But we have to say it is more logic to use a bigger wave board with a smaller kite to shred some waves in light winds. The Infinity is also stable, even with hardly any pressure on the lines when riding a wave or landing too far down under the kite from a jump. So in the waves you can use it’s relative quick response to keep the kite with you at any turn. The kite is, regarding it’s enormous pull, still quite responsive which is probably it’s unique selling point. We also tried it with a wave board and saw that it was quite usable for it. If you can keep your edge and find it’s sweet spot and time the jump correctly the Infinity will get you air born nice and playful. Timing is not that difficult, although finding it’s maximum pop takes some practice due to the standard relatively high bar pressure. Be aware to take the kite with you during landings, which means a firm -more than average- powerful forward input at the bar. For a decent jump it means you will need to give the kite a more than average pull backwards. The pressure on the lines does help you feel where the kite is, but for people who are not that strong the bar bar pressure can be a bit to much. The pressure on the bar is far from light though.

Everybody was happy with the pull the kite has, which isn’t a real surprise being such a huge kite. This was best shown by the 100+kg rider who wasn’t happy on his 14m kite but was able to have a nice session with the Epic Infinity. Several testers took the Infinity out for a ride. The 14 knots sessions worked out much better. We reckon a reasonable high end of the Infinity is somewhere around 18 knots. By the way, the 12m screamer was still good fun and there was totally no reason to skip the Screamer and use the Infinity, but we just wanted to see till how far the high end of the Infinity stretched. The Infinity had gotten too slow in this setting to actually set this pull to any fun, like jumping around. It was just pulling too much and we had to set the maximum depower, which made the kite still pull as a tractor. The 20 knot sessions with the Infinity was a short one. In the 20 knot wind we also used the Epic screamer 5g 12m and several other 11 and 12m kites (like the North Dice 11m and the F-one Bandit 7 12m). We tested the Infinity in several conditions In semi-light conditions (steady 14 knots) up to the high end of this kite at (a steady) 20 knots with waves up to about 1 till 1.5 meter. There are no alternative settings for the steering lines available at the tip of the kite. We already tested the bar & lines in the Epic Screamer 5g 12m review so we won’t come back to this and focus on the kite. Preferably we would see these pulleys without any rotating parts (as the North Dice has), so the lines cannot get between the rotating part and the housing. The pulleys have wheels in them, and this can cause damage to the rope on the long run as we know of several other brands. The kite has 3 struts, a nice big inflate (like Cabrinha and Ozone have and and where North can learn from), one-pump and huge bridles with pulleys.

Luckily the Epic Xtend bar can be used on almost all their kites including the Infinity. The Infinity is priced at around 1600 euro’s (the V4 is about to be released and is not mentioned in the price list yet) it is probably a bit cheaper than many of it’s low wind competitors (like a Flysurfer Sonic 15m is a few hundred euro’s more expensive). Main aim of this test can average kiters also have fun with such a huge low wind kite? The potential fun does come with a price though. We only had the Epic Infinity to our availability so we are aware of the limitations of this review. For a good test it requires multiple sessions with several of these types of kites. Normally we are not that keen on testing a kite made for a very specific goal. Why not? “Well it just sets people on the wrong thoughts and pre-assumptions” was the answer. The information on the third version on the Infinity reveals it should re-write history…again exceptionally stable and h as the power of a 19 meter but turns like a 14 meter kite.įunny detail is on it’s size indication the Epic Renegade Infinity V4 has just one size which is not stated. The V4 is brand new and there is little information (yet) on-line except for some video’s from the Epic owner Dimitri. We tested the fourth (V4) edition of the Epic Infinity. A huge low wind kite and still responsive? It sounds impossible but it looks like the Epic Infinity comes very close.

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