The guys at North Kiteboarding, together with their amazing team rider, the 5X World Champ Aaron Hadlow are already prepared for the upcoming season. North released the 2014 gear line a few months ago, but it seems their development team knows no rest.
They are in a constant search of developing and creating the perfect gear. And they have been busy developing a new version of the Vegas for 2015. Aaron Hadlow and the guys at North were spotted at Langebaan, Cape Town, testing some prototypes of the 2015 North Vegas and North Dice.
The 2014 Vegas is a versatile, high depower C-kite, that offers out of this world freestyle and wakestyle performance. The 2015 Vegas also seems to be wakestyle and freestyle oriented C-kite, with a more elongated shape and a slightly rounder profile. The graphics are not yet set. We don’t know how the new kite will behave yet, but we have big expectations from North. You can check out a few pics of the 2015 Vegas prototype at the testing site below.
For the first time since 2001 The amazing 5xWorld champ Aaron Hadlow opens his eyes to some new possibilities. After having left Flexifoil kites (who had a line up named "The Hadlow brand") he sees that North kiteboarding can give him the power he is trying to find. Last month he was spotted in Langebaan (SA) testing North prototypes like the Dice, the Vegas and a 6 line kite that kiteboarders think it will be a Hadlow Pro Model. This is a very stunning notice in kiteboarding that could make North kiteboarding get used to freestyle and wakestyle podiums. For the north kiteboarding riders it means a new way of kiting, a new kite, a new style, a new Era.
OPINION:
I think that Hadlow has done well moving to north cause, flexi was a bit old now, and their security sistems were not reliable anymore. With moving to North and introducing the new kite concept 6-line mount he has given the amateur kitesurfers a chance to be able to get into the pro's world, by giving an easy to fly kite, with massive pop, and power release delay. I have tried it twice: the first time on lightwind and I got a very strange feeling because I went so high with a very "poor" pop. The second one was with a lot of wind and I found it easy. Pulled my first megaloops. Well, North guys have done a good job with this stuff. :)
They are in a constant search of developing and creating the perfect gear. And they have been busy developing a new version of the Vegas for 2015. Aaron Hadlow and the guys at North were spotted at Langebaan, Cape Town, testing some prototypes of the 2015 North Vegas and North Dice.
The 2014 Vegas is a versatile, high depower C-kite, that offers out of this world freestyle and wakestyle performance. The 2015 Vegas also seems to be wakestyle and freestyle oriented C-kite, with a more elongated shape and a slightly rounder profile. The graphics are not yet set. We don’t know how the new kite will behave yet, but we have big expectations from North. You can check out a few pics of the 2015 Vegas prototype at the testing site below.
For the first time since 2001 The amazing 5xWorld champ Aaron Hadlow opens his eyes to some new possibilities. After having left Flexifoil kites (who had a line up named "The Hadlow brand") he sees that North kiteboarding can give him the power he is trying to find. Last month he was spotted in Langebaan (SA) testing North prototypes like the Dice, the Vegas and a 6 line kite that kiteboarders think it will be a Hadlow Pro Model. This is a very stunning notice in kiteboarding that could make North kiteboarding get used to freestyle and wakestyle podiums. For the north kiteboarding riders it means a new way of kiting, a new kite, a new style, a new Era.
OPINION:
I think that Hadlow has done well moving to north cause, flexi was a bit old now, and their security sistems were not reliable anymore. With moving to North and introducing the new kite concept 6-line mount he has given the amateur kitesurfers a chance to be able to get into the pro's world, by giving an easy to fly kite, with massive pop, and power release delay. I have tried it twice: the first time on lightwind and I got a very strange feeling because I went so high with a very "poor" pop. The second one was with a lot of wind and I found it easy. Pulled my first megaloops. Well, North guys have done a good job with this stuff. :)