.Joel Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 So lets see what we can come up with, brands that no longer exist or make kites? Airea Air-Evolution Gin U-Turn Others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffnyc Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 Gin is still around, unless there's something I didn't hear: https://ginkites.com/en/ I was going to say Flexifoil, but looks like they're still hanging in there: https://www.flexifoil.com Rough business to be in. .Joel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Henry Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 Liquid Force .Joel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted August 12, 2021 Report Share Posted August 12, 2021 Genetrix Shame that it's now out of business. I own both the 7m and 8m Genetrix Hydra and also a 9m that was stolen out the back of my trailer. The bar pressure is too high for most it seems but it is a beautifully stable kite. Built for extreme high wind, it was almost completely flat in flight thanks to its unique bridle support system that connects straight to the struts! It has an insane depower range and was perhaps the only tube kite that could safely be hot launched. It was the first kite to break both the 50 and 55 knot kiteboarding speed record at Luderitz and I was fortunate enough to take the UK buggy speed record back in 2019 using the 7m. .Joel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy666 Posted August 12, 2021 Report Share Posted August 12, 2021 HQ kites are gone. The Montana’s were great kites. .Joel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renato Borowski Filho Posted August 13, 2021 Report Share Posted August 13, 2021 My first kite was a Wipika. I never heard that brand again. .Joel and RedSky 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted August 14, 2021 Report Share Posted August 14, 2021 13 hours ago, Renato Borowski Filho said: My first kite was a Wipika. I never heard that brand again. The first kitesurfing kites. I still have a (flown once) Wipka WIP! That kite scares me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Joel Posted August 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2021 Super! I've found a number of kite brands I didn't know even existed in the foil space over the past year sorting the Kite Reviews. On 8/12/2021 at 12:19 PM, RedSky said: Genetrix Wow, I hadn't come across that yet. Nearly looks like where Under Armor got their inspiration RedSky and andy666 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Yes! I never made the connection until you mentioned it. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Joel Posted August 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 Oh now this is a snazzy name..... Boom-Kites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Porter Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 On 8/5/2021 at 10:24 PM, jeffnyc said: Gin is still around, unless there's something I didn't hear: https://ginkites.com/en/ I was going to say Flexifoil, but looks like they're still hanging in there: https://www.flexifoil.com Rough business to be in. Thats not the original GIN I'm afraid. GIN Gliders is a South Korean company famous for their paraglider range and pilots. https://www.gingliders.com/en/ They made a range of kites in the early 2000's which were very popular due to their quality and stability. I had so much fun with them but sadly sold them all when the power kiting here in N. Ireland became an attitude rather than a hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benklaasen Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Jojowing still make parachutes, but they long ago stopped making kites: http://www.old.jojowing.com/powerkiting/products.php Very kind of them to leave the old site up, though! I thought Elliot would have gone the way of the dodo, but no, they're still producing kites while far better-known brands have fallen by the wayside... https://shop.elliot.de/shop/liste/-4039000DBL/1.htm Does anyone remember the name of those cheap, patchily manufactured, but-when-you-got-a-good-un-it-was-good kites with the zebra stripes and red pattern? They only ever came in that design. Popular around 2010 maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 3 hours ago, benklaasen said: J Does anyone remember the name of those cheap, patchily manufactured, but-when-you-got-a-good-un-it-was-good kites with the zebra stripes and red pattern? They only ever came in that design. Popular around 2010 maybe. This web site has a few zebra stipes with red http://libre.de/?q=en/node/265 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benklaasen Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 That's the one! It's in the name! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Stotts Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 8/12/2021 at 4:50 AM, andy666 said: HQ kites are gone. The Montana’s were great kites. They renamed: https://hq4.com/0002.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vliegende Hollander Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 Sieger vliegers stopped unfortunately so no more coopers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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