Price range: $2,699.95 through $2,919.95
A kite that performs big and still feels small. The Air makes lightwind sessions more accessible than ever.
MORE SESSIONS. LESS LIMITS.
The comfortable lightwind all-rounder for everyone – and everything
Lightwind performance is part of CORE’s DNA: No other brand has released as many models in this segment as CORE. Building on this unmatched experience, we developed a completely new, state-of-the-art lightwind kite that ramps up the fun, especially when the wind drops.
Session guarantee for beginners or progressing rider. Training booster for freeriders and air stylers. The Air with its huge wind range is ready.
Core’s all-new Air combines the power of a high-aspect design with the agility of a 3-strut frame. Positioned between the XR LW and Nexus LW, it features CORE’s proven ExoTex 2 material and a fixed bridle for excellent low-end performance, high riding comfort, and impressively agile, direct handling for its size class.
Easy to fly and built to last, the Air sets a new standard for accessible lightwind performance – with guaranteed progression.
Please note: The Air must only be flown with the Sensor 4 and Sensor 4 Pro bar! Unlike the Sensor 3S or earlier models, only the Sensor 4 and Sensor 4 Pro with its new SFS+ safety ensures full depower of fixed-bridle kites.
EXOTEX® AIRFRAME
Moderate power delivery, high riding comfort
Our proven specialty Dacron remains low-stretch even under extreme forces and delivers outstanding tear resistance. The result? Better upwind drive, explosive lift, and defined turning behavior. The Air features ExoTex 2 in the leading edge and ExoTex Light in the struts. The lighter material uses a modified radial reinforcement yarn pattern, reducing weight, enhancing turning, and improving drift performance.
INSTANT RELAUNCH
Back in the sky in no time
A slightly more swept leading edge and compact tip area make relaunch quick and easy. Just pull one steering line and the stiff airframe pops up and drifts to the wind window edge.
Fixed Tectanium Bridle
Well supported. Precisely steerable.
The fixed bridle enhances feedback and delivers a more direct steering response while maintaining excellent bar feel. Its 14 support points allow for thinner leading edge diameters and more efficient wind window positioning.
Agile 3-Strut Frame
Sportlich, Schnell, Dynamisch
Compared to a 5-strut kite, the Air’s 3-strut frame delivers quicker, more responsive turns – a huge advantage and more fun, especially in large sizes.
High Aspect Ratio Shape
Powerful lift and flight stability
Thanks to its fixed bridle, the Air has a stretched shape that combines excellent jumping, hangtime, and stability with turning agility – even in larger sizes. Its unique profile ensures outstanding power, hangtime, and an intuitive sheet-and-go feeling.
More Features
CORETEX® 2 CANOPY
Maximum stability. Total control.
Extremely low stretch yet incredibly durable, the exclusive CORE canopy perfectly supports the Air’s targeted characteristics: linear power delivery, high flight stability, and exceptional control. Its special coating ensures excellent tear and tear-propagation resistance with outstanding UV protection.
SENSOR 4 BAR
Perfectly paired with the Sensor 4 bar
The Air was developed together with the Sensor 4 and Sensor 4 Pro. Only the new Single Frontline Safety (SFS+) system of the Sensor 4 and Sensor 4 Pro ensures full flag-out on fixed bridle kites. Experience the full performance and safety potential of your CORE kite with the differentiated bar feel and innovative features of the Sensor 4 and Sensor 4 Pro.
Speed Valve 2
Maximum airflow
Integrated directly into the leading edge, the Speed Valve 2 is extra robust and allows for maximum air throughput using a standard bayonet pump hose fitting.
SPEED PUMP SYSTEM
Efficient air management
The Air inflates through a single valve integrated into the front tube. Lightweight hoses are cleanly routed and optimally connected to the struts for the fastest, most convenient inflation and deflation.
GRINTEX® PATCHES
Abrasion-resistant Leading Edge
Grintex patches on all segment seams of the Leading Edge and struts protect these sensitive areas against rough surfaces.
LW Profile
More Power in the lightest breeze
The Air’s lightwind-optimized profile generates power and speed with maximum camber. The Air’s maximum camber point is positioned further back to enhance drift performance. But give it some gas and the Air comes alive — full control, even when bearing off downwind and throwing radical freestyle or airstyle tricks.
COMPATIBILITY
The Air is only compatible with the Sensor 4 and Sensor 4 Pro .
Please note that the Air may only be flown with the Sensor 4 and Sensor 4 Pro! Unlike the Sensor 3S and older Sensor models, only the Sensor 4’s and Sensor 4 Pro’s SFS+ safety ensures complete depowering of models with fixed bridles.
