and high end, and it boosts better than the Yarga I think. Though I did get a couple of really nice jumps on the Yarga too (you need a lot of wind to get the same height and float as the Waroo.)

But if you like kiteloops and unhooked stuff, the new Yarga is where its at.

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sounds like you guys are digging the new Yarga.

How are most of you finding the set up options, has anyone tried the 5th-line kit yet, or are you all happy with the SLE and 4-line modes?

[sq225917]

sounds like you guys are digging the new Yarga.

How are most of you finding the set up options, has anyone tried the 5th-line kit yet, or are you all happy with the SLE and 4-line modes?

[eldadgold]

got about 23knt today. this kite rocks !!! it's very easy to jump with and the kiteloops are very strong- like they should be !
i found though that the depower strap needs to be a bit longer.

havn't tried the 5th line yet, don't have one.

oh, yah - my swivel kinda works
i don't know why and how it started to spin but it does spin now and then.