Review Cabrinha Apollo 2017
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Riding type: | Freeride/Race |
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Year: | 2017 |
Brand: | Cabrinha |
Size: | 07m, 08m, 09m, 10m, 12m, 14m, 16m |
Type: | SLE |
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Rider Profile
Boosting airs, speed & hydrofoil
Designers goals (manufacturer text)
5 Strut, Bow kite design, Pro Span technology, High aspect ratio, 3 bridle setting options
The Apollo is a performance freeride kite designed to pull every bit of power out of the atmosphere and deliver it right into your hands. It is purpose built for kiteboarding, meaning that it has been designed from the ground up specifically for the sport of kiteboarding. The inflated skeletal frame of the kite sets it apart from a ram air kite in many ways. The skeletal frame provides the structure that keeps the kite design true to its intended shape while in-flight. In shifty winds, the inflated struts drive the kite through turbulence with a minimal amount of deformation. The inflated leading edge structure of the kite introduces the laminar flow of air across the kite’s Pure Profile panels, making it very stable even at low speeds. These inflation properties make the Apollo unbeatable as a light wind performance kite and incredibly accurate as a high wind kite. It also goes without mention that an inflatable kite is much more reliable to relaunch, thereby making the Apollo much safer and much more fun to ride than a ram air kite.
Features
- Exponential power delivery
- Fast flying performance
- Excellent hangtime
- Optimize efficiency
- High aspect ratio for optimum upwind performance
- Excellent lift to aid in tacking and jibing maneuvers
- Inflatable structure
- Huge wind range
KiteFinder interview different 2017 Cabrinha control bars
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Video Cabrinha Apollo
Details:
Riding type: | Freeride/Race |
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Year: | 2017 |
Brand: | Cabrinha |
Size: | 07m, 08m, 09m, 10m, 12m, 14m, 16m |
Type: | SLE |
One pump: | Yes |
Bridles: | Yes |
Number of struts: | 5 |
Colours: | Various |
Line length: | 22m |
Bar length: | 48cm-55cm |
Bar: | 4 lines |
Depower: | Strap or Clamcleat |
Safety: | Push |
Swivel: | Yes |
Variable bar length: | Yes |
Oh shit handles: | No |
Kite review Cabrinha Apollo 12m
Test conditions
Wind: 9 - 17 knots
water: flat - small waves
Bar setting: fireball & fabric setting
Board setting: twintip & hydrofoil
Pictures
Conclusion
"Hello Apollo, we old school riders great you!"
A new kite in an old shape! This high aspect ratio kite is not a new shape, but brings back good memories. In the old days the manufactures made these high aspect ratio kites, trying to find a solution for the basic kite pull that disturbed the upwind capacity of all kitesurfers. In those days, kites didn't depower a lot or actually not at all. The only way you could control your speed was edgding hard to force the kite to the edge of wind window.
High aspect ratio kites loved that wind window edge. They loved it so much that they easily passed the edge of the wind window and drop out of the sky. A problem that seemed hard to control.
After a few years the 5th line & bridles came. That gave the manufactures the right tools to play with the kite angle of attack. The kite control & up wind solution was found. Manufactures turned to the more lower aspect shapes. Great for overall performances, but that really floaty feel "mostly" disappeared in the tube kites.
Now in 2016 we see the old shape back again and that's great news. "Hello Apollo, we old school riders greet you!"
Cabrinha brings the old shape back to life. Most of the high aspect ratio diseases are gone. The Apollo is very stable, never drops out of the sky, the turning is fast and the floaty jumps are back again. Even in the lightest wind, riding a hydrofoil, the Apollo won't let you down. Except on one point. Light wind relaunch, that's an issue to resolve.
Youtube kitereview Cabrinha Apollo 2017
Basics
Kite re-launch
Low end wind is hard, high end wind no problem
Safety system
Good depower low & high end winds. Clean safety. Great bar feedback!
Windrange
depends on your board of course, we liked the Apollo with a hydrofoil & it's high wind twintip sessions
Total depower
Low and high winds good depower
Kite stability
One of its primary characteristics
Oldskool
Lift
smooth and controllable
Glide phase
Low-end
even stable under 10 knots, not bad for a 12m
Wave
Turning circle
fast for such a high aspect ratio kite
Drift
We were surprised by it's drift. Even in his low end
Feedback at edge of wind window
One of its best characteristics
Race
Acceleration
Going upwind
easy. sheet & go pressure to find your upwind sweet spot
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As an old school fan, this new high aspect shape surprised me in a positive way. I know this kite shape from the early days. The new Cabrinha Apollo looks a bit like the old Wipika Airplast. But that's it. This kite evolved this kind of shape. Now its a great old school kite with long lasting glides. Easy control. Fast kite reaction and a tip turn with enough pressure during the turns to control your position. In the early days these high aspect ratio kites were flying out of the wind window with overhead crashes as a result. This new Apollo was very stable. No change, I could pull this kite out of the wind window. So that's great news. Next time I will test this kite in its high end & low end (hydrofoiling. See how allround this Apollo is. For so far, liked it :-)
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