Slingshot UFO | Strutless Kite review

Today we tested the Slingshot UFO, the new strutless kite from Slingshot. One of the lightest kites on the market. Lightness is HOT in kitesurfing World 2020. Where does the lightness come from? Material, Construction or both? Well, with the Slingshot UFO it's all about the construction. No struts means less material means lighter kites. So time to test the kite characteristics of the new Slingshot UFO!
Check a kiteboarding.com video for the weight of all the UFO sizes • Slingshot UFO V1.1 Weight
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[@Lawlersk8tes]

"Too cold for girls in bikinis to pump up your kite." I died laughing at that one lol

[@dpurdy6402]

3m 993 grams 5m 1310 grams 7m 1633 grams The leading edge is larger than the clouds and I think that helps the relaunch. Even trailing edge down it is easy to get air under the canopy.

[@Kitefinder]

Thanks for sharing, great info

[@siddallj]

"Quadroople Poople", you should patent that lol😂

[@paulgush]

1:55 i know you posted the correction there. The generic name for the canopy fabric there is nylon (Dacron being a tradename for polyester, which the leading edge is made of).

[@yannickver]

i've a gong strutless kites 12m² for low wind days on foil... incredibly stabel and a 12 is not fun on foil above 13 kn. I can foil with it from 7 knots on. relanch can be tricky, the kite skin sticks more to the water than a strutted kite... but I'm happy with it...

[@Kitefinder]

Thanks for sharing \"/

[@rnelias]

You should consider a comparison between structless x kite foil in a light wind condition for hydrofoiling because it's the next "battle" in kite industry: structless x double skin x single skin kite foils

[@Kitefinder]

Good Idea

[@normanfreund]

It’s not only the design what works best physically, but the price as well. At my local spot in New Zealand, there is a growing trend for the foil board riders to use the single skin foil kite (FlySurfer), where the primary reason is the lower price point and the design happens to work well enough for foilboarding. By well enough I mean they are willing to trade-off the risk of not being able to relaunch in the water being several hundred metres offshore in the pacific ocean. Then thee are the pump up wings, can’t imagine my self using these, no harness to take up the load, your arms take it all.

[@Dr-iy9nr]

@@normanfreund if you drain the estuary of Christchurch you can find a lot op Peter Lynn C Quad's used for the same reason ;)

[@normanfreund]

Dr511 , ha ha. At least the FlySurfer Peaks have some degree of floating. I tried a single skin NASA kite once kitesurfing and it loves to sink to the bottom once it hits the water and act as an anchor.

[@MyFirstReurveBow]

SERIOUSLY your reviews are the best only have to do something with the audio..

[@Kitefinder]

Yes we know, best is without wind but we want to shoot outside. We have a mic now with wind protection. Better but not perfect in really windy conditions. Work in progress, but themes important is still story tales & good fun \"/ If some have tips! Please let us know!

[@r3gflm916]

Yes, I really hope they have good audio in the future. Or voice over it in post production.

[@Kitefinder]

@@r3gflm916 his r3g, its all about the moment, improvisation, playing around. that's why we choose for this set-up

[@lovetofly32]

LMAO🤣 these guys are goofballs! Hilarious. These guys love the water more than fish! 😆

[@janimalius]

Two Swedish Chefs kitesurfing.

[@normanfreund]

yea! At last a Maui style kite for kiters outside of Hawaii. How well does it depower once the apparent wind kicks in to avoid the foilboard exiting the water. I come from a foilkite (FlySurfer) and foilbaord background.

[@Kitefinder]

Total Depower stays great. More wind means a longer depower range on the bar.

[@justinsummons5404]

Love your videos !

[@mbkiteboarding]

Looking gooooood

[@Kitefinder]

Thanks

[@dpwild328]

I've seen you do the 12 o'clock stability test on some other kites in super light wind and criticisize the kite. Looks like the Ghost has much more wind when you tested it...

[@Kitefinder]

7m in 12-15 knots, pretty low-end fora 7m

[@patrickpierce6712]

Love that keep it real.

[@rodion8192]

For UFO 7m would be the new Slinghot bar 17”/20m enough or it’s better to have longer lines? Thanks!

[@Wattwurm0815]

9m UFO weights 1,99kg my love :-)

[@Kitefinder]

❤️

[@r3gflm916]

If you can ride the 5, or 7m on the same days, how do you pick which one to buy? I have the 9m, looking for a second UFO.

[@snakethe]

The Ufo is a incredible kite! 9 and 5m for me foiling and kitesurfing with a unusaul feeling, drift smooth and great performance for freeriding!! better maui cloud for sure! relaunch easier with Ufo

[@novaadrian4570]

i realize it is kinda randomly asking but does anyone know a good site to watch new series online?

[@marleyelian6069]

@Nova Adrian flixportal =)

[@novaadrian4570]

@Marley Elian thanks, I signed up and it seems like a nice service :D Appreciate it!

[@marleyelian6069]

@Nova Adrian You are welcome :)

[@Dennster331]

Can you do a comparison between C kites ? Maybe the Torch vs Vegas or the Slingshot Fuel

[@spencergarrison2468]

Floating hydrofoils... Do you have any issues with these tracking upwind? I'm worried that it will run away from me upwind and I won't be able to catch it.

[@Kitefinder]

No worries, hydrofoils drift downwind so fast that you don't need a upwind body drag.

[@spencergarrison2468]

@@Kitefinder Thank you! I will feel more confident getting one of these floaty foils now.

[@neuronflow]

I currently have a FS Peak4 8m How would you compare its low wind performance to SS UFO and Ozone Alpha?

[@Kitefinder]

Low wind about the same, maybe the Peak a bit better.

[@BrendanCurrin]

Just a thought...as you have reviewed them both. What are your thoughts of the Slingshot UFO vs the Duotone Neo SLS. I realise they are supposed to be different ideas, but a 3 strut that is almost as good as a strutless in light wind is going to be difficult to ignore. Is the UFO special enough?

[@Kitefinder]

Hi Brendan, its a real different feel. Just test a Ufo and see if its meet your expectations

[@shredlifeshopesp1366]

Why you removed the floaters from the bar?

[@igormelnikov9677]

5m 1.3 kg

[@manuelgasparmartins]

what's that carbon board ?

[@Kitefinder]

It's a WoodyCooky name of the custom builder from the Netherlands

[@manuelgasparmartins]

@@Kitefinder looks really nice! Saving some money to get a foil in the future xD

[@badgbYouTube]

No cold meats and cheeses to eat? lol!

[@pauperstrijder2863]

Yo kite finder I got a question why you never test f-one kites?

[@Kitefinder]

What's new? Different, out of the ordinary? Help us Pauper. Give us a good lead and we certainly think about it. Because it's not about the brand. It's about you :)

[@jordywetzel8374]

I want to party with this dude.

[@DocTaTech]

It would improve your videoes so much if you fixed the sound. Try a clip on mic with wind stop material. You have such great content, but horrible audio..!

[@Kitefinder]

Hi, yes we try. We have the clip on mic in the beginning. Later we use a GoPro

[@DocTaTech]

@@Kitefinder The clip on mic you have would probably benifit from a more hairy/fluffy wind screen. To reduce the clipping sound from the wind rattling the shell of the mic. You have a very uplifting vibe and very good content, but I think you would get many many more viewers to stay if you upped the sound quality (maybe even post production leveling the sound a bit, I know it's all xtra work). Thx for the videos, always informing and most of all fun to watch :)

[@Kitefinder]

@@DocTaTech Good tips, thanks. Working on it! Next clip comes with the best sound ever 😀

[@DocTaTech]

:D

[@longboardclinic]

sehr profi

[@gajus7346]

UFO needs Fingerspitzengefühl

[@Kitefinder]

Absolute, flying a kite 2.0

[@TheoAnsmink]

Ooohhh... Thats some scary sjit mann

[@Kitefinder]

Theooo \"/

[@TheoAnsmink]

@@Kitefinder jullie hebben inmiddels al een hele verzameling leuke speeltjes en al wat filmpjes.... Is het niet eens tijd voor een goede giveaway 🤓

[@TheoAnsmink]

Niet voor mijzelf, ik Ik heb al 4 jaar niet meer gevaren.... alweer maar jullie hebben zo'n groot kanaal en zo'n grote schare aanhangers inmiddels (hoe kan het ook anders 😀) keep on funning guys!

[@Kitefinder]

@@TheoAnsmink haha gelijke je Theo. Kunnen wel een digital marketing manager gebruiken 😁

[@hadleymanmusic]

Inflate the strut on the strutless kite.

[@ClownLikeMe]

Bdam?

[@Kitefinder]

Ja, we hebben het er even bij gezet 👌

[@robertrecco710]

After foiling with this kite never went back to another tube kite and never will