I was hesitant to buy another wave kite after my 2016 Slingshot SST 12m purchase. The SST felt gutless, pulled down wind by sitting too far in the window, didn’t make going upwind easy and the innovative lifted leading edge (think Naish Helix) made the kite end up in the dunes on a few occasions…

When I first received my original Spleene Zone from Poland, it wasn’t love at first ride. It seemed cool because I could boost a surfboard and not worry about the bottom falling off (looking @ u LiquidForce) but it just didn’t have that floaty surfboard feel I grew to love. It was used a few times here…