Description
Cabrinha Contra Kite & Bar Package
Includes
- 2022 Cabrinha 02 Contra Kiteboarding Kite
- Slingshot Compstick 17" Control Bar
02 Cabrinha Contra 1S Kiteboarding Kite
PERFORMANCE LIGHTWIND / FREERIDE
OVERVIEW
1 Strut Hybrid design, Low drag wing tips, Draft forward profiles
- Lightweight 1-strut design
- Heavy duty closing seam construction
- Nano Ripstop Canopy, the benchmark in durability, stability and responsiveness
- High Tenacity Dacron for enhanced arc stability and improved handling characteristics
- Strategic canopy reinforcements in high stress areas
- Pure Profile Panels for efficient aerodynamics
- Agile and responsive steering for increased power delivery
- Superior drift characteristics and underpowered steering response
- Effortless relaunch in the lightest wind conditions
MAC's Take
Since its inception almost 20 years ago, the Contra has been an absolute machine for lightwind conditions. This naturally led to Cabrinha's designers looking at it for use with foiling, a super natural progression for the kite. The 1-strut iteration drops a lot of the weight that the 3-strut has, allowing for flight in much lighter conditions. Pair that with a quick response time and you've got an ultra foiling machine.
DETAILS
The Contra 1 Strut has quickly garnered a reputation as one of the best kites for lightwind freeriding and has proven a versatile addition to any kite quiver. With its single strut design, this light and nimble kite allows the use of much smaller sizes to maximize foilboarding's true potential. Featherweight control and amazing drift characteristics allow for low angles of attack while on foil, and the rear line tension increases steering impulse even when depowered.
This dynamic kite design will put an optimized Contra light wind kite in your hands whether you ride a twintip, surfboard, or a foilboard.
FEATURES
FEATHERLIGHT
The ultra lightweight 1-strut design shaves weight off.
MINIMALISTIC
Through intensive research and development the Contra 1S comes with one rear line attachment option. Simply put, this is the best possible option straight out of the bag.
EFFORTLESS RELAUNCH
Even in the lightest of wind conditions the Contra 1S gives you the confidence to try tricks knowing any mishaps won't mean a swim in.
DRIFT
Superior drift characteristics allow for low angles of attack while on the foil. Rear line tension is carried through even when depowered.
LIGHTWIND OPTIMISATION
Designed with the main focus to be ridden in the threshold winds where most kites can't perform.
AGILE AND NIMBLE
Single strut design allows the kite to twist and react like no other.
TECH
HIGH TENACITY DACRON
Cabrinha's Dacron is specifically designed for inflated kite structures. The construction of this material is very warp orientated using ultra high tenacity yarns with an increased thread count to combat elongation in the warp direction under the high inflation pressures. Lower elongation make for a more accurate kite with less deformation while in flight.
NANO RIPSTOP CANOPY
A higher level of performance can only be achieved when the kite's design properties are supported by a stable and reactive kite material. Nano Ripstop does just that.
PURE PROFILE PANELS
Strategically placed panels allow for a seamless and smooth airflow over the most important area of the flying surface, creating an efficient and true to design profile that no others can match.
2018 Slingshot Compstick Control Bar w/ Sentinel
Coming back for the 2018 season, the Slingshot Sentinel bar is USA-made to satiate your deepest patriotic desires. Designed for simplicity, functionality, and performance, Slingshot caters to riders who are looking to ride hard and ride often. With great depower capability and an easy-to-use safety release system, the compstick has been a kiter favorite for years now. The Sentinel utilizes an above-the-bar trim system, a departure from previous years' Compsticks. This has been well received by the Slingshot kiting community, as many riders have long been waiting for a trim system that they deem more accessible than the below-the-bar version.
What Slingshot has to say about the 2018 Sentinel Control Bar
Our Sentinel system is designed for riders who like the Compstick's simplistic and rugged design but prefer an above-the-bar location of the depower rope. The Sentinel features an adjustable trim cleat above the bar, a swiveling safety mechanism below the bar and all the other features that have made the Compstick Sentinel the trusted choice for riders around the world, year after year. For 2018, we've given the Compstick a fresh new visual presence and have carried over improvements to the floats, grips, redesigned bar ends and safety leash that were implemented in 2016.
You'll love the Compstick Sentinel if you want ultimate control and confidence, the Compstick's intuitive and streamlined above-the-bar depower and safety is unrivaled by any other bar on the market.