Review Core Xlite 2019 / 2020
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| Riding type: | Light wind kites |
|---|---|
| Year: | 2020 |
| Brand: | CORE Kiteboarding |
| Size: | 04m, 05m, 06m, 07m, 08m, 09m, 10m, 11m, 12m |
| Type: | SLE |
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| Buy: | Buy Now |
Rider Profile
Foiling
Designers goals (manufacturer text)
Foiling is your thing. This obsession may have started out as an innocent light wind activity, but it's grown much bigger. You now challenge the norms and pushing the foiling level. How far will you take foiling? Perhaps a lot further than you'd imagine.
Xlite from our Specialized division is a one strut foil kite that performs exceptionally well with your favorite hydrofoil. Why? Because our development team fused the power of our fantastic Nexus allrounder and the drifting of our unbeatable Section wave kite into a package that's an honest 20% lighter.
How do we do it?
Mass reduction isn't easy. So, we experimented with new leading edge materials, bridles, and one strut designs. After exhaustive R&D, our designers zeroed in on CoreTex for the canopy and new ExoTex Light for the leading edge. CoreTex adds support and power to the one strut canopy. ExoTex Light brings similar strength as our current ExoTex leading edge dacron yet is more than 10% lighter. We developed thinner, anti-snag bridles that further reduce weight and improve water relaunching. No detail was too small to lightweight. In the end, we hit our 20% mass reduction target.
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Details:
| Riding type: | Light wind kites |
|---|---|
| Year: | 2020 |
| Brand: | CORE Kiteboarding |
| Size: | 04m, 05m, 06m, 07m, 08m, 09m, 10m, 11m, 12m |
| Type: | SLE |
| One pump: | Yes |
| Bridles: | Yes |
| Number of struts: | 1 |
| Colours: | Various |
| Line length: | 18m, 20m, 22m, 24m |
| Bar length: | 35cm - 45cm |
| Bar: | 4 lines |
| Depower: | Clamcleat |
| Safety: | Push |
| Swivel: | Yes |
| Variable bar length: | Yes |
| Oh shit handles: | No |
There are 2 reviews on this product:
Most of the time I ride the kite with short line's in the range 16 to 20 meter.
because of the light built it drifts perfectly and you can easily relaunch it backwards with the steering lines.
The kite steers really direct for an 11 meter and even with low tention on the lines it reacts good.
In the smaller sizes and in its high end I prefer a 3 strut kite because it flatters quite a bit (what can you expect from an one strut kite
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Great review!
My current “go to” light wind kite is my Sonic 2 15m...... but after several very long swims due to too little wind to relaunch in the water, I’m very interested in the Xlites ability to relaunch in very light wind (3-6kts).
Understood the xlite won’t have the power or float of the Sonic, but if I have time to wait for a gust to relaunch, I,d be much happier.
Would you consider an “ultimate light wind” comparison review between the Sonic and the Xlite?
Rick Tukyank
What I also like is that this kite has the abillity to launche backwards. Just pull the steeringlines and the kite reverse launches easy.
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