Stunning looking kites. The build quality is a step forward from the Primadonna1 and Easy Rider (and they were pretty well put together). The join between the struts and the LE is particularly nicely finished, and the kites have many great little touches, such the neoprene zip cover on the LE bladder access. The construction looks very tough, yet the kites are suprisingly light - they should perform well in low winds for LEIs.
The WT2 is notably high AR... almost scarily so, in a Flysurfer Speed kind of way. Methinks measuring the hangtime on this one might be best acheived with an egg timer.
*I'm really pleased with the initial look and feel of the kites. Only grumbles would be that old cone bags seem to have been retired (these were a handy long bag for storing your kites with the struts inflated) and whilst the LE comes with a pump leash point, neither the kite or the supplied pump comes with a leash - I ended up hanging onto the 5th line instead.
The lack of carbon spars in the new models is a real bonus when packing them away, which is just as well, as the bags have gone on a diet. However, the new PD2 bags do have much more comfy shoulder straps than JN riders have been previously used to, and there's nothing worse than a chafing shoulder strap after a hard day stomping serious wakestyle trickery (in my mind).
*It transpires that the pumps do in fact have leashes, except for the first one I got out of the bag. Typical! Also Liquidair tell me that new & improved cone bags are on the way. Yay!
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