Officially announced: North becomes Duotone

[havasubob]

TRUE Kiteboarding, clearly a better choice...Isn't Duotone house or trance EDM?

Duotone is an awful name. Ughh. True would’ve been much better. I guess I’ll be foiling on Duo Monos now

[tommykitenorth]

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I see slight improvements over the first leaked pictures, but to me this looks too patchworked. Almost as if they randomly sew the kites together with whatever color was available.

This will be a far stretch for B&M. I wish them the best, but at these prices, this name, and to me not appealing design it may be hard to regain their old position in the market.

Only time will tell, but I am still shocked at how careless North Kiteboarding has been abandoned.

Edit: I just realized that the first leaked Dice is in the background (to the right) of the yellow rebel kite. So maybe this means it is a final version?!

I agree!! it really looks like a rushed up job,,, patching pieces of old kites together. and the name, the fonts.. nothing cool about this! even the T-shirts suck!

also... the Yellow version??? it looks exactly like the last Cabrinha...

they lost their unique style ,,, you used to be able to recognize a North kite in the water in the middle of all the others - good luck finding the cheap Knockoff duotone now.
very surprised and disappointed i must say!

[Liquidleisure]

Aahahah

I love the TIMES NEW ROMAN font of the DICE!

Omg. Really disappointed

who said that it matters only how they fly?

Design is Everything!!

Look the boards....
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bkvo1msA80C ... lvov0ws2ms


Can’t believe it’s TRUE!

[dice]

.... How about other company names such as Cabrinha, Gaastra, Wipika, Takoon, and Naish. These are all kite companies with strange names that we have gotten used to.

Haha strange names?! Most names are iconic people in watersports with major achievements. Or you think Cabrinha or Naish or Gaastra are made up words? Personally I’ve never heard of Johnny Duotone before.

That they are names from iconic people doesn't make it any less strange. I think Duotone is a better name for a brand than Peter Lynn etc (the name alone is the reason I never looked at those kites), but people still buy it.
I'm pretty sure B&M will just sell as much kites as they used to in the long run. Not sure how it will go the first year though.

[sonny2727]

best thing about North Duotone debacle is we got a forum topic......looks like everyone is happy except people @Duotone

[apollo4000]

price drop will not happen

juice 17m - 1969 euro
click bar - 659 euro

wtf, if someone pays this kind of money for a kite and bar is out of his mind...

[Kamikuza]

a better name for a brand than Peter Lynn etc (the name alone is the reason I never looked at those kites)

OMG really? Jesus just look at "P"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... ter_people

[barrybarryr]

The boards look alright because they don't have Duotone plastered all over them and the logo doesn't look that bad (although it looks like the fast forward button on a cassette player).

The kites on the other hand look shockingly bad. They could have gone with the logo instead of plastering Duotone everywhere!

[Faxie]

North designs were hit or miss anyway.

[Lokihel]

What brand and year was it that a lot of people got their panties in a bunch about the 'horrible' graphics?
Can anyone remember, or did we just get used to it?

I think it was Cabrinha one year...
And last year everyone complained about the NKB canopies as well, yet we survived.