Hey all,

Im looking to replace my kites..now, im a student, and this generally leads me to buying second hand kites, or old stock from shops...........

Came across an unused 2005 gaastra vision 12m within my price range to go along with my 2005 17m slingshot fuel.

Whats your thoughts on Gasstra brand kites...personally i have never really heard of them....

And also the sizing of that kite, trying to maximise my kiting days, with a two kite set.....got a 17, and was thinking bout a 12....

any thoughts...

Dont go there.

Buy a decent well known brand that you can get replacement parts/ support for.

Even better- support the local kiteboarding industry and see what your local shop has to offer (new/secondhand/deals etc). At least if there is something wrong with the kite you can get it sorted.

Otherwise I have some great (almost new), top of the line, hardly used, hardly crashed, hardly repaired, C quads. Genuine 1999 shit (bet you wish your car was as new as that!).

Let me know....

bROGAN

As for size, definately go for a 12m.

They will fit in nicely with your 17m and later on when you graduate, you can buy an 8m and your quiver will be complete.

Also 12m are very common/popular size so there should be many around and they should be easy to resell when your done with it.

Better still, sell the 17m and buy a 12m bow of some sort.
It'd have the bottom end of the 17m and the top end of the 8m.

I'm eating my own words however as I own a 16m, 12m, 9m, 6m.

Hmmm
Time for a bow I say.

Reuben

Lee has a 12m Shockwave he wants to get rid of, IIRC it is 2nd hand.
Give him a call at his shop

How about a naish raven 12m?what are they like?

One season old.....

Ill look into the naish shockwave from lee, thanks for the tip,

My car is a ford laser '86, i do wish it was a 99, i really do.....