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WELCOME TO OUR OZONE WORLD<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> is more than just a kite company; we are a group of friends united in our passion to design<br />
products to the highest level. Our background is diverse; each member brings industry leading<br />
experience to the table creating products that we love to ride or fly.<br />
Our Land/Snowkite designer exemplifies this diversity<br />
with his years of varied experience. Robbie Whittall<br />
(2x world champion, Hang gliding and Paragliding,<br />
designer, test pilot and trimmer) has been designing the<br />
snowkites and landkites you love so much for the past<br />
9 years. This type of experience is the foundation of<br />
our ability to create industry leading designs with 20+<br />
years in the wind-sports industry. We know you have a<br />
choice of kites and that’s why we have to shine. There<br />
is an <strong>Ozone</strong> difference that you can tell as soon as you<br />
fly one. The <strong>Ozone</strong> team are also accomplished athletes<br />
whom have a more holistic view of the creation process.<br />
We stand proud behind our products providing you with<br />
service, support and a promise; to never rest until we’ve<br />
made our kites even better! By better we mean that<br />
we have listened to your feedback making kites to your<br />
satisfaction. The icing on the cake is our manufacturing<br />
facility founded in Vietnam by David Pilkington that gives<br />
us a quality unique only to <strong>Ozone</strong>.<br />
Test fly or inspect one of our kites to see and feel the<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> difference.<br />
Expanding the Horizons<br />
of Landkiting<br />
Landboarders get a continuous rush from their first lesson right through to the endless hours<br />
of racing across the grass, sand or snow on their mountainboard, buggy, or skis/boards and<br />
powersliding to a stylish stop in front of a crowd or mother nature.<br />
There is nothing more exhilarating than harnessing the<br />
wind and using your kite to pull you from a standstill to<br />
up to 40mph in the blink of an eye; that’s power. It’s<br />
the speed and acceleration that have hooked so many<br />
people but its the tricks that keep them coming back<br />
for more. With more experience you’ll be able to launch<br />
yourself into jumps which feel (and often look) as if you’re<br />
floating through the air in slow motion. Combining<br />
this with spins, inverts, board-offs and even powered<br />
kitesurfing moves landboarders always draw a crowd.<br />
Add the experience of our designer, Robbie Whittall,<br />
who is responsible for some of the finest foil kites on the<br />
planet since 2001. A lineage that includes the legendary<br />
“Little Devil”, “Yakuza”, “Samurai 1”, “Frenzy”, “Access”<br />
and the “Manta”, and now <strong>Ozone</strong>’s new ‘09 “Instinct<br />
Series.” However, it all started with <strong>Landkite</strong>s for Rob<br />
whose fascination with foil design has progressed to<br />
even more stable kites that are more fun to fly. Even the<br />
new Yakuza GT, although packed with award wining<br />
power is one that anybody with kite skills can enjoy.<br />
“SInce my first exposure to kites I have worked hard<br />
to design intuitive kite control, instilling that into every<br />
product for the safest, most insane fun imaginable!”<br />
Ride on,<br />
from the beginning...<br />
imp 2-line<br />
A perfect start<br />
With the IMP Classic’s 2 Line simplicity and 1m and 1.5m<br />
sizes it is easy enough for your child and engaging enough<br />
for your hard-to-impress friends; you will never have a dull<br />
moment again! There is the perfect match for everyone,<br />
boy or girl, young or mature, novice or intermediate.<br />
Sizes: 1 // 1.5m<br />
imp trainer<br />
The ultimate trainer<br />
We all have to start at the beginning and this IMP is<br />
designed to bring out the kitesurfer within all of us due to<br />
its responsive, smooth and stable nature with just enough<br />
power to ensure you will be ready to progress to the next<br />
level. We recommend the 2.5m as the ultimate board trainer.<br />
Sizes: 1.5 // 2.5 // 3.5m<br />
imp quattro<br />
Your first powerkite<br />
Complete freedom and independence for the novice<br />
who wants to progress quickly into land based power<br />
kite sports. Consider developing your skills with a 1m<br />
or 1.5m, or just go for it and make those first runs on a<br />
board or in a buggy with the power of the 2.5m or 3.5m.<br />
Sizes: 1// 1.5 // 2.5 // 3.5m<br />
In a World where Nature rarely provides perfect<br />
conditions the FLOW guarantees there is one<br />
kite you can always rely on.<br />
The FLOW with 4-line handles is the most popular<br />
choice for buggying and recreational flying, also finding<br />
favour with some board riders. The kite responds well<br />
to straightforward front line steerage while experts<br />
will appreciate the full range of control available when<br />
dynamic braking skills are used.<br />
The FLOW with bar is recommended for land boarding<br />
and snow kiting. It can just as easily be used for<br />
recreational power kiting where the aim is to become<br />
an expert bar flyer before committing to kitesurfing or<br />
snowkiting. Although accessible to novices, particularly<br />
in the smaller 2 and 3m sizes, the flow is a unique kite<br />
that is more than capable of meeting the demands and<br />
capturing the imagination of any seasoned kiter.<br />
The Yakuza is designed for the kiter looking for absolute performance. The original<br />
Yakuza and now the Yakuza GT have been developed by the most diverse and<br />
technically minded team within the kiting industry. <strong>Ozone</strong> has worked closely with<br />
highly successful buggy racers including World Champions and National Champions<br />
to perfect what has become the benchmark in race kite technology. The design<br />
process on a high aspect kite like the Yakuza GT is very involved. A race kite needs<br />
to perform in a wide variety of conditions, upwind, downwind or any direction you<br />
choose and be able to go as fast as possible whilst maintaining stability and low-end<br />
pull. If you want to be the fastest or feel the need to have the most powerful kite<br />
possible in your quiver then the Yakuza GT is the kite for you.<br />
design features<br />
• Closed cell leading edge with mesh<br />
for clean air intake and extra strength.<br />
• Optimised profile for power, speed<br />
and stability.<br />
• Internal diagonal rib structure<br />
reduces bridles.<br />
• Auto-stable wing curvature equals<br />
rock solid all-conditions performance.<br />
• Wing tip Dirt-outs & internal<br />
sand-channels.<br />
• OzTex 40D Ripstop nylon fabric.<br />
• Pre-stretched Dyneema control lines.<br />
design features<br />
• Mylar Edged Leading Edge, locks<br />
the sail shape.<br />
• Optimised profile for power,<br />
speed and stability.<br />
• Internal diagonal rib structure<br />
reduces bridles.<br />
• Wing tip Dirt-outs & internal<br />
sand-channels.<br />
• SL 75 Dyneema bridal lines.<br />
• 40D Ripstop nylon fabric.<br />
• Amstel pigtails<br />
skill level<br />
Beginner<br />
Intermediate<br />
Expert<br />
Sizes: 2.5//3// 3.7// 4.5//5.5// 6.8//<br />
8.3// 10// 12// 14// 17m<br />
CONTROL SYSTEMS<br />
neoprene handles<br />
IMP trainer bar<br />
• Simple to set up and fly<br />
with lines attached.<br />
• New Plastic bar ends with<br />
elastic line retainers.<br />
• Easy wrist leash<br />
attachment and Oh-Shit<br />
handle for 100% depower.<br />
• EVA colour coded bar grip.<br />
• Used on Yakuza GT,<br />
Flow and IMP Quattro.<br />
• <strong>Ozone</strong> neoprene<br />
covered handles for<br />
supreme comfort,<br />
control and grip.<br />
Includes anti-finger<br />
chafe guard on power<br />
line leader and ground<br />
stake/park loops on<br />
rear leaders.<br />
• Kite Killer wrist<br />
leashes with EVA foam.<br />
flow bar<br />
• EVA covered 3D grip<br />
with easy to identify<br />
colours for left or<br />
right side.<br />
• Rear brake line pulley.<br />
• Single webbing<br />
safety wrist leash<br />
with release handle<br />
connected to rear lines<br />
for easy and effective<br />
stall system.<br />
depower bar<br />
IMP strap handles<br />
• Used on Frenzy FYX and Manta II<br />
(Access XC bar slightly different).<br />
• New bar ends and bar in one size<br />
for every kite size >> 54cm.<br />
• New “Patent Pending” RE-RIDE<br />
Safety System.<br />
• Moulded “Megatron” Chickenloop<br />
• New Easy to Grab safety<br />
release handle.<br />
• The Original <strong>Ozone</strong> Y-Line design:<br />
3 x 25m lines from bar splitting<br />
to 4 at kite (500 kg and 300kg<br />
coloured lines).