Ozone Frenzy 2011 & Unknown Kite Spotted!

[News]

News Article & Photos: Ozone Frenzy 2011 & Unknown Kite Spotted!

Read Full Article...

[rednblackmatuka]

wot is it ???........ is it Ozone or not ????......... If not wot is it ??

[Steve]

It is a proto Frenzy they are not production or final graphics.

The unidentified kite is a 5M Flow IMO.

Robbie is somewhere in Oz right now testing and trimming the final protos of the Frenzy

There is a new fixed bridle kite coming, soon.

[.Joel]

It is a proto Frenzy they are not production or final graphics.

So it must be a prototype bag as well then

[Steve]

Correct.

I've seen some amazing small production test stuff done by Ozone over the years, but then the big guy cans its and its never seen again. They had a new embossed material, Matt taggart had a board bag and a backpack made in it when we went to Kitestock, I thought it was awesome, later he told me it was not going into production.

Ozone use a very different business model to almost all the other kite brands, and its primarily because they own their own factory. They are a large consumer of woven textiles and are regularly sent samples from heir suppliers or new suppliers trying to get some of their business, this then gets made into "things", and tested. Torrin Bright and Andy Banks are their main graphics people and they are always messing with he logo and making new designs. Ozone produce all their own bags and all their own screenprinting in house in their own factory.

The kite and the bag were an early proto both in kite design and graphical look. The Kite only underwent final testing and trimming in the last few weeks in nth Qld somewhere, thats why I know that one is not a production kite.

[plummet]

The buggy boys in nz have been testing a secret 3m........ one then presumes its a buggy engine of some description.

[Peace]

here's some first glimpses of the new "Method" fixed bridle foil from Ozone

http://www.flyozone.com/landkites/en/ne ... ines/15824