PLATINUM Series
The new carbon PLATINUM was designed from scratch, and is now manufactured using aerospace prepreg technology for the first time. This also applies to the new, white tail ends. The bending curve of the short sizes features the New School shape, preventing the rider’s front arm from being overstretched. The large sizes, however, feature extensive Race bending curves. All models are equipped with the radical iFRONT head, whose flex and absorption can be adjusted in three steps from comfortable to ultra-stiff. New: PLATINUM 215cm and 260cm have the same boom body, and are extremely extendable thanks to two OVERSIZED.OUTSIDE tail ends of different lengths. As a result, the 215cm size can now be extended to 310cm by simply replacing the tail end, without compromising its rigidity. The short PLATINUM models still have an inserted tail end for maximum grip comfort. The short and long versions also differ in tube diameter: extra grip with 28mm for lengths up to 1.50 m, and super-stiff 30mm diameter for the longer booms.
Produced and assembled in Germany
140--190cm; and 150--200cm have new school hammerhead shape profile , remaining sizes are standard profile.
iFRONT – the fastest and most comfortable NORTH SAILS boom front piece with unique trimming and tuning opportunities.
North have identified that the boom construction, and in particular the head, has a decisive impact on rig performance. They carried out extensive comparison tests on flatwater, on Gran Canaria and Maui, eventually proving that rigs are extremely fast when they remain steady in the rider’s hand, allowing for controlled rig steering. Albeit the two spots are so different, so are the conditions that present individual challenges for the ideal boom. While wind and water conditions on flatwater are mostly calm, calling for larger sails, exactly the opposite prevails on Gran Canaria. Actually, in order to achieve optimum propulsion at both spots and tireless windsurfing especially on Gran Canaria, one would need two heads of different stiffness or attenuation. A very rigid, direct front piece for flatwater, and an attenuated, more flexible head for harsher conditions. This is an effort that only professional regatta pilots will not shun, but which otherwise makes windsurfing excessively complicated. Yet who would willingly forsake the extra performance and the additional comfort? This is exactly what they focused on.
* Low wind = calm waters = large sail, long boom = less rig movement
ideal solution: inflexible, rigid head
* High wind = choppy waters = small sail, short boom = nervous rig = jumps
ideal solution: easily flexing head
'We've used the new iFront in all our centers now without any problems. After 12 months of heavy daily usage we can confidently say that the new iFront is the most reliable head we’ve ever had in our centers.”
Yola Bichler, Managing Director Club Mistral
“At the beginning I thought I‘ most probably use the new iFront in the familiar feeling, no-suspension „Lockout Position“ most of the time - like everyone else I believed in the Neil Pryde “ the stiffer the faster” theory... After 12 months of tough usage in all kinds of windsurf spots I can surely say that I prefer the „full suspension setup“, in 80% percent of the conditions. The „suspension modus“ simply provides more control – just like on a mountain bike, that enables me to increase my top speed no end.”
Jimmy Diaz, International Team rider NORTH SAILS
“As a World Cup racer I’m in permanent search for the best equipment to give me the edge in competition. I’ve tested all the frontends on the market and I can say that in the „Lockout Position“ the iFront is definitely the stiffest one available.”
Patrik Diethelm, International Team rider NORTH SAILS
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