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unbob
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Post subject: Re: Do I want a North Nugget?  Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:42 pm |
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screwfootsc wrote: In a few months (March/April) Firewire will release the 5'1" Baked Potato. It is the Sweet Potato (which North seemed to duplicate) but with a refined design and curves to handle more conditions in the surf surf yet maintain the characteristics of the Sweet Potato for light wind. This board will rocket you upwind and keep you planing in the light junk we all struggle in. Check out the vid. http://www.firewiresurfboards.com/surfb ... ked_potato In addition, some sick new shapes and rides coming soon in time for the new season. Even though you didn't state as such, I'm assuming the 5'1" BP will be a "real" kiteboard as opposed to a "surfer" surfboard. If so, I also assume that means it's "beefed-up" in some fashion to withstand the additional rigors of kitesurfing (vs surfing). Will there be a price increase? Thx, Rob
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windsurfer-resurrection
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Post subject: Re: Do I want a North Nugget? Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:12 am |
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unbob wrote: screwfootsc wrote: In a few months (March/April) Firewire will release the 5'1" Baked Potato. It is the Sweet Potato (which North seemed to duplicate) but with a refined design and curves to handle more conditions in the surf surf yet maintain the characteristics of the Sweet Potato for light wind. This board will rocket you upwind and keep you planing in the light junk we all struggle in. Check out the vid. http://www.firewiresurfboards.com/surfb ... ked_potato In addition, some sick new shapes and rides coming soon in time for the new season. Even though you didn't state as such, I'm assuming the 5'1" BP will be a "real" kiteboard as opposed to a "surfer" surfboard. If so, I also assume that means it's "beefed-up" in some fashion to withstand the additional rigors of kitesurfing (vs surfing). Will there be a price increase? Thx, Rob Firewire is rolling out three new kite surfboards for 2013. Starting with the 5’1” Baked Potato The 5’1” Baked Potato is a super fun board and is really well suited for light wind when set up as a quad.
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tony montana
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Post subject: Re: Do I want a North Nugget? Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:57 pm |
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windsurfer-resurrection wrote: unbob wrote: screwfootsc wrote: In a few months (March/April) Firewire will release the 5'1" Baked Potato. It is the Sweet Potato (which North seemed to duplicate) but with a refined design and curves to handle more conditions in the surf surf yet maintain the characteristics of the Sweet Potato for light wind. This board will rocket you upwind and keep you planing in the light junk we all struggle in. Check out the vid. http://www.firewiresurfboards.com/surfb ... ked_potato In addition, some sick new shapes and rides coming soon in time for the new season. Even though you didn't state as such, I'm assuming the 5'1" BP will be a "real" kiteboard as opposed to a "surfer" surfboard. If so, I also assume that means it's "beefed-up" in some fashion to withstand the additional rigors of kitesurfing (vs surfing). Will there be a price increase? Thx, Rob ... -firewire/ Firewire is rolling out three new kite surfboards for 2013. Starting with the 5’1” Baked Potato The 5’1” Baked Potato is a super fun board and is really well suited for light wind when set up as a quad. I wanted a firewire hellfire uk distributor,no stock till june,a bit of a joke,TONY
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kitenb
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Post subject: Re: Do I want a North Nugget? Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:42 pm |
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Here is a short video from this past weekend, mainly riding the Nugget. Nothing exciting, but hopefully it shows how the board rides... It was really light winds out there, and small surf. I had a blast on the board. For me, these are the conditions I think the board is the best for(or a similar style board). And unfortunately, I get a lot of these conditions in Florida.  https://vimeo.com/56661124
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Coddy
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Post subject: Re: Do I want a North Nugget? Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:43 am |
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[quote="kitenb"]I had a chance to ride the 2013 Ozone Reos this week, along with the new Nugget, Skater, Trespass, Compact, and Cypher. Thanks to my local kite shop for hooking me up with some of these demos. .... Here is a video from this week... nothing exciting, but hopefully you can get a feel for how the board rides...(and some of the other boards)... and the Reos are amazing..  Great clip, it's great to see the different boards. Would you say the nugget is a little squirrelly you seem to make a lot of super short constant carves rather than the flowy carves you made with the other directionals. Any more detailed thoughts on the Cypher? That is another board I am getting very interested in.
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tswierkocki
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Post subject: Re: Do I want a North Nugget? Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:49 pm |
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Coddy
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Post subject: Re: Do I want a North Nugget? Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:33 am |
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tswierkocki wrote: I just saw that Firewire is now offering their Baked Potato board in kite construction: http://www.firewiresurfboards.com/kites ... otato.html That looks very interesting - but why make a kiteboard 5'1"??? Doesn't 4'11" make for a whole different baggage category as a kiteboard or is that just a Canadian thing? I would have thought 2 inches less would also work but im no shaper.
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