The Kiteboarder Magazine

Jeff Howard shows TKB some of the kiteboards in the 2012 CrazyFly line.

Dan Schwarz talks about the 2012 twin tip line of kiteboards from North Kiteboarding.

Bruce Johnson talks about the 2012 line of kite surfboards and twin tips from F-One Kiteboarding.

Chris Schey takes us through the Slingshot Kiteboarding 2012 twin tip kiteboard line and the 2012 Comp Stick Control Bar at Surf Expo.

Evan Mavridoglou talks about the 2012 line of twin tip kiteboards from RRD Kiteboarding.

Once up and riding, the F-One Trax is a fast board that feels light and responsive underfoot. As you edge harder, the Trax feels like it locks in and never gave us any signs that the edge was about to slip or chatter.

The first thing our testers noticed was how easily driven the NHP is. It takes little power to get going and shoots upwind almost effortlessly.

The middle of the bottom of the board is actually convex in the middle (like a bubble) and flows into a double concave out the tips.

The Kiteboarder Magazine gets the low down on the 2011 Naish Kiteboarding Board line.

North Kiteboarding's Dan Schwarz takes us through the 2011 North twin tip and race board line.

Dimitri Maramenides begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting from Epic Kites shows off a prototype 2011 Epic twin tip and the 2011 Epic control bar.

The 2011 model has retained the original dog-bone outline, but about everything else is different.

The Twin Tip Tack is a great way to change directions without loosing any ground downwind and is basically a low backroll transition.

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.

For 2010, Balance focused on further refining the construction of their boards to extract the last ounce of possible performance. Designer Carlos Saez is utterly confident that they have the highest parts specification and construction found anywhere in the kitesurf market.