Wind 15 -22 ish knots
60cm custom bar
Line length 18m
Board TT 131x40 Shinn Monk
My Weight 78kg - advanced rider

Well now that the wind speed has got your attention thinking, what the Farq - that was exactly my thoughts the first time I rode it yesterday.
I have a few of the best big air inflatable kites and Souls that I ride in the higher wind range and storms.
What has intrigued & inspired me over the last few years, is the way Flysurfers rider "Olly Bridge" has been throwing some huge and ridiculously long jumps, breaking distance and hangtime records - it seems like he is creating another style in the market, and his latest Sonic 3 jump with 36-second hangtime certainly shows it.

So anyway I bought the 11m as a board off training hang time kite that I could also use as a 10-knot light wind Foil boarding kite too. Its aimed at advance to expert riders as it is a cross between the Vmg race kite & the Soul.
After unpacking and checking every single knot, line connection, and the stitching seams, It was straight down the river for a ride.

What I was expecting was a predictably slow turning kite for the above that goes like a bat out of hell.
On the beach, it turned very well for an 11m foil and that's always a good sign for jumping. Leaving the shore I could see the gusting 22 knots just ahead of me, so maybe a 50m run no kickers or waves and Boom straight into it, I'm going up and up and up thinking WTF ? this is not a 30-35 knot day ! ahh well, let's do the big Heli-Loop thing while im up here.

That's the point where you understand why Olly has so much Fun :)
The Sonic 3 is fast and has Huge aerodynamic lift for its size, the slightest gust up at the top of a big jump and up you go again - even when coming down from a small transition jump - it will lift you up again and hover, your feet trying to reach out where the water used to be..

After a short while, I started to get the timing dialed in better which just added to the fun. Oddly enough, the Flysurfer posted wind range is 7-23 knots, I'm guessing that's for a foil board as its nowhere near the feeling of being overpowered. It's already great for foil boarding so no need to mention anything there.

I set the kite with a bit of back stall at the bar, just in case you end up in a surface downloop near the shore or another kiter - it quite safely looses power and will 'pivot turn' to where you want it.
No wing tip folds occurred while riding - I did manage to swing under the kite too far a few times, then it closed up a bit fell back in the window and opened nicely... no worries there.

This kite - to me is easier and more fun to ride than the Soul with a nice light feeling at the bar.
I can't wait to get it out in some small kickers or ocean swell at about 25-28 knots or Flatwater.
It made me think of how much effort it takes to jump a 12m inflatable and how little result you get in 20 knots.

If you want to just go big without megaloops and have insane hangtime, at a lower wind range... this is the kite that will do it - no more waiting for 30-35 knot dream days !

not me..