So as some of you may know eppos 2016 rebel got a stick flung threw It by a junkie(I can still hear him crying). Well he's got it repaired and given it to one of the lads down my local. I had a shot of it Christmas Eve around 20knots
after my 2013 vegas 10m split in 2 mid kite loop probably me not looking after my gear not manufactur fault. I was not overly fond of the rebel it didn't feel right and had not got that " hold onto ure g string we're going for a spin " feel to it. Now today I went out on my 12m vegas 2013 20knots plus. The dude with the rebel kicks down mid session as the wind picked up I went in to put up my 8 after battling with the 12 for too long (getting old) as I've the 8 pumped up he came in on the rebel smiling from ear to ear saying to take it out. Which I did... on the way out pulled the pin immediately and holy god did it lift me. To the point i Had Visions of being lofted onto a near by road. I actually didn't want to give the kite back it felt like floats forever +25knots. My question is now do I buy the newer 2016 on vegas or do I get one of these rebels. Not for the review section I think as I would appreciate any input at all not from keyboard stat readers but actually by someone who gets amongst it rather then chinwagging. One of my mates has said not to get a rebel I'm not old and brittle enough has anyone else swapped model ???? I would put my style of riding down as intemediate. Love hooked in big air and am mad to get into board offs and someday be as cool as eppo haha. I've also of late been getting into unhooked.
Cheers for any input.