North Kiteboarding Meeting in Daklah

[Leon van Bergen]

They are alive and kickin; https://www.northkb.com

[gator1]

photos already on the net, a red, yellow, and green kite. Looking a bit plain.

the first releases of anything will have problems which they will fix next year.

[Pierrot]

Nice range... but seems quite ordinary. Hard to see if there is any real innovation beyond the usual marketing.
I wish they had managed to come up with something really different, like the aluula material. Powerful brand with true innovation would have been a killer...
I’d still like to try that Carve kite, just in case
Board, foil, control bar do not seem to have anything noticeable.

Funny to see they came up with a « plain color » scheme similar to the new duotone range.

[Kitemenn]

Yeah disappointing tbh...hoped for a clickbar copy or something now just the same (couldnt find details on the lines they use). Pulse seems nice but can't trust the words of the teamriders (which never rode "such a great kite")

[Kitemenn]

Lines are:

100 % Dyneema SK99 control line
Latest technology German-made LIROS DC Pro offers the highest load capacity with minimal line diameter, for less parasitic drag, extreme stretch resistance and the most direct performance.

Thats one upside

[dewwy]

Yeah disappointing tbh..

Modern QR (push-in reassembly, modular chicken-loops), arguably best lines on the market & clean design (no shit dangling around)... yeah quite disappointing

[POACHER]

Any "game changers" that we should be aware of?

[a99]

new North bar video

[Kitemenn]

Modern QR (push-in reassembly, modular chicken-loops), arguably best lines on the market & clean design (no shit dangling around)... yeah quite disappointing

Meaning they are at par with competition...nothing special in my view...Lines are probably good but curious what price they are charging

[alunj]

Bar is listed at 449 GBP ( approx 550 usd ) in the Uk
5m carve is 989 GBP kite only
10m is 1300.
Surfboards are 900 gbp