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Best Kiteboarding Nemesis HP - 2009 BCS
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While the Best Kiteboarding Nemesis HP lives for huge jumps and big surf rides, this kite excels on land and snow as well. For ’09, Best Kiteboarding gave the Nemesis Kevlar strips in the leading edge for quick kite response to your twisting motions during steering (think fast turns even in light wind). A Cuben Equipped LE design thins the leading edge to help with upwind performance, jumping, and hangtime performance. Best Kiteboarding knows you’ll crash your kite, so it reinforced the entire perimeter which isolates the canopy from impact and distributes the blow. A VP2 bridal system provides a 2:1 depower to bar-travel ratio.
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Talk shop with all the gear freaks out there: ask 'em questions, upload/browse photos, and give your 2¢.
Best of the Virgin Islands
By:
keith sudziarski
January 30, 2010
I have 5 kites from best . With the exception of 1 recalled kite witch was replaced quickly ,Best has been my kite of choice for three years ! I'm out every day and these kites can take a beating !The new nemesis NXG is sick !Sooo High !
It rocks on snow
By: BESTJACOB
October 6, 2009
Snowkiting in Utah on 14m Nemesis. Utah has the greatest snow and wind on Earth
Waroo Nemesis HP
By:
gyzenoni100166705
September 8, 2009
The Nemesis was of extremely poor quality, and little attention to detail in manufacturing as far as quality control goes.
When I received mine, 3 of the strut bladders leaked the first time I inflated it, because they were not properly heat sealed on the ends. The leading edge inflation point had no stopper ball in it, as a result of this once the leading edge was inflated to the recommended pressure, even with the Velcro closure the valve would want to slide out and it would slowly leak air, so after a short time of flying the kite would start to taco.
After attempting to fix all these things when rolling the kite up after only the second flight, the nylon on top of the center strut was tearing apart at the stitched seam.
5 Comments Last Comment: October 6, 2009 by: BESTJACOB
By: Snowkiter
October 1, 2009
No way that's an Ozone, they've never used yellow cloth. Pretty lame to slander a top quality brand, rather than admit that best is the huffy of the kiteboarding world and uses the lowest cost materials and cheapest construction methods. You get what you pay for.
By: gyzenoni100166705
September 16, 2009
The first thing I did was to contact Best I sent in several photos, and was told to contact Backcountry as the retailer is the one who deals with warrenty issues. This was the email responce from Best.
Dean,
Please contact Backcounty about these issues. It seems like something they will take care of. All warranty issues need to be handled through the point of purchase. If you have anymore questions please let me know.
Brian
So I sent bake the kite, Backcountry only sells Best kites, the photo above is of a Nemisis
By: BESTJACOB
September 9, 2009
You can contact Best Customer service or Warranty department. They will help you right away as long as you provide them the photos and information on what happen.1-866-700-BEST(2378) OR 561-243-3737
http://www.bestkiteboarding.com/09-ContactUs
By: BESTJACOB
October 6, 2009
Hey , I still haven't heard from you. Pls email me with kite serial number ASAP. Jacob@bestkiteboarding.com. I will look into it.
By: BESTJACOB
September 9, 2009
The photos you just posted doesn't look like the Nemesis HP. It looks like the Ozone Instinct kite or the slingshot kite's seam set up. Could you provide more photos to see where the problem is happen. You can email it to me jacob@bestkiteboarding.com.
Easy reluanch and great quality
By:
ed
December 18, 2009
I had a couple of old C kites from best and then moved up to the bow kites and now use a 2009 waroo 13 and 2009 hp 8. Both are excellent kites from a quality and usability point of view. The HP is more aggressive than the waroo so if you are starting out i say go with the waroo. Yes there are other great brands of kites, but these two from Best have been excellent for me.
As for relaunch, both are super easy to relaunch with the best bar, just watch the video if you have questions, i even can launch upside down on snow with very little trouble.
Snowkites
By:
kiterinut
October 4, 2009
I used to shop for snow specific snowkites on this website but now I can not find any. I live in Utah and only kite on the snow so I would like something easy and simple to use. Only inflatables used for water are shown and also the product is on the low end of the quality scale, can someone please point me in the right direction?
6 Comments Last Comment: May 25, 2010 by: ccdpowell2051572
By: ccdpowell2051572
May 25, 2010
Your english grammar is awful.
By: gyzenoni100166705
December 15, 2009
The only people posting anything good about this product are from the manufacturer that should tell you something. I had purchased one and spent more time repairing it than flying it!
I'd like to see Backcounry pick up a quality kite line like Ozone.
By: info1623090
October 27, 2009
Cuben Fiber worked really well for the Hellfish, the biggest failure in kite design history! Don't believe anyone that does not offer you both a snowkite and a water kite. Water kites work on snow, so do water skis... but no kite that inflates has the safety of a dedicated snowkite.
By: info1623090
October 27, 2009
They used to sell, Snowkites, now they just have a generic brand rep telling you his kite inflates so it won't sink on snow. LAME!
By: BESTJACOB
October 11, 2009
If you read the tech spec on the right side under material, it will tell you the material and consturction build that are used on the kite. [Airframe, wingtip, LE elbows] Kevlar-reinforced; [Edge] Cuben fiber; [Wingtip panels] multi-layer Dacron. These are the best quailty and built on the kite market. The Cuben fiber is the durable material on the market for kite. No other kite manufator are using it. Only professional sailor use this material. The Nemesis HP is well build for snowkiting. I have been using inflatable on snow since 2001. It a lot better then a foil kites. The inflatable kite are more forgiving and stable then the foil kite.
By: BESTJACOB
October 11, 2009
If you read the tech spec on the right side under material, it will tell you the material and consturction build that are used on the kite. [Airframe, wingtip, LE elbows] Kevlar-reinforced; [Edge] Cuben fiber; [Wingtip panels] multi-layer Dacron. These are the best quailty and built on the kite market. The Cuben fiber is the durable material on the market for kite. No other kite manufator are using it. Only professional sailor use this material. The Nemesis HP is well build for snowkiting. I have been using inflatable on snow since 2001. It a lot better then a foil kites. The inflatable kite are more forgiving and stable then the foil kite.
Nemisis has troubles relaunching
By:
info1623090
October 27, 2009
A friend of mine has the Nemi 09 and has had a hard time getting in to relaunch on the water. If a kite won't launch on water it is twice as hard to use on snow. The kite jumps good, but if he doesn't stick the landing he'll crash the kite and ends up swimming in half the time. It is an advanced kite that is not easy for average riding... I'm sure the pros like the performance and can deal with those issues better... but I don't know any pros that fly generic brand kites like best.
3 Comments Last Comment: December 15, 2009 by: Lorri
By: Lorri
December 15, 2009
Dude, your so lame quit pimping your product this forum is supposed to be for real feed back, and from what I have seen Best needs to check their quality, the stoke is in knowing your gear is reliable! I am disappointed that Backcountry carries this brand.
By: BESTJACOB
November 7, 2009
Tell your friend to contact me at Jacob@bestkiteboarding.com. I can give him or her tip on how to relaunch the HP easier. It's really easy to relaunch the Nemesis HP.
Pls update your profile. It would be nice to know if you know how to kiteboard or snowkite. Also, where you like to ride at.
Sharing the stoke is so much fun.
By: info1623090
October 27, 2009
Friends don't let friends ride Huffy...Friends don't let friends fly lame kites.
Good people don't screw over other good people just to get a commission.
Change me.
Best of the Virgin Islands
I have 5 kites from best . With the exception of 1 recalled kite witch was replaced quickly ,Best has been my kite of choice for three years ! I'm more...
Waroo Nemesis HP
The Nemesis was of extremely poor quality, and little attention to detail in manufacturing as far as quality control goes.
When I received more...