I can spot 3 differences:
1)different colourscheme
2)3 attachment points for the rear lines
3)tapered windtips.

Someone else will have much more eye for detail than me..
prototypes mabe??? mabe the sorse man can comment?

looks like a smaller LE as well

yeah so they should. i thought there moto was "rider simplicity" split strut isnt simple for the person riding the sewing machine lol.

Rasta colours....what a cool concept.....

swept back wing tips etc......

Slingshot have probably had a wake up call with the success of the REV. A lot of good fuel riders are switching to the REV ...... so it may be time to try to breathe some life into the ol' Fuel.

I ride Switchblades but have an 11m Fuel as well. ( my ex rides a REV ) .

In my experience the REV handles and has a similar feel to the Fuel but is just much easier to live with ... better relaunch, better in gusty wind etc.......

The Fuel shape has not really changed much over the years probably because it works so well, but the bar is being raised by other kite companies and I reckon by Slingshot ( with the REV ) as well.

They have positioned the struts more towards the tips.

Looks like ESP already done by www.newkiteboarding.com

You will find the technology button on the kite page.

the canopy colour is of 2 hands flipping you off. See it? It's not going to be like that though.

NJPornstar said...

They have positioned the struts more towards the tips.

Looks like ESP already done by www.newkiteboarding.com

You will find the technology button on the kite page.

nobody likes your incessant pimping dude. different strut placement is not an innovation.

It's like a kite, only it's marketted with attitude.

More like the rev and turbo, surely that won't be an available colour combination..

It looks like Bob Marley's kite, not Ruben's

Well will be interesting to see what happens next year for sure. One thing though, ruben doesn't ride a fifth line so you would not see one on his kite..

nice colors!

They are very similar to the colors of Liquid Force's 08 Watson LTD board and bindings

yeah new bar is white with slingshot moulded in like a motorbike handlebar grip, also the depower rope is now stronger and more wear resistant. well thats what i have seen anyway.

Just quietly... how cool is that cloud coming off the mountain in pic 2

Thats not a cloud - its vapourware.

GreenPat said...

If Slingshot only did two things with their Fuels;

hasn't this been why the Fuels have changed so little for so long? coz users are, for the most part, happy and comfortable with its "known quantity". Could this radical departure from the "known" kill the marketing edge of the Fuel?