kiteNH
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US Based Kite Companies
I am wondering if anyone can give me a list of American kite (or board or buggy) companies. I realize that all of the kites end up getting made in
China or Vietnam, but I'm curious what kite companies are actually based in the US. (Or even Canada ;-).)
It seems like most of the companies are European. I'm not a "buy American" fanatic or anything since most everything seems to be made by giant
multi-national companies and manufactured elsewhere these days, but I still like the idea of supporting companies based in the US when I can.
I think that Eclipse is based here so I'll start it off with that. Also Ground Industries and MBS for ground boards.
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bigkahuna
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Best Kiteboarding, North, Slingshot, Caution, Naish, Cabrinha, WindWing, Liquid Force... just off the top of my head.
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Bladerunner
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Ocean Rodeo is Canadian. Concept air is also.
Profoil.
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Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
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Ground Industries
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B-Roc
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New Tech makes their stuff in china.
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
Fixed Bridle Quiver: MAC Bego 400, JOJO ET Instinct 2.5 & 5.5, Lil Devil 1.5, Sting 1.2
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kiteNH
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| Quote: | Originally posted by B-Roc
New Tech makes their stuff in china. |
I think that all of the kites are made overseas. I don't know of any kites that are actually manufactured in the North America. I was really asking
what companies were based in the US or Canada since I assumed that zero were made here.
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DenisLaMenace
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| Quote: | Originally posted by kiteNH
I think that Eclipse is based here so I'll start it off with that. Also Ground Industries and MBS for ground boards. |
Eclipse is based US but their kites are made in China.
Friend of mine resells eclipse here, he said that their production cost is less than 100 $ per kite.
The rest is distribution, transport, resell, and marketing hype. I guess it's probably the same with other brands.
Except for Concept Air. They make the kites here in Saguenay, Qc. Their production cost is high.
Bladerunner. What about OR ? Do they make them here ? Same for the drysuits??
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Bladerunner
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Good Question ?
I knew Concept air make there own but their line is small.
I would have to expect O.R. goes off shore for theirs ? They have a bigger line and larger market.
I know they do their R+D on the island !
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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