http://www.north-windsurf.com/en/booms/Technology

Was just reading about North's new iFront boom end on their website and to be honest to me it looks like an incredibly overcomplicated solution to a not overly difficult problem. Adjustable tilt flex, autoclose (I could see that becoming incredibly annoying already), Is this just a super gimick? Have North shot themselves in the foot with this one, or are they about to revolutionise the boom as we know it. Personally I think it's the former :D

Also their new 'wave' boom shapes. Aeron/Pro Limit booms taken to a new level? ^_^

Interesting ideas all the same.

The booms really do look rather strange.

And yea I think a lot of that stuff is just gimmicks. I don't think North will sell many of these new fandangled things.

One thing I learnt racing cars:

Things that work well in CAD rarely work well in the real world.

If they can't make a ratchet downhaul winch that doesn't slip, what hope have they got of making a boom that's reliable?

I won't be buying one

Yeah could be an interesting development that one, i'm sure the rest of the industry is waiting to see how it turns out. The iFront...not so much :)

three more places for something to break,too many parts, they should follow K.I.S.S