Great footage, as usual i would say. Your videos are top notch. And great riding with the UFO. You’ve got your heel side tacks really dialled and the foot switch are killer after the 180’s. Just a comment on the UFO. You should not fear to drop the kite in the water even in dying wind. I ride the Clouds (since 2014) for surfkiting and foiling (90% of my sessions) and they are by far the easiest kites to relaunch compared to any other strut kite I tried along the years. And by the look of it, UFO seems very similar to my Clouds in shape and handling. Cheers for the video.

So smooth - Cool slalom around ‘bollards’. Spotted UFO bag in the van in your wingfoil vid! Loving 9m UFO

These kites are easily relauchable in the water in light wind though.. Scenario 1: kite falls and you have the board. The trick is to swim slowly toward the kite so the water rolls of the trailing edge, kite fills with air and super easy to reverse launch.. it takes a bit of practice. Scenario 2: Kite down and lose the board. If you try to swim upwind with the kite down and canopy is in the water, the canopy will act as underwater parachute. You can, swim without the board toward the kite and relaunch or climb front lines, grab one front line to spin the kite around, dumps water and allows you to swim to your board. Done it before.. This is all learning to fly my strutless 17m cloud in 6-7knots.. very marginal conditions.

That fpv drone makes it even look smoother than it already is

Sam Looking smooth and so relaxed with the UFO 💢🤙

Nice and thanks for the content. I wish I could put my hands in one of these here in Brazil. Been looking foward to deliver some new clips with such kite gear

really impressive camerawork!

Been riding the 9 ufo for a while now and it certainly is a game changer!

Really awesome and playful video. This kite was on my radar for a while :-)

Looks amazing :D How is this even possible !!!

Awesome drone footage! I think one of the best foiling videos I´ve seen recently. keep posting Sam

This is an excellent foiling video Sam, very instructive, inspiring, and one of my favorites. One thing, are you able you assure us it was a genuine review, not an advert? All the best, and keep up the good work. JK

Sooo cool to watch that video 😎

Awesome video, cheers. An audio recording from your wetsuit as the soundtrack for those drone shots would be crazy emersive 🤙🤙

The handling reminds of the cloud kite from Maui

😱 U FLY !!!!

Awesome 👍

@SamLight

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

very nice video... on a big kitesurffoil I suggest you to test the peak4 if you have the opportunity.... My strutless kite is 'heavy' compared to my peak... best swell-surfing I had was with my peak4....

very impressive

beauty ride

Nice one been wondering about this kite for a while what wind ranges are for the two sizes ? Thanks

Terrific drone footage

Hey Sam hope you're good mate, quick question which kite should i go for for very gusty and strong conditions? Rpm or raptor? I know everyone would say the raptor cuz of the 5 struts and blah blah blah, but just wondering which one is easier in those difficult conditions???

Very nice riding and filming. What drone are you using?

Great Video. I love my UFO. What foil wing have you been using?

Top vidéo, 9m et 5m Ufo for me incredible feeling in foil and surf 😍,

@davidflusin5705

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I'm using a Ghost V1 12m down to around 7kts. How low does the 9m UFO go?

@snakethe

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidflusin5705 my weight 86kg i need 8knt to foil with au pocket 3.6, the ufo 9m old in the air at 3knt, 15knt to surf with amazing drift and feeling

@davidflusin5705

3 жыл бұрын

@@snakethe Cool, I'm actually looking at the pocket 3.6 (Dwarfcraft right?) for this summer. 3knts is impressive, I can keep the ghost 12 flying around 5kts but not 3. How big is your foil wing? I'm looking for a setup that works well in the 7-12kts range (warm humid Florida air) but can pull through lulls down to 3-5kts.

@snakethe

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidflusin5705 my biggest kite to foil is ma Ufo 9m, i got a rallygt v2 12m only for TT or surf under 15Knt. Test the Ufo ! Incredible Kite really not only foil, i love to surf

what are your lines lenght ? friend of mine use 16m for is 7ufo and 19m for his 9ufo !

Smooth. Could you do a comparison with the Ghost? Especially low end and grunt/power. I get the Ghost will relaunch better (and also looks glued to the sky even in super marginal conditions). In the same conditions, would you ride the same size UFO than Ghost?

Hey what is your foil wing size? Is it a slingshot as well?

As long as you are video editing you should talk about how you were feeling while you had the session.

I am assuming you have not tried the Aluula Roam? It might weigh a tiny bit more, but has the structure. Crazy good foiling kite.

@kippywylie

10 ай бұрын

Same. I was on Clouds for most of a decade but once I foiled with my first Aluula Roam I sold all my fleet and got Roams. Sound expensive? Actually I have found that a Roam has much more range so I've gone from 5 kites to 3 kites

Wich wing did you use ?

Nice setup. I am looking to learn and get some foiling in. Would this work for someone like me? Nice drone pic's as well. Great shoots 🤘👍

@SamLight

3 жыл бұрын

Yea the UFO is one of the easiest kites to use. The additional light wind performance applies for both beginners and experts. Thanks!

@bradycarlson6061

3 жыл бұрын

I have to agree with sam this kite is great for beginners. I like to call it dummy proof because it just will sit up there in barely any wind and it’s really hard to backstall. Where normal kites with struts you constantly have to baby sit them in light winds.

it really turns on a dime! What was the wind speed that day? What would be the lowest 7m can go at?

@1_homme_a_la_mer

2 жыл бұрын

the same i dont know if i must get a 9 or a 7

have you tried the flysurfer peak 4? Its even lighter than the UFO and can fly nicely from 2-3 knots. I was able to ride in 4-5 knots with 8m²! Well, only works with the wingfoilboard with 75L and a big foil. Most impressive is the drift, even in 4 knots the kite drops only a little when jibing downwind, with 8 knots or higher the kite won't drop or loose much line tension even when going straight downwind, although thats probably depending on the foil speed. With a faster foil it might drop when you are going faster downwing than the real wind. Its the perfect kite for foil surfing in the waves, with a big surffoil. Only downside is its a bit hard to relaunch, but in 4 knots most tubekites dont relaunch either when they are wet, and the peak just doesn't want to go down in wind higher than 2 knots. You would have to steer it down to crash it. I had a chance to fly the UFO in 2.5-3 knots on a grass field when it wasnt enough for the water, and surprisingly it could stay up, but you had to keep it moving carefully in the middle of power zone all the time. The peak is a bit easier there, even staying at the edge of the windwindow.. When comparing the Peak 4 8m² to the UFO 9m², the UFO was faster flying and turning though

@blablibful

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, You have tried the UFO 9 vs Peak 4 right? Whats ur final desission? I am asking me which kite to go for. Thx

@rocco1274

3 жыл бұрын

@@blablibfulI tried the UFO only with 3 knots on land, not on the water. I bought the whole range of Peak 4, for snowkiting and Foiling, and I really like them. But there are some considerations to do, as the Peak wont be as easily relaunchable once it drops in the water. If you are a good kiter, and know how to keep up a kite in very low wind, this wont be much of a problem, as the peak makes it very easy to keep it up in even very light wind, down to 3 knots. The UFO needs probably more like 4-5 knots to stay equally good up in the sky. So even if the wind drops, the peak will stay up and you can bodydrag back to the beach. But if you crash often or dont have good kite control, you might crash the kite often, in which case a peak might get annoying with bad relaunchability. Also it very much depends on your foilboard, if you only have a small foil / low volume board, you will need a bit more wind anyway, in which case the UFO will stay up as good as the peak. In summary, the Peak is good for extremely light wind foiling, perfect in combination with a big foil and for even lower wind start in combo with a big board, so with a Wingboard with 75L and 1600cm² Foil I could foil easily at 4 knots with the 8m² Peak. With a friends foil with 1800cm² and a 20L Board it was a bit more struggle to get started and needed more like 5-6 knots for easy starting. But even in 4 knots the peak stays up easily even when standing still, no frantic moving the kite around to keep it in the air. And it feels like it has 3-4 m² more or almost double than its actual size. Thats why my biggest Peak is 8m², with a smaller Board/Foil the 11m² might work too, but the 13m² is definetely too big/gets overpowered quickly and probably becomes too slow and slowturning, the 11m² might also be quite slow already. Also the peak is super compact when travelling and quite cheap. The easy self launch and landing on land and no pumping is quite nice! And the drift when riding on a wave or just doing jibes on a foil is genius, most tubekites completely drop when going downwind in low wind, but the Peak stays up, even handsoff. For the downsides; the peak isnt that fast, so it doesnt work good with a fast foil (which most probably wouldnt work in super light wind anyway), it doesnt work as good with a twintip as the upwind performance isnt that good there, and it has very low to no lift for jumping. Tricky to relaunch (but it wont drop and in 3 knots no wet kite wants to fly) (In 15 knots I got the 3m² Peak relaunched easily, but had to walk/ swim to it to get it into position). Also in stronger Wind the Peak can feel overpowered quickly, or rather, it starts to flap alot. You can depower the peak alot, but it will flap. I like to fly the peak without flapping, so I fly it always a bit powered, and when the wind gets stronger I want to take a smaller size. So the windrange feels a bit smaller towards the upper limit compared to tubekites if you dont want flapping. About the UFO I have to speculate a bit as I flown it only shortly, but I also have experience with other light tubekites, mainly the naish Boxer. The UFO flies and turns faster and probably will work alot better with a twintip as well as for jumping with the foil, it probably starts to be fun at 6-8 knots depending on your skills and board/foil and might work down to 4-5, but at 3-4 knots you will most likely drop it when swimming in the water. But it will probably have a bit more range towards stronger wind/ feel more stable when overpowered.The drift will be better than all onestrut tubekites, and much better than threestrut kites, but not as good as the Peak. Easier and quicker relaunch when the wind is above 6-8 knots depending on your skills. The bag is a bit bigger, and you have to pump it up and need an assistand on land, like with all tubekites. You probably know the pricetag better than me, but probably a bit more expensive than peaks. So I think the UFO is a good alround Foilkite, nice for beginners and works for jumping and twintip, but needs slightly more wind. If you are experienced and want to go super lightwind / wavefoiling with a surffoil and maybe landkiting with a skateboard/ mountainboard or snowkiting, take the peaks. Also perfect for lightweight airplane travel.

What size mast you got??

what was the wind strenght during the test ? 10 knots but what s your weight ? i d like to get one but 7 or 9 i dont really know

@SamLight

2 жыл бұрын

Around 15 knots, I am 80kg. It depends what wind you want to kite foil in, 7 is good for 15-25 knots. 9 is good for 10-20 knots. I just posted a new video about the V2

@1_homme_a_la_mer

2 жыл бұрын

@@SamLight hello thank you very much for you answer it is exactly what i wanted to know ! For the summer it ll be perfect to own the 9 (10-14 knots) 15 knots and more i ll foil but i ll take my 7m eleveight ws i use for kite surf waves And when it is 17 knots and more i usualy surf kite with my eleveight ws 9m) thanks a lot ! and i am 63kg so i ll managed to kitefoil very often this summer ! thanks

9m^2 kite, 8 knot wind, and how much do you weigh?

@SamLight

3 жыл бұрын

7m kite, in around 10-15 knots of wind, I weigh about 80kg

@SamLight

3 жыл бұрын

It was also strong wind against tide which helps a lot

@SamLight

3 жыл бұрын

7m kite, around 77kg

Is the UFO still your favorite foil kite?

Loving my UFO 5m. What's the cool soundtrack please ?

@davidflusin5705

3 жыл бұрын

Until 5' it's Chelsea Harbour - Tribute according to SoundHound

@tom-foil

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidflusin5705 thanks - would love to know the next track's name !

@tom-foil

3 жыл бұрын

Bahama breeze by Sarah :-)

dude, you forgot to mention that slingshot pays your bills. an infomercial is not a review

This sure looks like a Slingshot advertorial. It should be labeled accordingly. I SOLD my UFO and moved to Board Riding Maui Cloud kites. I find the Clouds are lighter, easier and quicker to initiate turning, and easier to control for playful freeride foiling with lots and lots of turns. The UFO is an excellent kite. I had a 7m and have ridden the 5m and 9m. I went back and forth for a couple of months riding about 4 days/week switching between the UFOs and Board Riding Maui Clouds that a friend let me use. UFO pros: For a given size I think they generate more power when you send it. Canopy flutters less than the Cloud canopy. Cloud 8, 6.2, and 4.8m pros (I now have the 8 and 6.2 and have ridden the 4.8m): They initiate turns almost instinctively and deliver more consistent power. I definitely crash less with the Clouds and love doing turns with them. Note: I have no financial relationship with either kite company.

The pilot of that drone flies it better than you kite! Kkk sorry Sam! 😂

I’ve watched it again Sam, you didn’t respond. It looks like like an advertisement to me mate. JK

« Foil kite » refers to the tubeless technology, without need to inflate the Leading Edge with a pump!🤓 I would name your kite a Strutless LEI, not a Foil kite!. 😇 Obviously both may be used with foil boards, which may lead to confusion! Tubeless kites would fly from 5kts🤗 Despite this swap in the title your « Strutless kite » looks good and performing and your vid is nice😎

The comments talk more about the drone video work than the kite which tells you how uninspiring the kite is. It must have taken the graphic designer a couple of minutes to think about 2/3rd to I/3rd colour scheme and in black. Not visible if the wind died. Naish Boxer is a better all round kite.

Fornite..?