My 2018 Helium Evo has the red dotted stripes This is the latest design for the Helium teck. Tomo logo in a circle and a black stripe in front of the tailpad: https://scontent-cdt1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/38765235_10212502958425201_2791260114223366144_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=9876e760645793e14b3732e9341a...
The firewire logo is not the same. The kite version has the two additional red dotted lines that the surf versions don't have. kite: https://image.ibb.co/mthYrk/photo_2017_08_28_14_02_15.jpg surf: http://a407.idata.over-blog.com/4/06/46/98/4/75042_10151331097239244_585733668_n.jpg This being said, t...
Last summer I have seen a prototype bar with a button where you would place your thumb, right next to the middle hole. Click it and push the bar: it shortens the back lines. Click it and pull the bar: it lengthens the back lines. There's some clever engineering behind it. You can click with one hand...
B&M who manufactures North kites and windsurfing sails uses the name under a licence - it does not own the name. North Sails Group, which owns the name, wants to buy B&M and threatened to not renew the licence if B&M refuses the buyout. B&M did refuse. Simple.