North Kiteboarding has once again chosen to use TeXtreme to reinforce their latest models of the high-performance Select and Team Series Kiteboards. TeXtreme Spread Tow Fabrics have contributed in reducing weight, improving surface smoothness and enhancing stiffness of the boards.
“The unique Spread Tow structure of the TeXtreme carbon fabric results in benefits which no other carbon reinforcement can match. To meet our weight and stiffness requirements TeXtreme was an obvious choice”, says Jurgen May, Product Engineer at manufacturer Boards & More.
When developing a high-performance Kiteboard the technical demands are quite challenging, getting the rider preferences and high demands in balance with the manufacturing possibilities. From a manufacturing perspective, achieving the ideal balance lies in constructing a board that while being very responsive still retains control in all kinds of waters. This requirement places strong demands in terms of the carbon reinforcement to ensure that different levels of stiffness in different directions are provided.
To achieve the desired weight savings and required mechanical properties the best material proved to be an unbalanced TeXtreme Spread Tow Fabric, which ensures extreme stiffness in one direction.
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