Podcast #145: Peter Trow’s life has always evolved around water. A Bay Area boy who moved to Santa Barbara for college and is now residing in San Luis Obispo County (home of the Pismo Beach KiteXpo), Peter is a long time surfer and windsurfer who started out kiting in 1997 while on a trip to [...]
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Alexandre Caizergues (FRA, F-One) and Melissa Gil (USA, Cabrinha) are the Kitespeed World Champions 2009. After two races on the first day of the competition, the wind did not return to the event side based at Plage Napoleon, France. Although the race committee tried to go for an early start at 8:00 hours at the [...]
The MarchApril09 issue of The Kiteboarder Magazine is now available for download at http://www.theringmedia.com/thekiteboarder/archive.php To get the most use of our interactive PDF with active hyperlinks to product info, videos, consumer reviews, audio clips and more, follow these simple steps: Be patient when downloading PDF Save PDF to your desktop and open from desktop. Update [...]
After opening the Kitty Hawk Kites Kiteboarding Resort in Waves, NC last fall, Kitty Hawk Kites is planning to host the inaugural kiteboarding race, beginning April 25 and continuing through May 2. Kitty Hawk Kites and KiteUS are co-sponsoring this week long event and are expecting a large number of participants. Kiteboarders from across the [...]
After a tremendous and successful week, the Mondial Du Vent 2009 – the first tour stop of the Official PKRA World Tour 2009 is on its last day. What started as a rain-soaked competition turned out to be a stunning show of action-packed kiteboarding event which saw many of the best and world-class kiteboarders performing [...]
If you couldn’t make it, see what you missed at the Pismo Beach KiteXpo and SUP demo event in March, sponsored by The Kiteboarder Magazine and xtremebigair.com. If you came, thanks for making this year’s event successful and fun — see ya next year and ENJOY! Click here for the video or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WBpiOvKF6E
Podcast #144: Shaping boards for watermen and women for over 30 years, Jimmy Lewis started out as one of the big wave surf shapers in the 1970’s. In the 80’s Jimmy created record breaking windsurf boards and was famous for his high speed designs. In the past 10 years, Jimmy met Lou Wainman and developed [...]
Sean Reyngoudt Wakeboarding and Kiteboarding from updown productions on Vimeo Sean Reyngoudt is a below the knee amputee from the Florida Keys. After losing his leg in a accident at work Sean surprised everyone by getting back into wakeboarding. Soon after that he picked up kiteboarding and has proved that missing a limb doesn’t have [...]
The kick off event for the Official 2009 PKRA World Tour is in the beautiful city of Leucate, situated at the southwestern coast of France. The weather started out cold and wet with the temperature dropping as the day wore on. The wind, however, was a no-show for the day showing little promise of improvement [...]
Bram Bast at Bonaire 2009 from Bjorn Passchier on Vimeo.
Cabrinha KiteBoarding is pleased to announce season FOUR of the prestigious Cabrinha Race Series. They make this announcement along with it’s proud partners and sponsors, Ozone Travel, Adventure Sports Miami, and the St. Francis Yacht Club. Four years ago, John Gomes, local SF Bay kiter pitched the idea of kite racing to the St. Francis [...]
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*INTERVIEW: The Man Behind the Scenes at Naish
*SPECIAL: Hi-Tech Materials Used in Kiteboarding
*INSTRUCTIONAL: Kiting in the Surf
