Jeremie Tronet heeft een hele lading nieuw Ocean Rodeo materiaal meegenomen naar Zanzibar en heeft ook nog tijd gevonden op er het een en ander over te schrijven.

2011 Ocean Rodeo Razor kite review

Finally, I decided to spend a few minutes behind the laptop and write down a small review about the new Ocean Rodeo Razor kite.

As most of you already know, I’m a 100% C-kite rider, I have been using C-kites for over 10 years now and I am used to how these kites perform, how they fly and their performance for freestyle.

The Diablo C kite from OR is what I have been using for the past years, I love how the kite perform unhooked offering an amazing slack in the line making it very easy to pass the bar. I have tried most of the “C” on the market and I can say that, in my opinion, the diablo has the best “slack”. Other C kites from other brand perform maybe better in any other situation, but the slack and speed the diablos offer was why I stuck with those kites.

I have to be honest, I was super sceptic before receiving my first Razor sample, there was no way I would ride something else than my nice Diablo C-kite I was used to, but being a little open minded ;) , I decided to give it a try.

And I have to admit that I have been very surprised by the performances of this kite for freestyle........................MEER

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2011 Ocean Rodeo JT pro model board and the Mako line up in Zanzibar

After seeing the success of the Razor review I posted a couple days ago on my site, I decided to write an other one regarding my new pro model board, the JT pro. I’ll also give you some inputs on the new Mako line up.

This year, the freestyle board from Ocean Rodeo is my pro model and comes in 2 sizes, the 132×40 targeting freestyle riders and the 138×42 which is more suited to wakestyle riding and or heavier riders.

Both the boards are very different than the Zen board from last year. The flex is much better and the weight has been reduced.

Construction:

the board benefits from a really nice high quality wood core, making it very resistant. I tried to push the board a lot more than usual these last few days, I haven’t broken and I don’t think I will. Time will let us know more on how resistant this board is, but there is no doubt for me that it is a strong one.

The material and shape makes it flexible and this board is just awesome to do any tricks with it, together with the new razor, it generates an amazing pop.

The weight was my main concern for the board, and I’m really pleased with the result. The board is pretty light, much lighter than last year’s Ocean Rodeo Zen.

I have been using the 138×42 with my bindings, the boards has a great pop and the stance is very good, we actually made it wider on the production boards. Some people were asking me if the 132×40 would be to big for them, the right answer is NO ! don’t be afraid to go big with these boards, I’m 65kg, and I tried the 138×42 with strap and loved the board. For sure it might be a little wide in very strong wind with foot strap but it worked very well................MEER