Products Description:

 2012 Cabrinha Switchblade IDS Quicklink Freeride / Wakestyle Kite

The 2012 Cabrinha Switchblade Ids Quicklink kite is back by global popular demand and continues its heritage as being the worlds most reliable and predictable wake style and freeride kite. Weather you're a hard core wakestyle rider looking for the kite to take your powered tricks to the next level or a rider looking for that one kite to do it all, the 2012 Cabrinha Switchblade is the kite for you.

 Some of the 2012 Switchblade's featured refinements consist of a newly repositioned and retuned bridle design, improved kite balance, a lighter overall feel, and a custom tuning feature that enables the rider to choose between the wake and freeride settings. The freeride setting offers lighter bar pressure and the wake setting makes the kite a bit more stable and requires more bar impulse to initiate turning. The Switchblade was also built with a new cutting edge canopy material. This new material is initially treated with stablizing resins and then additionally coated with a Cabrinha exclusive formula which provides the kite with the most durable hi performance canopy possible. Also included with on the 2012 Switchblade kites are Cabrinha's stainless steel bridle guides, which completely eliminates the presence of pulleys on the kite, the SPRINT single point rapid inflation system and Cabrinha's IDS safety system which has become the industries benchmark for kite security systems.

 The 2012 Switchblade, with it's reputation of being the worlds most popular freeride and wakestyle kite, is also a great performer in the waves. The Switchblade truly holds its own in a variety of different wind and wave combinations with its ultra stable flying characteristics. While surfing down the line you can comfortably focus on riding the wave and not have to worry about the kite falling out out the sky, looping or pulling you out the back.

2012 Cabrinha Switchblade Kite Features:

•  5 Strut Bow Kite Design
• Quicklink IDS Equipped Control System
• Effortless Handling and Control Variable Tuning Options
• SPRINT Single Point Rapid Inflation System

New for 2012 is Cabrinha's Quicklink IDS Control System, which comes standard on all 2012 Cabrinha kites. The new Quicklink control system which still features Cabrinha’s industry leading IDS Security System and the ability to have the front flying lines, landing line and leash connection to be all 100% free spinning. After the IDS Push Release has been deployed, the rider is still connected to the completely flagged out and depowered kite. Next, the rider has the option to deploy the second release if needed, which will completely separate the rider from the kite. The 2012 Quicklink has also been outfitted with a new larger control system center line hole that provides easier steering and trimming. Also updated for 2012 are the line winders that now include a new branded Cabrinha appearance. When you get a closer at the new 2012 Quicklink IDS Control System you will see that Cabrinha did it right.

2012 Quicklink IDS Control System Features:

• Ergonomic Bar Design
• Internal Swivel Floating Bar Ends
• IDS Safety System.
• Removable Security Pin
• Spinning Leash Connection
• Flex Groves
• Mulibore Tubing
• Wider Center Line Hole
• Recoil
• Bungeed Trim Adjusters
• Improved Line Winders
• New QR2 Release Handle
• Color Coded Left / Right side Designation