The Best 12m Freeride Kite? The verdict is in.

The Harlem Thrive. A kite designed by the power duo that is Ralf Groesel and Aaron Hadlow. Noted as Harlems best selling ultra-light, high performance all-rounder kite. Built to perform with effortless control accompanied by explosive power. A kite made for every rider in all conditions.

Freeride is defined by comfort, ease and trust. If you can trust your kite, then the rest is history right?

The Thrive was recently put through it’s paces in The Blank Kite Series by Portrait Kite. During these four episodes Sam Light took to looking for the best 12m freeride kite. He tested both in Egypt and the UK – on a twintip, with boots and on a foil. So with all this in mind, you’d be pretty confident in believing the class notes to be of truth.

Here where some words from the test:

“The Thrive is confidence inspiring in the light wind. I was immediately confident to do a boogie loop on a 12m in shallow water, gusty wind… It’s so fast and super reactive.”

Head over to watch the rest of the series and get to know why Sam says what he says!