2024 North ShiftLock Handles | Advanced Customization for the North Nova Pro Wing

The 2024 Nova Pro Wing itself benefits from significant upgrades, including N-Weave material for increased rigidity and a Matrix canopy for enhanced performance. The North ShiftLock handles, available for purchase separately, allow riders to tailor their wing, promoting customization and waste reduction. Additional accessories like GoPro and paddle mounts offer further personalization.

This system, currently exclusive to the 2024 North Nova Pro Wing, may see future inclusion in other models. It represents a modern adaptation of the Bolt Rope system, traditionally used in sailing, to wing-foiling through a double bolt-rope track. Demonstrating its reliability, ShiftLock has undergone extensive cyclic load and on-water testing for two years without any failures or significant wear, boasting a breaking load exceeding 710kg. Despite its robustness, the system remains lightweight, with two 500mm ShiftLock Carbon handles being lighter than their standard counterparts. The carbon handles offer immediate response to rider input, while soft TPU handle ends ensure protection for both the rider and the board.

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[bdo]

Looks awesome - love booms for one handed riding and harness use - very interested - question: does the bag extend so that you can store with the boom on in the bag?

[avinashbikha]

I love how you guys between 04:30 and 5:40 are trying to 'dream up' uses cases for the handles haha. As a 3rd gen Nova user I am not yet convinced that I need this. In fact the best hard handle layout was on the Nova v2, which had that long front handle and shorter back handle. The front handle allowing one handed powered up riding. The Nova v3 suddenly didn't have that long front handle anymore (while DuoTone adopted that long front, short back)

Overall one main key selling point for me of the Nova v2 and v3 was their packability. Deflate, pack up, and go home. No messing with removing hard handles. This looks a bit gimmicky to me.. maybe the marketing office got the better of the riders & development team on this one.

Q: is there a soft handle version available? My guess is not, because when pulling on the soft handles the shift units would pull together? They are made for pulling outward, and not gripping the rail.

Let's see maybe a test WILL convince me.

[ramana]

Do the handle ends come off for packing or are they permanently attached to the bar? Is the 1100 mm boom the size of the bar or the size from the outside of both the handle ends? Thanks for all your great informative videos.

[diegocomesana]

hi guys, that look very interesting, what you think of it compare to Duotone sls ?

[wakesurf]

Does it pack down like most wings do, or does it pack more like a windsurfing sail would?

[chesterfrantz]

is anyone else having issues with stripped bolts?

[richardmatison]

Cheers. Another great video. I like the Go Pro mount option. I won't be buying your scratch mix though...

[ianshellcock]

I bought three of them, The sizes are far larger than quoted at least compared to the Fone and Duotone but the single biggest problem is the track for the handles, I catch the end of my fingers reaching for the handle every single time, Almost ripped my nail off, couldn't find a solution so Ive handed them back. A shame really as the construction is superb and they were very stable. Just couldn't get on with the track getting in the way

[christophemeletiou]

Where is the multiple soft handle option :) ? An overkill in my opinion and unnecessary.