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Twin Tip Technology 2012
North kiteboarding has been developing and producing its twin tips in a high-tech snowboard and kiteboard factory in Austria for several years now. This long-term partnership is enabling the continuity of quality, optimization of construction techniques and cutting edge innovation into the future. To achieve maximum comfort and control, North Kiteboarding developed the 3D Contour Deck, which precisely dictates and controls the flex behavior over the entire length of the board. A soft tip area with stiff torsional flex is responsible for aggressive edging and early planing. In sharp contrast, the center of the board is tuned to be super stiff in order to ensure massive, aggressive pop when loading up for powered tricks and jumps. In recent years, the comfort of boards has also become ever more important, which lead to the development of the Center Responsive Flex. Here, the torsional stiffness of a conventionally stiff center is reduced in order to dampen slaps and hits caused by choppy water, resulting in a significantly smoother ride. By utilizing carbon stringers, the amount of pop can also be greatly increased and fine-tuned on the more new-school/freestyle-oriented boards. All of the 2012 Twin Tip cores are now milled out of farm-grown Paulownia wood, which in combination with Triax glass layers, creates super lightweight, durable boards. To further reduce weight, all wood cores are CNC-milled to exactly within 0.1mm the mold, to minimize and control the amount of glue used in each board.
The latest techniques – redefined over the years.
Surf Boards
Custom Epoxy / EPS / Wood sandwich
Derived from windsurf technology, this construction features a high strength to weight ratio with great resistance to dents and perforations, resulting in durable and high performance surf style kiteboards. We’ve put strong focus on optimizing the flex and dampening properties, bringing the feeling and performance close to that of a traditional Clarkfoam / polyester custom board. A new high density “surf-style” core has been developed together with a wood sandwich / multiaxial fiber glass layup, optimizing flex, torsion and dampening. Together with a high glossy polished finish, our 2011 surfboard range has both the looks and performance of a custom board, but with far superior durability! Ask Sky, Patri, Jaime or Jérémie which board they would choose…
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