windstruck Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Interesting new kite concept fron the venerable Steffen Born, a single skin DP kite flown with one hand from one handle with only bridle lines. In email conversation with Steffen he let me know that good propulsion in limited (narrow) spaces was on critical design requirement.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fNn3SR_vXcFrom Steffen: It`s a single skin depower kite with a one-hand control, without additional lines. Ideal for street kiting. It will be available from August in the sizes 2.0m, 4.0m and 6.0m. I absolutely love how Steffen continues to innovate. I'm a huge fan of his NS3s and LS2s and it appears that he has created another most interesting kite, purpose built for a unique application. Darren Tibbey, ssayre, IMK and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Tibbey Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Looks like another one of Steffens winners there. Easy bar set up too. Window looks amazing as well. I know a few people who will be very interested in this kite. Tiger37 and windstruck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mik333 Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 That control system looks like one used in the 90's by a European kite ski manufacturer. I will have to look them up. You twist the bar and rock it for control. They were large foils with bridling only. Michael windstruck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mik333 Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 I can't remember the name of the kite flown from bridles only, but I took a couple of stills from the 1994 Quadrifoil video. Sorry about the fuzzy VHS tape quality. Michael windstruck and Northern Kites Australia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Tibbey Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 By the looks of the video. Power lines are one end of bar and depower other end. Very interesting design. What do you reckon Mr @bakersdozen? bakersdozen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Could be used as sup kite Thé bar reminds paraskiflex bar windstruck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windstruck Posted June 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 2 hours ago, alf said: Could be used as sup kite Thé bar reminds paraskiflex bar I had to look up a paraskiflex bar as I wasn't familiar with it. A YouTube video popped in the search featuring a NS2. I see exactly what you're talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 http://www.powerkite.net/site/archives/voilesdetractionterrestres/paraskiflex.htm windstruck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoutherlyBuster Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Interesting concept. For riders of uni-directionals, spend a lot of time riding one handed anyway like when going toe side, using the other hand for extra balance control and just plain puts less twist on your spine. windstruck and BigTone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssayre Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 I love it. the mainstream kite manufacturers are competing with each other for the same customer base. Meanwhile in Steffenville he continues to innovate for the niche street kite market and doesn't care what the other manufacturers do. I would love to try this one out. SoutherlyBuster, Olof Palmolja, BigTone and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakersdozen Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Looks pretty cool! Northern Kites Australia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windstruck Posted June 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 More StreetStar Born-Porn! Darren Tibbey, SoutherlyBuster and bakersdozen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed rider Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Just on the facebook page of BORN-KITE fresh colors for the StreetStar discovered. windstruck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windstruck Posted June 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 5 hours ago, speed rider said: Just on the facebook page of BORN-KITE fresh colors for the StreetStar discovered. This "video" (collection of still photos) really gives you the chance to see how Steffen worked the bridling. Good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Hop it will be possible tp use thé kite with long lines to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Kites Australia Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 And the price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windstruck Posted June 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 7 hours ago, Northern Kites Australia said: And the price? According to Steffen these will be available in August. I've not yet seen any prices, nor are they listed on his website. Northern Kites Australia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 My contribution to one handed kite windstruck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed rider Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 I this just discovered on the Facebook page of BORN KITE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy666 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Ok, I can see the appeal for guys who street kite. Being able to steer one handed would be handy. but why would you bother with depower? At most it has 100mm of depower throw, which is FA depower. But the biggest reason the depower is a waste of time is that the kite has to be flown on the bridle alone (or extremely short lines as shown in the video), so the kite spends about 0.5 seconds in the power zone as it crosses the window. Any longer lines and the steering function won't work. Plus you fly so under powered when street kiting, why do you really need depower? id love to see someone try to hold on to that handle if they were fully powered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Tibbey Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Id love to give this a go with a dirt scooter. 1 hand on the kite, 1 on the scooter. With all the freeways with bike trails these days these could be gold. Kite to work. Wind pending of course. Could be great fun. Good on Steffen for giving something different a go. windstruck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed rider Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 Here are more videos .... very informative. Now only the prices are missing! windstruck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssayre Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 windstruck, Darren Tibbey and BigTone 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windstruck Posted July 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 That's a fine lookin' kite boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssayre Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 Thanks Steve! @windstruck sent me kite that steffen sent him to try out. Kite control was intuitive but still took time to get the hang of while moving. My style of street kiting involves a lot of fluid transitions in a semi confined area so that's what I wanted to test first. It took me a good hour to get transitions down. The main reason is one handed control. This is where it gets hard to explain and will vary for different riders. I'm goofy footed (right foot first) and I transition from frontside to backside and ride toe side so my right foot is always forward. keep in mind your thumb always needs to be pointed to the top of the bar. This means I'm comfortably riding toe side using my right hand (I'm right handed) but when I transition there are 2 options. continue to hold the bar in my right hand but upside down (a little awkward but doable) or switch hands and use my left. I've never been good flying left handed so that took a lot of time to get down. Keep in mind your switching hands during the transition. All that is to say that when I use a normal bar on a nasa star, I would always fly toe side one handed with my strong hand and when I would transition to front side, I would be flying with both hands on the bar so I've never been forced to use my left hand solely. I've only used it for a couple hours so far so this will probably be a minor hurdle and something that I already was getting good at by the time I left. The relaunch and landing works flawlessly. Really impressive. The turning works well but does take some practice and getting used to as to be expected. My first impression is that a standard nasa star would be much easier for a beginner but for intermediates, this kite offers a much more dynamic flying experience and most likely will have much better upwind capability. I'll test that out when the wind direction cooperates for a couple of my long road spots. Transitions were much more similar to flying my peak on handles as far as how the kite behaves but using just one handle for all control. Very wild and fun kite. It does take some skill to use but I like that. I would like to add some 2m or 5m lines to see how that goes. I will take a look at how easy that will be to add next time I'm out. SoutherlyBuster, BigTone, Darren Tibbey and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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