La CORE KITEBOARDING is a German manufacturer with high quality standards and design technologically advanced.
As per tradition, the German, CORE offers only top-performing.
Let's quickly two features that distinguish the high quality standard of the wings CORE, then move on to the review of the board CORE FUSION.
The CORE is characterized by 95% DO NOT release to the market each year a new product. Unfortunately, to date, even the most noble houses, as the North, la Slingshot, The Cabrinha and almost all other, taken from the heat of the marketing (and supported by a strong gullibility of the public), release a new product every year, calling it an evolution of xx percent upwind compared to last year, xx percent stability, xx percent in power and so on…
It seems absolutely logical and sad that this is a mere marketing strategy which, unfortunately, the majority of the public believes.
The kite per se is a tool that is based on aerodynamic factors which require extremely long in-depth studies in order to make even small changes. Studies that require a lot of time and investment.
Stop eating evident 10/12 months of development can in no way evolve the characteristics of a product which in itself is already very evolved and optimally performing.
To confirm this are now almost as regularly every year, new kite products have characteristics worse than those of past years.
Another huge disadvantage for the end user (but not for the manufacturer!!!) release of a new kite every year (oramai fa fashion) is that the value of the equipment collapses in an exaggerated! “But how just two years ago, my kite was the best of the best today and that is not even a third of what I paid??” A great joke!
The CORE leaves behind mere marketing and aiming for REAL quality of its products and the actual development, releases new kites and boards only when the development has reached an important and obvious evolution.
The CORE is the only house in the world to use for their wings the Coretex TRIPLE RIP STOP where the North is still stuck to the double rip stop.
The CORE uses for its tables carbon “Cartan” ie carbon 12k, the same carbon used for the construction of the leaf springs Competitive (crossbows require the highest possible energy extension), while most of the other carbon boards on the market use the most common carbon 3k (to be found in any hardware store for just a few Euros per square meter).
Let us go into the details of the review board CORE FUSION. We tested the 130×38.
– ASSEMBLY
The board comes with the pads ergonomically designed and feels very good quality, ed alle 4 specially shaped fins. According to this form of the core allows for better hydrodynamics.
The graphics are simple but very eye-catching, classic colors of the CORE: yellow, black and white.
The board is really light! I have not had the opportunity to weigh it but the feeling is incredible. Its lightness is due to the carbon which is composed of 12k Cartan.
Assemble the table was a real pleasure. The pads are mounted very easily. To the touch, the materials give us a feeling of high quality and robustness. We can not wait to try it!!
– DESIGN FEATURES
The board is incredibly light. We had to make other boards of the same size but none of them even come close to the weight of CORE. Outstanding!
The bottom of the table is a double concave in “The” progressive, more accentuated at the ends and much less at the center, which according to the CORE, creates a buffer that offers many advantages: exceptional impact absorption due to the chop. So a pace unmatched in comfort. Effect sucker for easier landings from jumps. Excellent upwind ability and comfortable ride.
Carbon “CARTAN” 12to. The carbon in this table has a factor in the release of energy in the upper range of classic and carbon are superior to the traditional wood used in strgrande majority of the tables on the market. The effect created is that of a POP explosive.
– THE FIRST TEST
We go now to try the board in the water! The first impact is to have a board under your feet and legerissima manovrabilissima! It is by comparing it to a GO-KART (highly directional and reactive) but with the power steering!! Crazy!!
And we have had moodo to test all the boards of the Noble 2014 and many tables of the North 2014. Boys. There is no comparison.
– IL POP
A board so short (solo 130cm) should suffer Pop, as one of the factors determining the energy release in extension, is just the length of the board. A longer board, having more leverage, favors a more important effect spring. That's why most of the tables dedicated to Free Style are long enough (139++) but not too wide (around 39 / 40cm).
This is true, however, in the case that the table is made of wood (honeycomb is that lamellar) that the release characteristics rebound significantly lower carbon Cartan 12k.
Here we find ourselves in the foot a short board and very easy to maneuver but with a POP absolutely explosive. The force of energy release is comparable to that of the leaf springs!
So far we are very impressed!
– LA BOLINA, FLOATING, JUMPS AND LANDINGS
Here too, the CORE FUSION did not disappoint. The rocker is not too strong united to the bottom to biconcave “The”, make that the table, even so small, it went immediately into floating, while the bowline, probably thanks precisely to the extent so reduced, is awesome. This allowed us to stand out from saltoni cry easily.
The double concave bottom helped us a lot when landing, helping to correct even those partially wrong, thanks to a suction effect.
– CONCLUSION We have tested many tables (many of which we will soon reviews) but never a table as the CORE FUSION gave us similar feelings. E’ difficult to describe these feelings with a review. What I want to suggest is to try IF THEY HAVE THE POSSIBILITY '!! Fatevela borrowed from a friend. I want one too you!!
Until next time!
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