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.bigkahuna - 6-5-2008 at 07:49 AM
Best Kiteboarding, North, Slingshot, Caution, Naish, Cabrinha, WindWing, Liquid Force... just off the top of my head.Bladerunner - 6-5-2008 at 08:14 AM
Ocean Rodeo is Canadian. Concept air is also.
Profoil.macboy - 6-5-2008 at 09:02 AM
Woo hoo! Go Canada!
hehehehehB-Roc - 6-5-2008 at 09:59 AM
Ground Industriesripsessionkites - 6-5-2008 at 06:58 PM
Tailspin Kites - Maker of the SkyTiger
Profoil Kites
New Tech?
RevolutionB-Roc - 7-5-2008 at 09:21 AM
New Tech makes their stuff in china.kiteNH - 7-5-2008 at 01:00 PM
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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.DenisLaMenace - 7-5-2008 at 02:50 PM
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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??Bladerunner - 7-5-2008 at 03:56 PM
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 !
