BadAss Archive
Mugenkites “Ziggy” STD/UL Review by Alex
Posted on December 24, 2021This is a great, versatile kite. It’s top notch construction, from the best materials and will a killer graphic. What more could you want from a kite ?
HQ Mantra Review
Posted on January 9, 2021The Mantra by German manufacturer Invento HQ was released in 2020 and is the new “flagship sportkite” from the brand. I seems that it replaces the Zebra (from 2018) in […]
WildKite “Barracuda” STD – A Retrospective Review
Posted on May 19, 2020My interest in kite flying was renewed in the fall of 2006 after seeing ‘modern’ tricks performed at a kite festival. Soon after buying a new-to-me Benson Gemini I registered […]
90Nine STD Review by Devin
Posted on May 15, 2020The 90 series have opened my eyes to another realm of finesse that I didn’t fully realize. Having mostly US kites in my bag, a lot of my time is […]
Level One BadAss Standard Review
Posted on September 5, 2019Jens Frank from Level One Kites looked at some of the modern trick kite videos and concluded that most of those kites don’t perform old school tricks that nicely. The […]
SKD Kymo Standard review by Lars
Posted on July 9, 2019Since Karel Oh and I fly together on a regular basis we discussed our likes and dislikes in kites quite a few times . I don’t like to work hard: […]
Ulzburger Kites End Of Line Standard Review
Posted on June 17, 2019Introduction A few years ago i was following the progress of Birger Garbe’s (Ulzburger Kites) kite design on the german Drachenforum. Birger and his son built a lot of open […]
HQ Zebra review
Posted on September 14, 2018Introduction The Zebra was designed by German freestyle pilot Helge Gosau (Gosau Kites) for Invento HQ and is build in China (at least that’s what the label says). The first […]
Ron Graziano’s “Machine” – A Retrospective Review
Posted on April 21, 2018Since I got back into flying trick kites in ’07 there have been a few kites that i really, really wanted to try. Kites with a legendary status in my mind.