Flysurfer SOUL3 Review

[@abacaxifamily]

Happy to see new content here 👍🏽🍀

[@b5watersports]

I love this kite, i was impressed how easy it jumped and loftyness is crazy

[@chuckcoffee]

Awesome to see new content. Always appreciate your no nonsense great content. Keep sending it!👍

[@jeffgaufin2606]

Glad to see you guys are back. You rock

[@manfredanderson2080]

Great review, Laurie and Yuri.. Amazing footage. I tired the Soul 3 a few months ago and loved it. Very user friendly cross between the Sonic and Soul 2.

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks Fred :)

[@leecarroll9372]

So great to see a "Our Kite Life" video again, I hope the removal of the hardware in your foot went well and that you're able to get out there with full movement. Looking to replace my Soul 12m v1 with either Sonic 12m v4 or the Soul 12m v3, just when I think I've made the choice someone makes a good review of the other kite. Take care

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks :) recovery is going really well! Both the Sonic4 and Soul3 are great choices - I don’t think you’ll be disappointed either way. Best to demo back to back if you can! Cheers

[@kredospl29]

Good to sea You back!!!

[@johnravensbergen3324]

I'm keen to give the new Soul3 a try. I've been debating Sonic versus Soul for foiling. Thanks for another great video.

[@LaraBeach-f7o]

It was only the day I thought where’s ourkitinglife, and you return! Welcome back

[@OurKiteLife]

Thank you 😊

[@arminharich3779]

Thank you, for your review. Always nice to see you at least on the Video.

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks Armin

[@grantnixon5753]

Great video Laurie . Good to see you back online. Switched from Sonic 4’s to The Soul 3 and couldn’t be happier. All the performance without the sketchy wing tip folding on high wind launching and the water relaunch is so easy.

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks :) glad to hear you’re enjoying the Soul3!

[@jyk4]

does soul3 perform worse? Upwind, jumping etc?

[@simonburch8762]

Haven’t had my Soul 2 very long, would love to try one of these but the new price in the UK is unreal.

[@filippoi.4138]

Looking to the comments, all happy to see you back. And so am I 😊. Great content! Just in love with my sonics 15/10. Looking for hig performance, race and woo records so I think I will remain with my sonics, but soul is a beast, loved V1, can’t think how good V3 can be. Waiting for sonic 5 one day 😁

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks 😊 sounds like you’ve found the perfect match with the Sonics!

[@artyrbelski-w3v]

Nice to see y’all again. After injury there is less content. Is it because nothing interesting? Or just burnout?

[@OurKiteLife]

Wouldn’t call it burnout, just less time to film and edit videos because of our day jobs

[@Slangboere]

Something feels different when watching your latest videos , almost like the spirit is not like it used to be , in the older videos everyone looked more stoked and really liked all the ideas you guys tried with the kites , need more of those videos again

[@OurKiteLife]

Appreciate the feedback - we feel it too. Hoping to capture the stoke in our videos again.

[@giorgio4660]

That’s usually what happens when you get older and more mature 😂👍

[@Slangboere]

@@giorgio4660 or , something in their personal lives have changed affecting the videos

[@giorgio4660]

@@Slangboere anyway i like this video more honestly… 🤷‍♂️

[@pluginmind]

Hahaha thy bouy is awesome! The BOOUY is awesome - the Sergei is missing for sure!!! Feels like a lifetime ago, it was such a blast though. Miss those times and miss the original Kipling crew! Great to see Sasha, Yuri and Lora! ❤❤❤

[@Weaselpro]

Hey, eventually! Not tryed yet but gonna try. Local diller has some Soul3 for the tests luckly.

[@Kitehomiez]

Awesome to see youre back! Really nice video and review. Looks like a fun kite with endless hangtime... What itrigues me the as well is your spot. So scenic and beautiful. How do you get there from Vancouver in the easiest possible way and where do u stay :p

[@OurKiteLife]

Fly to Charlottetown, rent a car, stay near Kite Point (camp at Cabot park or rent a cottage close by). There are many kite spots on the island to explore, but you’ll want to be close to Kite Point :)

[@thekiteboatparty3568]

@@OurKiteLifeis winging as popular as kiting there yet? its become huge in New Zealand

[@slappysurf]

I can't help notice the absence of any shots of you on the Soul 3 Laurie, are you still kiting?

[@OurKiteLife]

I had the hardware removed from my ankle days before we got the kites so I was out of commission during filming. But back to kiting now :)

[@MatDGVLL]

Thanks for the review

[@chantalvachon1451]

Wow! That’s a great video 🤗 It’s so beautiful Prince Edward Island😃

[@OurKiteLife]

Thank you 😊

[@brawlroblox5652]

Genial el video, como todos los que haces

[@thekiteboatparty3568]

Here's a question, not soul specific but for foil kites in general. What is the slowest windspeed that you can ride a twin tip with a foil kite? I foil board anyway in light wind but I'm just curious, like if you supersized the foil kite, say used a 23m VMG, could you twin tip in superlight wind like 6kt or so? I do about 20kt on a windy day with a tt and an LEI so that's a lot of apparent wind potential being generated, not only foil boards can generate apparent wind right. My biggest foil kite is only a 12m sonic 4 so it's hard to test myself but I though you guys might have tried test the limits since you and your locals there all seem to love your foil kites, and it looks like you have plenty of quite light wind days. I guess I'm trying to find another reason to justify buying another, bigger, sonic haha.

[@Ed-zb6jt]

great video. i was wondering, could you make a video about jumping with a foil kite and twintip? i have trouble timing because its different from a LEI kite.

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks! The only thing that’s different is the timing. With practice you’ll get the hang of it :)

[@surfn-]

LOL Wasn't expecting to see Don far from home

[@schaufuss]

I own several Soul 1, rode the Soul 2 and was able to test the Soul 3 for 8 hours in total. Honestly, all three Soul versions are great kites and I don't agree that the S3 is a totally different kite. I found the S3, in fact, so similar overall that I decided against it and picked up a brand new replacement Soul 1 for peanuts. To each their own.

[@OurKiteLife]

We did back-to-back comparisons with the Soul2 and Soul3 in the same wind/conditions, and that’s how we came to the conclusion that they are different kites. That being said, definitely agree that all versions of the Soul are great kites.

[@stu1016]

Can you do a sonic 4 v soul 3. Comparison one with friends like you did with others please. I am on the fence which to get. She. Is the sonic 5 due roughly?

[@stu1016]

When even

[@vincentaa7825]

Thanks for the review! What size recommended for foiling in 8-12kn. wind? Rider weight 75kg / 165lbs..

[@OurKiteLife]

Yuri weighs a little more than you and would go with the 10m

[@s2oooo]

You know me 😜. The designer of the pansh kestrel flysurfer would love to employ true story. My 15m kestrel is epic. But this looks great. Pansh haven't got the quality of materials .

[@alessiodiori726]

Hello there! What about foiling with soul 3? Are you going to make a specific video? thanks

[@OurKiteLife]

No plans for a dedicated video on it, but maybe in an upcoming vlog

[@flamewave0]

Are you planning to give a go to guys who are experience with foil kites? Did you on purpose wanted review from LEI riders? BTW your video were brilliant and it was a blast to watch its a shame that we don't see many these days.

[@OurKiteLife]

4 of the 7 riders interviewed in this video are experienced foil kite riders - a couple of them fly foil kites exclusively. We wanted to have a variety of riders and I think we achieved that. Glad to hear you enjoy our videos. We hope to keep posting more regularly but life has been keeping us busy :)

[@karabaralex]

I see foil kites are popular for lightwind, what are other use case?

[@OurKiteLife]

Medium and high wind :) we mostly tested the 8 and 10 in higher winds in this video and they were awesome

[@bfayman3728]

👍 That looks like a good kite spot - where is that ?

[@OurKiteLife]

Kite Point, PEI

[@summer.vfX-trem]

i have the soul 1 15m the kite i have the most session with (lot of light condition). after 4 years, i start to lack power in low wind (in 8-9 knts). does the new soul3 is better in low condition ?

[@OurKiteLife]

We haven’t tried the 15m soul3 but we did do back-to-back comparisons with the soul2 and soul3 10m and would say that the soul3 has slightly more power. If you can get your hands on a demo that would be the best way to find out!

[@summer.vfX-trem]

@@OurKiteLife i hope so (i m in france)

[@thekiteboatparty3568]

@@summer.vfX-tremhave you tuned the bridals?

[@summer.vfX-trem]

@thekiteboatparty3568 I made the flysurfer trim check as decribed (AB Z same length, long and short mixer test) all seems to be correct

[@fierceseaman]

Where was this video filmed?

[@OurKiteLife]

A few different spots on Prince Edward Island 🇨🇦

[@fierceseaman]

@@OurKiteLife thanks!

[@lefriess01]

I like your channel and its great to see new content again. But almost only foil kite unexperienced riders are interviewed for this Kite. How is that conclusive? I guess everyone that has experience riding foil kite’s before was not very impressed with that kite..?!

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks! I’d actually argue that it’s pretty balanced re: kiters with foil kite experience/own foil kites (4) to not (3). In past reviews we focused mostly on riders who love and own foil kites - which is arguably much more biased. We found it to be pretty interesting that even when mixing it up in this video that the end result was still quite positive for the Soul 3.

[@raygun1392]

Looks a great kite Guys. However, my Soul V1 15m and 12m are still in fantastic condition and more capable than my riding ability. ✌

[@OurKiteLife]

Awesome to hear that :)

[@Eric-do9jq]

How many of the testers would actually buy it? :) I would love to test drive a Porsche, but don't always see the point in buying one.

[@OurKiteLife]

Considering half the testers already own previous versions of the souls, and one said in the video he would definitely buy one, I would guess some will :)

[@mikemiller774]

Good review. But not a single word on foiling with it.

[@OurKiteLife]

Fair point! Hard to test here with knee deep water

[@supericeman2222]

Hey Mike i'm one of the riders in the vid trying the soul3. I have limited usage on a 6m soul 2 for foiling. 12-20 knots. Im not a racer by any but look to go fast. Im using a wave foil and have flysurfer peaks and LEIs and recently acquired a 8-10m soul 2. The main reason for me to lean towards the soul in my area would be when wind picks up i can jump on a tt and have a blast which isnt a choice with peaks. The soul drifts decent and rips upwind. It will fly in lighter winds than an LEI arguably. Also the down stroke spike to get flying is bigger than a peak and maybe a fraction longer than a lei due to slower turning. Still experimenting but enjoying the journey. I think foil kites lean towards speed and jumping and maybe travel. Where as peak its all about the downwind journey and LEI leans to freestyle quicker turning tricks. Whats isnt clear for me yet is the absolute low wind . In 7 knots if you drop all three styles you may be swimming. Hope this helps🙏

[@mikemiller774]

@@supericeman2222 Looks like reasonable choices. Considering jumping on TT, why not the Sonic4 at all?

[@supericeman2222]

@@mikemiller774 honestly I was quite nervous at first with foil kites in general and not popular in my spots. The more high aspect the trickier to fly I'd expect. If you looking to woosky then yes higher aspect will do the job. Im looking for more all around. Not sure what direction my foiling will take me at the moment. Currently learning to jump on foil and find the speed potential of my current set up. I fly in tight spaces as well so a narrower kite is easier.

[@supericeman2222]

@@mikemiller774 yes with tt if you never plan to do loops or any other tricks that require a fast turing kite you could go that route. For me its just being able to grab a tt after foiling and be able to have fun.

[@jyk4]

Aspect ratio is lowered a lot.. They made the kite more beginner friendly and for LEI people = more boring to me. Higher aspect ratio would have given better upwind performance and better in high winds and higher jumps.

[@arminharich3779]

Benni the Designer used VMG tech to increase performance with even with lower Aspect Ratio. If you love higher AR, use the Sonic.

[@cortex4ever]

Just get the Sonic4, that will fit your needs perfectly then.

[@jyk4]

@@cortex4ever sonic would be good but I have heard it is less durable - built lighter and bridles are thinner and prone to wear out more easily

[@cortex4ever]

Although the Soul3 might be just a tad more durable… the Sonic4 is also sturdy. It will probably outlive most of your other gear. And a snagged bridle that breaks is easy to replace if that happens. I use Sonic4’s both for hydro foiling (mainly with a raceboard) and boosting with a twintip. Try them, think you’ll like it.

[@Lexa_LingeR]

Видео супер! Спасибо! Артур переводи давай уже! 😉

[@aleshaborisovich]

Почему бы не подучить английский? 😉

[@artyrbelski-w3v]

Перевел

[@aleshaborisovich]

@artyrbelski-w3v Ну вот... это ты поторопился 😉

[@autokanada]

not sure about it , looks like Flysurfer went step back to thicker , puffier and low aspect , kites agian. SOUL 2 was a step into right direction to make ultra thin and aerodynamic fast turning kite. Soul3 looks fat and ugly looks more like OZONE kite from 1995 :) , it turns faster because it is shorter for the same size as soul2 . that is my opinion. I did not fly soul kites before.