“Hello Gentlemen,
Thanks to both your efforts I have now had a couple of solid sessions on the Epic Renegade 6m and have formed an opinion.
Thought you might like to have it......... (for what it is worth!)
The kite is very stable in all conditions. I had no stalling even in terrible gusty off shore winds. In extreme gusts the canopy maintains it's profile nicely....... no wing tip stall, no central collapsing ...... all good.
The power is impressive for a 6m kite. Pull is direct and instant. Turning is good (but then what 6m isn't!) I think I flew faster kites but it is more than fast enough and for wave riding is perfect speed.
I flew the kite on 16m, 20m and 25m lines and it handled perfectly on all of them. Unhooked it is working nicely but I would not say this is the forte of the kite. It is a little easy to stall when Unhooked and too much back line tension and it flies backwards pretty easily. But I did not get an EPIC bar so I was using another bar and maybe that was the reason.
Re launch I have absolutely no idea....... sorry!
Jumping performance is impressive also. The lift is very aggressive and the descent controlled.......
The only area where I was not absolutely stoked is in the depower. Of course the kite depowers well but not as much as some other that I've flown. But again I was not using the EPIC bar since Dimitri forgot to send it to me.
So, in conclusion.... great kite and I am loving using it...... in my very humble opinion it could have more depower and a shorter de power travel but apart from that....... very very very nice indeed.
Well done all!
Mark Shinn”
