I am heading to California for our winter and am pretty keen to buy some new ktes over there, the main ones ive been looking at are naish torch 4's they look like sick kites and you cant get them in aus . I was wondering if anyone has ridden these kites and what they were like?

as a torch 3 owner who has never tried another kite, you just made my daylol

Bowski said...

I have a mate who bought a Torch 4 who is keen to sell. He has used it maybe 10 times, it is in perfect knick, cool colours. He would sell for $1300 if anyone keen. It is too much of a weapon for him, he likes a bit more depower!!

Having said that he is off to G-Land for the next 10 days, so he should get his surfing fill there!!

Bowski

what size?

skiddz said...

Bowski said...

I have a mate who bought a Torch 4 who is keen to sell. He has used it maybe 10 times, it is in perfect knick, cool colours. He would sell for $1300 if anyone keen. It is too much of a weapon for him, he likes a bit more depower!!

Having said that he is off to G-Land for the next 10 days, so he should get his surfing fill there!!

Bowski

what size?

12m Blue, great looking kite. If interested email me and i will give him your details.

peter_boarder said...
2400 US, which is like 2500Aus

i know, how good's the oz $ at the moment!!

peter_boarder said...

sounds like the torches are the go! I think they bgged them for the sigma series this yr, but that was a bit ofa flop ha ha! Im just wonderng weather to wait for the 2009 season abnd see if they bring out the 2009 naish torch!

Nah, Naish has kept the Torch. Its the only non-sigma kite they have left. I think their team riders prefer it, and they pretty much haven't changed the design from 2007 to 2008.

I thought the Sigma series had been a success. I think the 2009 kites will be refined again and that will be the test of whether the design has longevity. I guess the proof is in the competitions, I don't know if anyone is using them in pro comps? Most people who own them think they are the shiznit! But everyone thinks that of whatever they own.

Wookster said...

They aren't built very well.

??? Not sure which Naish kites you're talking about? Although I know the leading edge seams can go due to sun degradation on the early 2007 Torches - any others???

Every older/heavily used North kite I've seen, the material looks really soft. Not sure who they use for material but I remember they always had that problem on their spinnakers in my sailing days. Do agree that North are well built tho.

Anyway - I love my Torch3, not sold on sigmas yet, don't think you'll have a worry with a Torch4