Yesterday I was lucky to test the Takoon Nova 12. Wind was really gusty 12-27knots. I rode the kite 2hours. At the first time, the feeling of the bar feel so light that you can ride for many hours. The kite is fast enough on turns (as a normal kite of 12m) and jumps really good. The timing for jumps is a little different but the hangtime is incredible. You jump soo long!!
Because the wind was gusty, kites around me were between 14 and 9m². In the lulls, I had power enough to jump easily, ride fast , go upwind. And guys with 9 can"t ride. In gusts guys with 12 and 14 were out and me I was perfect with the nova 12. I was really impressive by the windrange of the kite. I tried to ride unhooked, and the kite had constant power for such a riding. It was really easy to try HP. One time I didn"t succeed the handle pass and leave the bar (I used a suicide leash). The kite falled on the water as the fifth line. But for the relaunch it was really easy. I just had to pull a back line and the kite relaunch.
To summary, the kite has an incredible windrange, the really biggest I tried. It turns the same in low and high end, this is really different than my kites (Fone dream 8, north R4 16 and Takoon skoop4 11.5) and for unhooked riding the kite is perfect because of the constant power and the suicide leash kill the power all the power of the kite.
