Designer’s Corner: 2010 Genetrix Origin
We wanted to complement the existing Hydra by offering a brand-new design dedicated to wave riding and freestyle.
Category: Designer’s Corner
Designer’s Corner: Slingshot Arcane
The Arcane differs due to its shape, volume, concave characteristics and fin configurations. The combination of features such as its single to double concave, concave deck, and down-rail with wing swallow make it very different than our other boards.
Mar 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Eclipse Kima Wave Custom
All our boards are handmade here in the Outer Banks. We use traditional construction along with reinforcements in key areas. All my boards are designed, shaped, and glassed entirely in-house. Most brands don’t offer that.
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Slingshot Celeritas 2010
Ben Wilson was in the shaping room when Slingshot made it and ended up liking it so much he took it home with him. He said it changed his life. He then convinced Slingshot to develop a full line of Celeritas boards.
Feb 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Best/Balance Boards 2010
For 2010, Balance focused on further refining the construction of their boards to extract the last ounce of possible performance. Designer Carlos Saez is utterly confident that they have the highest parts specification and construction found anywhere in the kitesurf market.
Feb 12, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Liquid Force Havoc 2010
We wanted to give one of the best SLE kites ever built a major face lift. We envisioned the high demand in 2010 for a no-center-strut design, so we redesigned the Havoc on a 4-strut structure, giving room for a much deeper and more powerful profile in the center of the kite where it’s really needed.
Feb 11, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Globe Sonic 2010
For the 2010 Vsonic, designer Mat Pendle almost totally eliminated the kite’s V shape. The new GKVDelta shape is more like a high aspect ratio delta.
Feb 11, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Naish Cult 2010
Due to the success of the 2009 Helix and the new 2010 Helix, essentially a brand new kite, Naish combined the best of last year’s Helix and Cult to product the 2010 Cult.
Nov 23, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Slingshot Comp Stick 2010 Control System
The biggest challenge was trying to get all of the features we wanted to incorporate into the bar to work together in a streamlined design, without compromise.
Nov 22, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: NPX Zealot 2010
The goal was to incorporate some of the newest neoprene technologies to make the Zealot even warmer, lighter, and stretchier than last year.
Nov 21, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Best Nemesis NXG 2010
I had taken the Nemesis HP design as far as it would go. I simply couldn’t make it jump higher, ride faster or deliver more power, so we had to look at other ways of improving it.
Nov 21, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Eclipse Surge 2010
The Surge is a completely new design within a traditional C-kite geometry.
Nov 21, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Globe Trix 2010
The flying feeling and performance can be adjusted to react like the Trix 09, but can also be adjusted like a totally new kite with low bar pressure, very stable, perfect for cruising.
Nov 20, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Caution Mayhem X 2010
We kept the name the same for the 2010 model, but made significant changes to the profile and wingtips, making some serious gains in efficiency and control.
Nov 19, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Liquid Force CPR 2010 Control System
Liquid Force has designed a completely new safety and control system to go with its 2010 lines of kites. We spoke to LF kite designer and pro rider Julien Fillion to find out about the company’s new CPR control system.
Nov 19, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: RRD Obsession 2010
The Obsession was already a great kite, so we focused on small details to improve its overall performance.
Nov 16, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Jimmy Lewis Chamber KT
The main goal was to capture the highest performance wave characteristics of my top surfboard and make it suitable for kiting.
Nov 14, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Naish Helix 2010
We had to live up to the hype from the previous edition as many customer were telling us that we should not mess with it. However, we did introduce a new foil profile on this kite that has proven itself to increase turning speed and overall efficiency.
Designer’s Corner: Best Waroo 2010
The Waroo is a known commodity — riders know what to expect from it. To keep moving the kite forward we had to make significant changes to its shape.
Nov 13, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: F-One Bandit III
This is the third generation of the original, patent-pending delta design introduced by F.one in 2007 but it is really a new kite with a new profile, outline, aspect ratio, bridle, bar and graphics.
Nov 13, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Slingshot Octane 2010
The 2010 Octane our is the next generation of one our most successful designs, the 2009 Rev, but also incorporates the DNA from our original Octane which people loved, making it the next evolution of that style kite.
Nov 13, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Designer’s Corner: Liquid Force Envy 2010
The idea with the Envy was to create an easy to fly, all around pure fun kite! The Envy is a delta-hybrid, or as we like to say, “beyond delta.” The delta Hybrid incorporates the popular benefits of a delta kite, such as ease of flying, wind range and instant relaunchability, with the proven LF SLE technologies, such as our Diamond Wingtip and USB 2.0 Bridle configuration.
Nov 13, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
