The Raven is rather like the Naish Torch, quite soft power, made the
wind at Pine harbour feel very smooth. Quite low aspect kites (look
just like the Torch when flying), and a lot of 'play' in the
steering, so it is forgiving in jumps and tricks, Phil has a 50cm
bar on his, much it turns quite slowly, but for learning its a
brillant kite!
Pop is not what I was expecting, it just didn't turn quick enough
for big jumps. This kite gave pretty normal hangtime, and was very
controllable in transitions, and has a large power band, it's not
spikey like the X2, or super grunty like the slingshots. It just
seems to pull you along, and riding speed is fairly fast to get
power out of it. Bar pressure is quite light. THe v line stops the
tips from flaring out, and this could be a big reason for the steady
pull, if the kite doesn't open up, the projected area of the kite
does not change, so the power remains consistent.

This kite feels like it has heaps of range, it handled the gusty PH
conditions like a champ, even on the powered front line attachment.
I suppose it would have almost the top end of a 18m X2 (20 knots for
75kg), just not quite as fast riding speed. Low end feels ok, it can
be oversheeted and it doesn't care too much, maybe 10 knots?
Nice kite...