Kiteworld chief tester Chris Bull explains just some of the feelings you get when riding this performance freeride combination from Naish. The Pivot and Naish feature in issue #98 – amongst 25 kiteboarding equipment reviews from the Kiteworld Magazine team’s annual six-week testing period in Cape Town, between January and February.
Get the mag here.
Kiteworld issue #98 also comes with the 13th free annual 156 page Kiteworld Travel Guide 2019 supplement. Here are the other tests appearing in that issue, released in late March:
FREERIDE KITES:
Cabrinha FX 10m
CrazyFly Sculp 9m
Duotone Dice 8m (super high wind specific test)
Duotone Rebel 8m
Naish Dash 9m
Naish Pivot 9m
Naish Triad 9m
Ocean Rodeo Razor 10m
RRD Addiction 8m
RRD Vision 9m
Slingshot RPM 9m
FREERIDE TWIN-TIPS
Airush Apex 138
Cabrinha Ace 138
CrazyFly Raptor 137
F-One Trax Lite and Carbon 137
Naish Monarch 135
Ocean Rodeo Smoothy 139 & 130
Shinn Ronson Player 138
WAVE KITES
Duotone Neo 8 & 6m
F-One Bandit XII 8 & 6m
Liquid Force Wow V4 7m
Ozone Reo V5 7m
WAVE BOARDS
Airush Amp II 5’6
Duotone Pro Session 5’8
Duotone Pro Wam 5’8
RRD C.O.T.A.N 5’2