Ozone Flux Vs Ozone Fly | Wing Design Differences With Dave Tyburski

Tucker from MACkite is at KoGL Test Fest with Dave Tyburski from Ozone. They chat about two new wings in the lineup: the Flux and the Fly.

Tucker: With these two wings, you cover the whole gamut for anybody that might be into winging right, Dave?

Ozone Flux V1

Dave: Absolutely. You've spent a lot of time on the Flux, Tucker. The Flux is a high-performance wing with nice, high lift. It has rigid carbon handles and it's got the lightweight Dacron, so it's a very lightweight, stiff wing with a very direct feel.

It's got amazing top end and bottom end. It's got really good grunt at the low end, and it's impressive just how much it can handle and how well-behaved it is at the high end. It's our premium wing for higher-performance riders who like that rigid handle and that stiff feel.

Tucker: It's super speedy but also lightweight, which is sick.

Dave: Exactly. And it's a bullet upwind, so it has great penetration and is very easy through the eye of the window for tacks. It's just a super fun all-around wing. It comes in a 2.4 up to a 6.5m, so you've got your high wind wings in the small sizes, up to a lighter wind style for the 5.7 and the 6.5m. I like how it has a uniform feel throughout the size range. It's not like the 2.4 is great and the 4.3 is really good, but the 6.5 is kind of a dog. It's really got the same feeling throughout the whole range, and I appreciate that.

Ozone Fly V1

Dave: We've also got the Fly, and it's very much a performance wing as well, but it's in the regular Dacron so it's got a little bit more flex and built-in suspension. It has a very simple handle layout with the soft handles. It's also a really nice, fairly high lift wing, and it's very compact, so even the 7m, the largest size in the range, isn't too wide.

Tucker: It looks like a 5m in terms of the span.

Dave: It's got a bit more dihedral, so it goes through the wind really nicely, and that dihedral makes it roll over to one side or another as you go through a tack.

Tucker: It's lightweight with good lift, and it's stupid easy to get on foil. It's got pull-and-go performance.

Dave: Exactly. It's super easy. A lot of people are riding this in the smaller sizes in high wind because the soft handles give you a little bit of suspension. It's not as rigid as the Flux, so it's got a little bit of give in those high wind gusts and people really appreciate that in the 2, 3, and 4m sizes.

Another nice thing about the Fly is that it packs down really small. The carbon handles take a bit more room, but these soft handles make the wings great for travel. For example, I'm heading on a trip, and two of my wings that I'm taking are going to be the Fly because I can bring an extra wing since I'm not dealing with handles.

Tucker: It's affordable, too.

Dave: Yes, the price is very pocketbook-friendly. Even the 7m is just over a thousand dollars, and the smaller sizes are all sub-1K, so it's a great wing to have in the lineup.

Tucker: They both come with a waist leash, so if you like that it's great, otherwise you can just take the belt off and put the leash on a cuff, which we do sell. It comes with everything you need to go, other than the pump, obviously.

Dave: One thing I like about both wings is the two single-point inflation valves. The strut and the leading edge are independent chambers. Both are the Boston valves, located conveniently right next to each other. It's simple, light, safe, and easy to inflate and deflate.

Tucker: Awesome. Thanks for taking the time!

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