If you are looking for a lightweight ultra-simple kite to take your riding to the next level, the Slingshot Ghost is your friendly companion. Its Flyweight construction, one strut design, and segmented swept wingtips cover both low-and high-end wind, giving it a niche in the market.
The Ghost V3 is a one-strut modern-era kite design that features all-new kite geometry. This new shape and profile, combined with a single strut, has ushered in a new era of upwind reach, response, easy handling, and relaunch.
If you are looking for a lightweight ultra-simple kite to take your riding, foiling, or kite tricks to the next level, the Ghost is your friendly companion. The first size run for the Ghost will span from 2.5 all the way to a 17. It’s Compact Swept C shape design and segmented swept wingtip make water relaunch immediate and its wind range infinite.
Flexilite:
Utilized throughout the Ghost V3's airframe, this high-tenacity polyester features biaxial gridding and extensive emulsion coating, eliminating stretch in all directions to deliver superior response and handling in all conditions. The stiffness of FrameLITE's unique weave structure significantly reduces elongation of the airframe and increases multi-season durability. At 160 grams per square meter, FrameLITE uncompromisingly offers the optimum balance of flex, strength, stiffness, and weight.
4x4 Canopy Tech:
Upgraded canopy construction with Teijin 4x4 reinforced ripstop material. This is the strongest, stiffest and most durable canopy material on the market. Your kite will last longer, have a higher resale value and feel more solid and stable in the air, especially in gusty wind.
Compact Swept-C Construction:
The Ghost V3's ingeniously designed Compact Swept C shape features a lower aspect, compact arc that provides exceptional steering, pivoting, and drift; optimal characteristics for a single-strut kite. The concave trailing edge and swept wing tips enable huge range and responsive power management for maximum control, response, and ease of use in lighter conditions or when drift is paramount.
Trimflight Bridle:
With 25% thinner lines, the TrimFlight Bridle delivers the least amount of drag, which significantly increases the Ghost's efficiency and response. More than just lightweight, the bridle lines' geometry, length, and placement were intelligently designed to expertly accentuate the light-wind and drifiting performance charac- teristics of the Ghost's Compact Swept C shape.
Single Luff-Strut Construction:
The all-new single luff-strut separates the strut from the kites' canopy. This allows for a more natural and aerodynamic canopy profile that reduces drag and creates faster turning speeds and better kite control.
One-Strut Airframe:
The Ghost's One-Strut Airframe is a strategically blended design for maximum performance and accessibility. The single-strut design provides support and structure for effortless relaunch while keeping the overall frame light for ad- advanced drift and handling in light wind.
RCS:
Fully customize the performance of the Ghost with the Rider Customization System. RCS allows you to fine tune the handling, power delivery, and performance of the Ghost to align with your riding style and conditions. Utilizing the RCS, a rider can incrementally shorten or lengthen the flying and power lines, which easily adjusts the Ghost's turning speed, level of power, angle of attack, and bar pressure.
Features:
- 4x4 Canopy Tech- the strongest and stiffest material on the market.
- One-Strut Design to make it the most user-friendly kite ever.
- Perfect for any rider looking to switch between flat water and foiling.
- Easiest relaunch: suitable even for the novice rider.
- Slingshot patented One pump: the industry's original, proven and patented single point inflation system
- NEW patent pending Centre Safety System: 100% depower safety and convenience below the bar
- Customisable bar pressure.
- Lighter, faster, more range and depower, easier relaunch than prior Rally models.
- Slingshot Legendary Construction: bomber quality
- 4 Line simplicity.
Slingshot Sentry 4-Line Safety Depower Control Bar:
The Slingshot Sentry control bar, meets the needs of the Crossover rider who values uncompromising safety, performance and convenience in a tailored 4 line configuration.
All kite sizes can be flown with the same bar. Complete with 20m, 23m or 27m Flying Lines.
For use with the Slingshot Rally, RPM, Raptor as well as any 4-line depowerable kite.
Click-In chicken loop technology meets intuitive, auto-swivel, line untwisting in this all-new state of the art control bar. The Slingshot Sentry bar has been thoroughly tested and is proudly ISO approved.
Combining comfort, performance, and dependability into one elegant design that gives riders a cleaner, easier, and higher performing on water-experience.
By collaborating with their riders and listening to our customers our designers dissected our past control bar technology and developed one of the most comprehensive and intuitive systems on the market.
Comfort Grip Bar Diameter:
Slightly thicker bar diameter is easier to hold and grip, especially in colder climates. Ultra-Soft EVA Grip provides you with session long comfort no matter how long you are on the water.
EVA Over Molded Bar Ends:
Soft on you and your gear. These new bar ends prevent damage to your body and your stuff.
Precision Engineered Bar Floats:
Sleek and buoyant ensures your bar floats and provides a clean field of vision.
Click-In Chicken Loop:
Release and reload faster and with zero hassle. Simply click in and GO!
Auto Swivel Centre Hole:
Simply pull in on your bar to untwist your lines. Double PU Coated CL rope runs through our Dual Chambered Center hole and straightens your centre lines.
Durable PU Covered Centre Lines:
Our PU coated Chicken Loop rope and flagging line provides smooth bar travel with minimal effort from the rider. This also will guarantee full wear protection of these two lines for a longer lifespan.
Simple Cleat Depower:
Simplicity at its finest, the cleated above the bar de-power system is smooth, easy, and dependable.
Hidden Line Keepers:
Bungee line keepers are hidden in the float to prevent damage to bungees as well as tangles. Use them when you need them, forget about them when you don't.
Sentry Bar Bag:
Convenient carry bag to protect and organize the Sentry Bar and parts. Mesh section allows the bar to dry whilst in storage.
ISO Certified:
The ISO Certification not only provides the kite industry with a new testing technology to ensure their equipment conforms to the state-of-the-art safety requirements of ISO, it also enables consumers to choose products that fulfill the standard and thereby helping them to stay safe.
Slingshot Sentry Bar Features:
- Proven Click-in Loop is quicker, safer and easier to reload than other systems
- New Softer EVA grip is soft and plush allowing you to spend more time on the water with less fatigue
- New PU coated center lines allow for smooth & effortless bar travel with added durability
- The combination of our Auto Swiveling Center Hole and Ceramic Ball Bearing Swivel results in perfectly untwisted lines all the time
- State of the art design provides clean field of view, free of gimmicks
-
Light wind test Review by Tamas
The kite arrived in a very nice backpack. The material feels very strong and thick, but the 12m kite is still lighter with ~ 200g than my 10m North Rebel from 2018. So far, I’ve used it a few times in 6-14 knots wind, with twin-tip and wave board. The kite starts in very little wind and although its weight is approx. 1 kg more than soft-foil kites of the same size, it clearly competes with them even in minimal wind. The kite flies stable and is easy to manoeuvre. Its speed is good compared to its size, kiteloop is easy to do with the smaller 20 "bar either. It is easy to start from the water. I haven't tried it in higher winds, but I can recommend it to everyone for light winds.
