dude my parents drive a soccer mum cruiser and a barina.. wish they were so i wouldnt be gettin rolled in uni fees!

but i was just using it as a comparison...
never got to try the matrix but i always wanted to.
to make a dead comparison between what i've owned for example:
i got a 2010 hifi comp now, frikin love it, its well refined, does exactly what i want it to when im unhooked and it's helped me progress, its smooth and responsive, good relaunch, loops are very powerful yet consistent and smooth accell. ample depower for hard crashes.
but i loved the 08 more just because it was raw, it handed ya arse to ya when u made mistakes in loops, it yanked ya at a rediculous speed downwind when you pulled the trigger from the water etc. it was just a very exciting kite to fly.
most of the newer kites are far superior in performance, comfort, depower bla bla all that crap that sells the thing to joe pub but they just not as exciting to fly i find.