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PKRA St. Peter Ording, Germany, Day 9: Finals: Zoon and Pulido are World Champions for 2011

By winning this event and the fifth one in a row, Youri Zoon takes home his first world champion title! Youri commented “I couldn’t be happier, it’s hard to believe, I’ve been fighting for so long now, I had my knee injuries that have held me back for a while but now, finally I got it! Super stoked!” The same thing happened in the girls with Gisela Pulido (ESP, Airush) taking her fourth PKRA World Title.... Read More...

PKRA St. Peter Ording, Germany, Day 8: Zoon and Pulido Win Singles

After a week of sun and light wind conditions, today the typical German weather returned to St. Peter Ording beach. Along with the cloud and rain came a steady twenty knots of wind in which we watched the best PKRA kiteboarders compete on the North Sea. ... Read More...

Freestyle World Champion Andy Yates Injured

The PKRA Freestyle World Champion 2010, Australian Andy Yates, recently injured his shoulder while training at home. As a result, Andy won’t be able to compete in the next three events.... Read More...

North 2011 Evo Analyze This Kite Review

The Evo is a five-strut one pump kite that shows North’s usual attention to details. This is a bridled four-line kite (it can also be flown as a five-line) with a very compact and simple bridle.... Read More...

Zoon and Pulido Take Freestyle Titles at PKRA Hua Hin

It was an extremely wet and wild day here in Hua Hin, Thailand. The competition got underway very early this morning in very gusty and extraordinarily fierce weather conditions.... Read More...

Yates and Pulido Claim 2010 Freestyle World Titles

20-year-old Andy Yates started competing on the PKRA tour in 2009 but now in 2010 he's already won his first Freestyle World Championship title.... Read More...

VIDEO: Mallory de la Villemarque: Welcome to My Pool!

Even trying to build a kite spot like that you could not make it that good!!!... Read More...

North 2011 Rebel Analyze This Kite Review

Even though the 2011 Rebel looks much like the 2010, its handling has definitely been improved.... Read More...

PKRA Argentina Final Results

The wind began to howl in the early morning hours here in Bariloche, Argentina.... Read More...

Naish 2010 Momentum Analyze This Board Review

The Momentum gets up on a plane quickly and seems to hold its speed really well through gusts and lulls. The good amount of flex through the board really smooths out the chop.... Read More...

Designer’s Corner: 2010 Genetrix Origin

We wanted to complement the existing Hydra by offering a brand-new design dedicated to wave riding and freestyle. ... Read More...

Freak Winds at PKRA Hua Hin

Today was the first day in Hua Hin with unpredictable winds. PKRA Race director Olaf Van Tol decided to postpone the race and freestyle double elimination competitions today in anticipation that the wind would change in direction and pick up in strength.... Read More...

PKRA: A happy ending for the Asian Qualifier

The PKRA World Cup 2010 has kicked off in Hua Hin, Thailand, the most amazing place if you desire consistent winds averaging 20 knots, beautiful blue sunny skies, and temperatures averaging 34 degrees Celsius.... Read More...

VIDEO: Freestyle Kite Buggy…Umm…Yea

Flysurfer Buggy teamrider Luke Southern is pushing himself to invent and create new Buggy Freestyle tricks, some weeks ago he came up with a new trick variation called: The Fork Spin.... Read More...

Wainman Hawaii 2010 Blunt Analyze This Board Review

First off, the Wainman Hawaii Blunts ship with a board bag and everything you need to set it up without going to your tool box. The 130 Blunt has attention getting graphics, a nice thin profile with soft rails all around the board and some mad concave.... Read More...

Kristin Boese Sets Historic Kiteboarding Record

Kristin Boese has secured her mark in the sport’s history by winning the Guinness World Recordsâ„¢ for the most kite-boarding world championships attained by a woman athlete.... Read More...

Kiteboarding’s Biggest Punk: Ruben Lenten

"Energetic, powerful, and solid." That’s how Ruben Lenten describes his riding style in his own words, and I don’t think anyone could come up with a better description.... Read More...