Friday 6 August 2010

North 2011 Bar 5th element / trust Kitesurfing Bar


Just had my first peek at the new 2011 bar and lines, there seem to be a few subtle changes to the bar, a clear red push away quick release I guess this makes it easy to see if the quick release mechanism is full of sand. Where the 5th line comes out of the base of the quick release there is a nice polished metal insert, I had rumours last year that the line could jam here but, I never experienced this. The grip, has been nearly got a quilted like feel to the grip, I tried to take a close up of this area, it surly is a dream to hold this year , I think they called this sticky grip , I would call in comfort grip. There were a few people that seemed to snap the chicken spigot off for 2010 and there seems to be a slightly pliable spigot for 2011. I am sure more subtle differences will appear but they I think are the main ones so far.