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Carve Kite

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North CARVE KITESurf / Strapless Freestyle2025

Name: Carve Kite
Brand: North Kiteboarding
SKU: 8715738896925
Price: 1709.0 USD
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The Carve is a powerful, reactive and controllable kite, ideal for carving up a wave face, tucking into a barrel or boosting strapless tricks. Engineered with a stable, lower aspect ratio design for fast pivot turns and excellent drift, the Carve has an ... extremely direct feel in both bar pressure and steering initiation. Intuitive control‚Äîespecially when the kite's not visible on a big bottom turn, cutback, or barrel‚Äîmeans you can focus 100% on the surf. The Carve has a longer, progressive travel, so it feels smooth and responsive throughout the full depower range and is reactive to the very end when you sheet out. For 2025, we‚Äôve refined the 2025 Carve bridling for increased depower and responsive feather-light steering, so the Carve feels lighter, faster turning and more agile. You‚Äôll also discover a cleaner, more aerodynamic canopy profile, with lighter bar pressure for more stable efficient drifting and less pull on the wave face. The improved overall balance with more sweep in the tips enhances drift, so when you're surfing, it glides down the line, waiting for your bar input. The wingtips are light, and the smooth curve and shape draft back ensures balance. A thinner LE diameter reduces the pulling power, while added sweep enables effortless roll to relaunch. The 2025 Carve is smoother, more stable and manageable in gusty conditions. The Carve flies fast upwind and experienced riders will benefit from the kite's impressive power and efficiency. Intermediate riders will find it offers a smoother, more user-friendly ride. Freeride and Strapless Freestylers will love the light reactive steering, longer bar stroke, improved hangtime and catch for rotations and softer landings.

product code: 85000.250001

About the technology

Features

Refined bridling for more direct fingertip steering
Stable clean profile
Fast responsive power steering and delivery
Critical relaunching
Lofty hangtime and catch
Light surf-tough construction
Light handling with early initiation
Progressive travel through full depower range
Smooth and intuitive power delivery
Includes Premium Kite Bag made from recycled materials

Materials

N-HTRS High Performance high tenacity ripstop canopy
N-Dure2 Dacron Airframe and Reinforcement
DuraLite Seam Protectors
Airlite Lightweight Bladders all sizes

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Attaching your lines

Kite, Kite Bag, Repair Kit, Sand Bag

Size chart

Size	Wind Range (knots)
5	22-36
6	20-34
7	18-32
8	16-30
9	14-28
10	12-26
11	10-22
12	9-20

Size

Wind Range (knots)

5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
22-36	20-34	18-32	16-30	14-28	12-26	10-22	9-20

Recommended for an average-sized kiter riding a twintip 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.

Longer Travel for improved drift and smoother response

Maintain complete drift while sheeted in or out

Smooth power delivery

riding a down-the-line or onshore wave.

N-Dure 2 lightweight durable reinforcement

For 2025 we’ve reduced the leading-edge diameter and smoothed out the profiles to provide a smoother power delivery.

Improved wind range with more low-end efficiency

Removing any unnecessary excess weight helps the kite drift better

Lightweight bladders in ALL sizes

without compromising its structural integrity.

Segmented curve arc with direct pivot steering

The Carve’s low aspect ratio design creates more apparent wind

Highest quality low-drag

providing excellent stability and wind.

no-pulley bridle lines

The lighter the kite

Refined aerodynamic profile transition panels

the faster the steering and the more lift it creates.

Fast-launching swept leading edge design

The Carve has a segmented curve arc design with lighter wingtips. We’ve maintained the smoother curve and shape draft back

DuraLite seam protection

so the balance is in the centre of the profile.

2x personalised performance tuning options

All North bridle lines are pre-loaded and measured before cutting to improve accuracy and consistency. This results in reduced shrinkage

Kevlar reinforced strut system with bridle deflectors

reduced elongation and improved longevity. Removing ALL pulleys from the bridle improves safety and gives the kite direct and precise handling. The end result is lower drag

HyperFlow rapid single-point inflation

more accuracy and a more direct feeling.

N-HTRS High Performance high tenacity ripstop canopy

The profile transition panels ensure that as the leading edge expands

Durable highest-quality N-DURE2 Dacron inflated structures

tension from the elongation doesn't migrate into the canopy and a precise lateral profile shape is maintained as close to the leading edge as possible.

Longer Travel for improved drift and smoother response

The Carve is a statically balanced

Smooth power delivery

stable kite that resists nose diving. Its bridling ensures you’re able to maintain complete drift while sheeted in or out

N-Dure 2 lightweight durable reinforcement

riding a down-the-line or onshore wave. It features longer

Improved wind range with more low-end efficiency

more progressive depower travel. The pressure gets higher as you bring the bar closer to your body. This helps the kite feel smoother and perform more responsively throughout the full depower range. Using the full length of travel helps improve the drift and ensures when you sheet out

Lightweight bladders in ALL sizes

it will still react. The Carve provides an extremely direct feel in both bar pressure and steering initiation

Segmented curve arc with direct pivot steering

with intuitive feedback from the bar in both directions

Highest quality low-drag

so you'll always know where your kite is.

no-pulley bridle lines

The reinforcement material at the trailing edge is a 2-ply canopy

Refined aerodynamic profile transition panels

with N-Dure2 dacron reinforcement on the wingtips. The two layers of canopy material are softer

Fast-launching swept leading edge design

allowing the kite to twist better and be more responsive. This re-engineered construction allows the kite to be more responsive in the steering and depower

DuraLite seam protection

improves the Carve’s static balance and light wind performance

2x personalised performance tuning options

without affecting the strength and durability. The lighter weight helps with the drift and behaviour of the kite and reduces any tendency to front stall in lightwind conditions.

Kevlar reinforced strut system with bridle deflectors

For 2025

HyperFlow rapid single-point inflation

we’ve improved its high-end for higher boosts and hangtime

N-HTRS High Performance high tenacity ripstop canopy

maintaining the kite’s linear power delivery and low end. The kite is rock solid when it needs to be

Durable highest-quality N-DURE2 Dacron inflated structures

yet still has the control and manageability you need for jumps and tricks. Strapless freestyle riders will love the hangtime and catch

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What riders say

"Added drift, more efficient depower, and better high-end make the Carve 2025 the perfect option for strapless freestyle and wave riding. Being able to rely on and trust my kite is key for me. The Carve is predictable, allowing me to focus 100% on the wave."

Camille Delannoy

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