Swiss Precision

Ralf Dietrich © 2008, Currently in german only

Ingeniously simple, or simply ingenious? The kites of the Swiss Thomas Horvath can hardly be pressed into any category. Single line or maybe stunt kites? They haven't been mass-produced until now, because the artist manufactures his collections in Zurich by hand and with the usual Swiss precision.

For a long time, Horvath kites have thus remained an exquisite piece of art and engineering for select pilots. But times are changing, and with the Hybrid series from Invento, something like the "Volks-Horvath" is coming onto the market.

The hybrid-240 zerowind kite with silver print on the sail.
There were 3 kites available: Hybrid 130, 200 and 240. The numbers are the respective wing-spans in cm. Silk screen print in silver on the black Icarex panel.

Kite and Friends 5 | 2008

The English translation of the article will follow some day, thank you for the patience.