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Technology: KTJ v KHF > Board Choice

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      CommentAuthorcarbo
    • CommentTimeAug 30th 2011
     
    Hi

    I am looking at the KTJ and KHF. I am 72 kgs and kite mostly on the sunshine coast Australia, 15 to 25 knots and 2 to 4 foot waves. (7m and 10m kites)

    I have noticed that the volumes for these boards are 24.4 for the KTJ and 24.5 for the KHF so there is not much difference.

    Please can you let me know a bit more about the key attributes of these 2 boards and the conditions that they are best suited to ride?

    I understand that the KTJ is best ridden powered. Is this the case with the KHF?

    Hope to hear back from someone who has ridden both these boards.

    Many thanks

    Ian
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      CommentAuthorBrian
    • CommentTimeAug 30th 2011
     
    Hey Ian,

    I'm tipping the scales around your same weight and have both boards. The KTJ is definitely a high performance rail to rail vertical machine. You can push the board really hard and it will stay a step ahead of you. The KHF is a "contemporary hybrid" blending some of the best attributes of other FireWire hybrids with some of the high performance of board like the KTJ. At the end of the day the KHF works really well in mushier waves or lightwind days but still performs very well in the pocket and vert since there's not a ton of rail in the water. The KHF has a deep double concave, a little wider outline up front and low entry rocker so it planes quickly.

    Hope this helps,
    -Brian
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      CommentAuthorcarbo
    • CommentTimeAug 31st 2011
     
    Thanks Brian,

    This helps.

    I mostly kite mushier conditions and the lower entry rocker of the KHF makes it more suitable for my local conditions.

    Thanks
    Ian
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      CommentAuthorBrian
    • CommentTimeAug 31st 2011
     
    Great choice Ian.

    Other nice thing on the Hellfire is the 5/4/3 fin option so you can set it up as a quad for really light wind. Board rocks. You won't be disappointed!

    -Brian
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      CommentAuthorcarbo
    • CommentTimeAug 31st 2011
     
    Hey Brian,

    Nice one.

    Can I order the board with Quad fins and purchase the Devaint fin separate?

    That way I could ride in Quad setup or add the Deviant to ride in in 5 or 3 configuration.

    Is this an option?

    Thanks
    Ian

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