Raptor – this freestyle and freeride full carbon best selling board is slowly becoming a legend in CrazyFly board range.

The 2010 Raptor is building up on the great performance of the 2009 Raptor which had a really good balance of stiffness and flex with amazing pop for both comfortable and aggressive riding. In the development of the 2010 Raptor we focused on many important aspects to improve the overall riding performance of the board. Improved rocker line, progressive flex tips, shock absorbing system, new Quick Fix system II, and new straps are the most significant results of our developments for the Raptor 2010. Main advantage of the Raptor board is that you can use it for all new school free style tricks as well as for aggressive free ride.

The heart of the kiteboard is its core, so we paid great attention to choose the right materials for the production of CrazyFly kiteboards. We have decided to choose the lightest and overall the best available wood for cores in the snowboarding industry. The wood is one continuous piece from tip to tip without any joints, because every joint causes a breaking point. We called this tip to tip technology and this allows the wood to maintain its natural flex properties, which are essential for excellent flex and pop of CrazyFly boards. Our goal was to have a core with properties and advantages of wood and to keep it very light. CNC shaped Wood Tech core II - the combination between tip to tip wood and PVC sandwich turned out to be the right solution for the Raptor core. Raptor is produced with full Nano Carbon technology. Carbon has very high strenght in tension and high stiffness in flexion. It is 5 times lighter, but still 10 times stonger than steel. We are the only company with a serial production of full carbon boards with a nice price.

We have decided to use ABS side walls construction as the best one in this industry. ABS is a high strength, very durable thermo-plastic material. CNC shaped, hand fine finished rails bond together the upper and lower layers of carbon. Together they create a torsion box which improves the stiffness of the board in torsion. Also the round shape of the ABS side walls provides smooth carving.

Hi tech construction of Raptor combining layers of carbon with CNC shaped Wood Tech core II and ABS side walls, make the board one of the lightest in the world with excellent flex, pop and overall performance.

The 2010 Raptor shape has a couple differences from the 2009 model. This year we came with the improved rocker line to make the board faster and enhance the upwind ability of the board. CrazyFly unique tail shape helps the rider to load up an edge for higher jumps and better tricks. Concaved bottom is one of the main characteristics of the shape of CrazyFly kiteboards. The board is more stable in carves, easy to switch and rides smoothly.

This year we have put a lot of effort in improving small, but important details on the boards. We heavily focused on the pads, straps, fins and grab handle to improve its riding properties and to make the mounting even easier and faster to fit all personal preferences. Super light weight dual density EVA pro pads are very durable and don’t get worn out easily. You can adjust the stance angle to fit your personal preference. Comfort and quality of the EVA pads prevent your knees from pain even after a long ride. We put on a toe step and a heel locker on the pads, so your feet always stay in the right position and enable the rider to fully control the board with ease. Our brand new 2010 straps are lighter and more comfortable than ever before due to improved Quick Fix system II. This improved system makes the adjustments of straps very simple and fast. This year we introduced a new carbon grab handle, which is stiff and light. We use G10 fins with a very thin profile in order to prevent drag. G10 fins are durable and hard to break. Once again, G10 material is the best solution in the industry.