North Reach Kite 2024
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Introducing the North Reach Kite 2024 - your lively and playful 3-strut allrounder! Experience unparalleled versatility, big jumps, and effortless relaunch. Conquer any wind condition with ease. The perfect kite for all conditions.
Design details
PERFORMANCE FREERIDE
Sizes: 4 /5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 15 / 17m
Experience the Ultimate Versatility with the North Reach Kite 2024!
Discover the lighter, faster, and more dynamic North Reach Kite 2024 - your lively and playful 3-strut allrounder for all conditions. With unparalleled wind range, easy jumps, and effortless relaunch, this kite is your go-to choice for thrilling rides.
The 2024 Reach features improved canopy tension for faster flying and a revised arc design, providing a crisper, snappier response, and more direct steering. Its smoother, aerodynamic shape ensures stability in kite loops and enhances performance in lightwind, foil, and surf conditions.
Confidently boost, loop, and freestyle with the Reach's fast, responsive steering and efficient power delivery. The short responsive bridle allows for quick, exponential depower, giving you precise control over your ride.
In the three larger sizes, the Reach becomes a powerful lightwind kite, perfect for TwinTip riding, even when others have called it a day.
Embrace the thrill of unmatched performance with the North Reach Kite 2024. Elevate your kiteboarding experience today!
Features
- Smoother segmented curve arc
- Improved canopy tension
- Cleaner profile entry
- Lighter weight construction
- Faster and more responsive steering
- Stable lightwind-optimised profile
- Low drag with no-pulley bridle lines
- Direct and Responsive Steering
- Confident relaunch with swept design
- Precise draft-forward profile
- Progressive freestyle medium high AR
- Kevlar reinforced strut system with bridle deflectors
- HyperFlow rapid single-point inflation
- Boosts and loops with a smooth reliable catch
- Incredible stability for foil and lightwind
- Well-balanced tactile surf handling
- Massive windrange and upwind drive
- Incredibly powerful and efficient
Materials
- New lighter N-Max Dacron in all sizes
- N-HTRS High Performance high tenacity Ribstop canopy
- Lightweight bladders (all sizes)
- DuraLite Seam Protectors
Tech specs
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| Boosts and loops with a smooth reliable catch The North Reach has superb loft and hangtime with a compact steering radius, thanks to its medium-high aspect ratio design with wider wing-tip and well-balanced bridle. During a loop, many kites will pause before they climb back up, but the North Reach has a smooth, consistent catch and doesn’t hesitate to come back around. |
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| Incredible stability for foil and light wind Boasting predictable, consistent power delivery in every condition, the North Reach has exceptional performance at the low-end - especially at slower speeds in lighter wind. Its moderate leading-edge diameter provides additional buoyancy, helping the kite to release quickly from the water in even the lightest conditions. |
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| Well-balanced tactile surf handling Quick responsive steering and neutral static balance helps you fire up your performance in the surf, without any surprises. The 2024 North Reach drifts well and doesn’t fall over, front-stall or back-stall - making it your go-to kite for foiling and wave-riding. |
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| New segmented curve arc for improved canopy tension Where nature meets technology. North have revised the Reach arc shape so tension can transition more evenly through the canopy, as you would see in a catenary shape in nature. The new segmented curve arc gives the kite a cleaner profile that is more stable in kite loops. The kite remains light and fast but now has a crisper, more snappy feel. |
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| Massive wind range and upwind drive A precise draft-forward profile gives the Reach a very smooth and efficient profile entry and upwind drive. North have refined the panel cuts for a cleaner profile entry, removing the heavy-duty canopy panels. |
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| N-Max Airframe Using N-Max Dacron on the leading edge and struts saves a significant amount of weight. For 2024 North have also reduced the total amount of Dacron used on the kite, making the North Reach even lighter. |
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| Progressive freestyle medium-high AR A forgiving kite with pop when you need it for freestyle manoeuvres. The medium high aspect ratio, combined with the powerful profile, gives the Reach explosive pop. Good pop helps generate line slack for handle passes - simply load up, edge hard and pop off the water for easy freestyle progression. |
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| Direct and Responsive Steering Tactile handling with light bar pressure and steering impulse for a fast response and tight turning radius. Refined tuning of the short responsive bridle gives the Reach quick, exponential depower, allowing you to ride it in an even wider range of conditions. |
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| Larger sizes light wind-optimised Predictable, consistent power delivery in every condition, and exceptional performance at the low-end. The 13, 15 or 17m Reach will get you up and riding with a power-hungry twintip like the new Trace in just 8 knots. |
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| Lightweight bladders in every size Bladders make up a bigger weight percentage than any other material used in a kite. |
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| Durable, higher tensile leading edge seams There is a large amount of force on the closing seam of the leading edge due to inflation and steering movement. |
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| Highest quality no-pulley, low drag bridle lines North's highest-quality, low-profile, pre-stretched bridle lines are pre-loaded and measured before cutting to improve accuracy and consistency. |
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| High Performance N-HTRS Canopy All North's kites are manufactured using North High Tenacity Ripstop (N-HTRS) polyester yarn canopy material for lightness, high tear strength, zero porosity and longevity. |
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| DuraLite seam protection Lightweight reinforcement to protect from chafing and abrasion along the struts to the leading edge. |
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| HyperFlow rapid inflation system cap and valve geometry Ergonomic high volume single point inflation system with large diameter hose for rapid inflation and deflation. The cap and valve base geometry have been updated for more comfortable opening and closing in colder conditions (when your fingers are freezing). The bayonet style main inflation valve is compatible with most pumps - no adapter required. |
WIND RANGE
| NORTH REACH SIZE | WIND RANGE (KNOTS)* |
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| 4m | 22-39 |
| 5m | 21-37 |
| 6m | 20-34 |
| 7m | 17-32 |
| 8m | 16-30 |
| 9m | 13-27 |
| 10m | 12-26 |
| 11m | 10-26 |
| 12m | 9-23 |
| 13m | 8-20 upto 70kg |
| 15m | 8-20 70-85kg |
| 17m | 8-20 more than 85kg |
* Recommended for an average-sized kiter riding a twintiup with intermediate to advanced skills. Lighter rider/beginner? Take 5 knots off the high end of the range. Foiling? Drop a few sizes to suit the conditions. Lightwind? Choose from the 13-15-17m Reach lightwind-optimised sizes according to your rider weight.