The next race generation
The Yakuza is designed for the kiter looking for absolute
performance. The original Yakuza and now the Yakuza GT have been
developed by the most diverse and technically minded team within the
kiting industry.
Ozone has worked closely with highly successful buggy racers
including World Champions and National Champions to perfect what has
become the benchmark in race kite technology.
The design process on a
high aspect kite like the Yakuza GT is very involved; a race kite needs
to perform in a wide variety of conditions, upwind, downwind or any
direction you choose and be able to go as fast as possible whilst
maintaining stability and low-end pull. If you want to be the fastest
or feel the need to have the most powerful kite possible in your quiver
then the Yakuza GT is the kite for you.
In the race season 2008 worldchampion and 5 time german champion
Björn Krautschick, was using the Yakuza GT prototypes with which he
managed to win the championship once again. The Yakuza GT gave him the
right advantage against all the others. Imaging in one race he started
late from the last position, fought hard and took all he could out of
his GT. Few meters before the finish line he had overtaken everyone and
even passed the person in lead. Björn reported he was able to go much
more upwind than anyone else and was also the fastest on the speed
course giving him the necessary advantage to also win that race.
We hope you will love the new Yakuza GT and it will bring you loads
of success and fun as it did us designing them. Take them and get out
there!
Our thanks for their help goes out to: Malte Lutz, Jasper De Swert, Olli Büchi, Björn Krautschick – kick ass!