Hi Everyone,

While on Vacation in South Carolina (video to follow) I spent a lot of time on my two favorite upper end sport kites, the Sweet Emotion and the Crossfire.

I love the Crossfire because it is easy to fly. For an older sport kite flier like me, it is like putting on an old glove. But since I have been flying a long time, I tend to push my kites hard and the 6mm frame in the Crossfire sometimes breaks in higher winds. Don't get me wrong, the Crossfire is a great kite and very durable, but I prefer Polyester sails, I like the responsiveness of them, and I also like stiffer and better frames i.e. Wrapped Graphite.

So while on vacation, after many days of re-connecting with my Crossfire, I decided that my new design for 2011 would be a competition model of the Crossfire.

When I returned, I flew the Crossfire a few more weeks, tested a new bridle, and then sent the specs to the factory.

A week ago I received the new Crossfire Comp 2011 and was very pleased at the workmanship from our factory, as always. So I got out my little camera and started shooting and although I did so some experimenting, I pretty much went back to my original Comp specs. And she is performing wonderfully as you can see in the video.