Review North Orbit 2020
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| Riding type: | Freeride/Allround |
|---|---|
| Year: | 2020 |
| Brand: | North kiteboarding |
| Size: | 04m, 05m, 06m, 07m, 08m, 09m, 10m, 11m, 12m, 14m |
| Type: | SLE |
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| Buy: | Buy Now |
Rider Profile
Allround & Big air kiter
Designers Goals (manufacturer text)
Big jumps. Big hang time. Big wind range. Designed from the ground up, this kite will rocket you upwind fast, with anti-gravity boosting capabilities. Optimised for all conditions, the North Orbit is a predictable kite that can be flown in the unpredictable. Light bar pressure allows effortless and precise steering with a massive sweet spot. A stiff frame provides a stable platform to help with overpowered airs and megaloops in gusty conditions. Tested by nature and proven by our athletes.
FEATURES
Wide flat 2-stage arc supported by a reinforced exo-skeleton frame for precision boosting capabilities. The Orbit boosts and loops with ease and is guaranteed to take your breath away. The flattened 2-stage arc design enables a smooth curved efficient central region of the kite to produce power, with straighter wing tips for a more dynamic steering response. The Orbit makes the most use of its area, so it has the best hangtime and best power delivery for its size.
High performance 5-strut kite for incredible stability in a wide range of conditions. A powerful all-terrain high performance kite.
A reduced leading edge diameter gives the Orbit a low drag profile, making it sit further forwards in the wind window for greater power and efficiency.
Allows more area in the center of the kite for efficiency and easy roll to relaunch.
Light bar pressure for effortless steering or just park and ride.
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North Orbit kite video
Details:
| Riding type: | Freeride/Allround |
|---|---|
| Year: | 2020 |
| Brand: | North kiteboarding |
| Size: | 04m, 05m, 06m, 07m, 08m, 09m, 10m, 11m, 12m, 14m |
| Type: | SLE |
| One pump: | Yes |
| Bridles: | Yes |
| Number of struts: | 5 |
| Colours: | Various |
| Line length: | 22m |
| Bar length: | 45cm-50cm-55cm |
| Bar: | 4 lines |
| Depower: | Clamcleat |
| Safety: | Push |
| Swivel: | Yes |
| Variable bar length: | Yes |
| Oh shit handles: | No |
There are 4 reviews on this product:
The name Orbit leaves little to the imagination on its intended use, and is the five strut booster of the bunch with freeride leanings, a common theme across most major brands at the moment. So, how does the new boy measure up? From a build perspective you’ve got materials from Teijn and D2 cloth forming the bulk on the canopy, with a Dacron frame around the extremities to keep things tight. This scallops in around the struts to stiffen the rear of the canopy nicely. There’s a liberal application of Kevlar on the tip ends and strut joints and some PVC on wear areas on the wing tips. In the air, the bar feeling is relatively light and neutral with a healthy amount of feedback, but it’s certainly not going to turn your forearms into sausages when things get windy. In fact, the bar pressure stays more or less the same as the wind shifts up. for more info on the North Orbit check out www.s2as.com
From a day performance perspective, the Orbit almost has two characters and uses. In it’s lower end it’s a very fine and smooth freeride kite, ideal for pottering about on, and I daresay it’s almost beginner friendly, due� to a simplistic relaunch and easy sheet to power delivery.
Power when looping is very manageable and you can really feather the depth of the loop and how much forward pull you would like with simple bar sheeting. The Orbit achieves a level of control in its top end that is truly confidence inspiring, which is the same of the game in the world of Big Air, and a real success from a design perspective.
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