Perhaps this would have been the best kept secret for 2009, PKD are going to be releasing an update to the PKD Century Soulfly. Since the birth of the PKD Combat it was assumed that this was the successor to the PKD Soulfly, however as it seems PKD are now going to release the Soulfly II which will be placed between the PKD Brooza and PKD Combat. The new PKD Soulfly II looks like it has evolved from the original Soulfly with the graphics having a similar pattern.
The German PKD Team Riders have been testing prototypes of the kites which are due for availability in approximately August.
There seems to be a growing place for kites in the market between the Intermediate and Advanced level and manufacturers are starting to pay attention to this growing base of kite fliers. In this case the PKD Soulfly II will continue its trend of the Soulfly series to be a stable race kite. We can expect the difference between the Combat and the Soulfly will be the Combat having slightly more performance at the cost of stability, and the Soulfly suiting newer and more casual race kite pilots.
A translated quote from Hosi testing the new Soulfly II prototypes: "At this moment we are testing the latest prototypes of the Soulfy II, still without design, what is not nooded for the tests. The fly characteristics have made my mind go total crazy. U can create a lot of pressure with the brake lines. And the windrange is really big. I also have competed in races with the Soufly II and the kite can behave himself very good between the real race-kites. One of the biggest advantages is the stability which is really good for a kite in this class. The sizes are as next 2,4 / 2,8 / 3,5 / 4,5 / 6,0 / 8,0 / 10,0"
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