I just bought this 3 kites quiver (7, 10, 12m) with bar for 9400 euros. I am super stocked, thank you North marketing team, you are making a great job toward the development of the sport. A North kite user since 2002.
I think Kiteboarding is gone the same wrong way like windsurfing in the 90s. Too expensive, to technical, to many stuff variations , to short product cycles so that no one buy your used one season old stuff for a fair price. I bought in 2023 a new Edge v11, 9m 1400 Euro with 25% discount - and now in 2024 no one would buy this kite for half of the price... I have to sold him for 500-600 Euros and pay maybe 2800 for a vortex?? Wrong way...
North has fully optimized the sizing of the Orbit Ultra for big air performance. Sizes from 9 meters do not decrease in a bulky 1m² increment but are scaled down by 10% each time. This makes the different sizes better proportioned to each other.
th-cam.com/video/oz5bfsmKcHQ/w-d-xo.html for an in depth explanation with Pepin the kite designer, and more 2025 North Big Air footage of new kites in action here th-cam.com/video/CX6e0MyFRpI/w-d-xo.html
i have 2 question for you, first: what do you think is better for twintip/surf, duotone or north. and second: is the duotone clicker better than the navigator pro, because I don't know which one to buy.
3.0 kg for the 9sqm is the exact weight? For some years now there have been 5 strut kites that are lighter without Aluula in the same size, such as the Ozone edge V11 2022 with 2945gr. The Ocean Rodeo Rise Aluula 2022, also 5 strut, even weighs only 2405gr. I assume the performance gain is more due to the higher stiffness and the thinner leading edge? Don't get me wrong, especially after the recent Techcast with DK about product durability, I would rather have a long lasting kite than save the last gram of product on my kite, I just wonder about the marketing regarding the weight.
It also sounds weird to me, my 2023 9m regular Orbit is 3.15kg so that would be a mere 5% weight reduction using Aluula, removing 2 bridle points and 4 one pump clips. In comparison, the 9m 5 struts Harlem Force using traditional dacron is 2.62kg.
@@ma1k_el faster catch when looping and faster moving in general, I have an ocean rodeo rise aluula 12m, and it feels really fast compared to other kits that weight 1kg more.
@@ma1k_el than you can save shitload of money.... its about a kite that is easier flies faster back to safe you after a loop.. If I look to the connection between the struts and the leading edge North has some work to do... that system looks overweigthed to me...
very strange North is adopting a material they are not directly producing... also because it seems that for wings they use a very light dacron the N-Weave at 102 g/m², correct me if I'm wrong....
Damn, weight is still heavy shit for a 9M2 guys... 3 kg: The new Reedin Supermodel (not even the hyper) is 2.8. Okay its a 5 strut kite but still 200 grams more heavy. So this is for sure not a superlight kite.....
I just bought this 3 kites quiver (7, 10, 12m) with bar for 9400 euros. I am super stocked, thank you North marketing team, you are making a great job toward the development of the sport. A North kite user since 2002.
Are you selling your old orbit by any chance?
@nielagi5029 it was second degree. Who would spend 10k seriously?
@@jjouh second degree, you mean second hand?
I think Kiteboarding is gone the same wrong way like windsurfing in the 90s. Too expensive, to technical, to many stuff variations , to short product cycles so that no one buy your used one season old stuff for a fair price. I bought in 2023 a new Edge v11, 9m 1400 Euro with 25% discount - and now in 2024 no one would buy this kite for half of the price... I have to sold him for 500-600 Euros and pay maybe 2800 for a vortex?? Wrong way...
I wanna see a video with boosting and kiteloops ASAP
Send us wiiiinndddd please... lots of it
@@RubenLentenbring the kite to Tarifa Ruben! 35knt Balenario.
Im surprised with the sizes (5.9, 6.6, 7.3 etc) why is that Ruben?
@@SuperRustamm there is an even 12% difference between sizes, which means even power distribution between them.
North has fully optimized the sizing of the Orbit Ultra for big air performance. Sizes from 9 meters do not decrease in a bulky 1m² increment but are scaled down by 10% each time. This makes the different sizes better proportioned to each other.
th-cam.com/video/oz5bfsmKcHQ/w-d-xo.html for an in depth explanation with Pepin the kite designer, and more 2025 North Big Air footage of new kites in action here th-cam.com/video/CX6e0MyFRpI/w-d-xo.html
how is the bar pressure? compared to evo or rebel for example?
Those all steer very light... this one maybe lightest.
looks nice intresting to test
Looks like a greaaaatttt kite to try! 😉
i have 2 question for you, first: what do you think is better for twintip/surf, duotone or north. and second: is the duotone clicker better than the navigator pro, because I don't know which one to buy.
Machine!
the new LEN10 generation is coming !
I wait untill The ultra pro 😂
3.0 kg for the 9sqm is the exact weight? For some years now there have been 5 strut kites that are lighter without Aluula in the same size, such as the Ozone edge V11 2022 with 2945gr. The Ocean Rodeo Rise Aluula 2022, also 5 strut, even weighs only 2405gr. I assume the performance gain is more due to the higher stiffness and the thinner leading edge? Don't get me wrong, especially after the recent Techcast with DK about product durability, I would rather have a long lasting kite than save the last gram of product on my kite, I just wonder about the marketing regarding the weight.
It also sounds weird to me, my 2023 9m regular Orbit is 3.15kg so that would be a mere 5% weight reduction using Aluula, removing 2 bridle points and 4 one pump clips.
In comparison, the 9m 5 struts Harlem Force using traditional dacron is 2.62kg.
I think stiffness and the thin leading edge is what matters. Who cares about 0.1 to 0.3 kg of weight difference
@@ma1k_el faster catch when looping and faster moving in general, I have an ocean rodeo rise aluula 12m, and it feels really fast compared to other kits that weight 1kg more.
@@ma1k_el than you can save shitload of money.... its about a kite that is easier flies faster back to safe you after a loop.. If I look to the connection between the struts and the leading edge North has some work to do... that system looks overweigthed to me...
very strange North is adopting a material they are not directly producing... also because it seems that for wings they use a very light dacron the N-Weave at 102 g/m², correct me if I'm wrong....
Correct, but the N-Weave doesn't work good for kites, yet....
@@Kitemana k, thanx for the clarification! I was supposing something like this
Still 2DR canopy?
The Orbit Ultra now uses 3x3 canopy!
@@Kitemana tejin?
@@sanderpsychologie no man, North produce their materials as for sails, it's very strange they were adopting aluula
Damn, weight is still heavy shit for a 9M2 guys... 3 kg: The new Reedin Supermodel (not even the hyper) is 2.8. Okay its a 5 strut kite but still 200 grams more heavy. So this is for sure not a superlight kite.....
“Pull the bar away from you”
I don't like to see people doing tricks on the beach...not even it is Ruben...just looks dangerous and stupid.