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For this review, we selected seven average kiteboarders to join us in beautiful and windy La Ventana along with a huge pile of brand new 2012 kiteboarding gear.
We trucked 25 different kite models and 28 boards one thousand miles south of the border and spent a week putting it all through its paces. The information here comes straight from our testers’ review forms along with some input from members of the TKB staff.
After struggling for years on the subject of how to come up with a fair and balanced way to review kiteboarding gear, we think we’ve hit upon the most balanced way possible.
This test was opened up to all kiteboarding brands, regardless of their status as an advertiser with The Kiteboarder Magazine and there are no kite or board advertisements from manufacturers in this review guide. Each kite review in the guide includes a link to a review video.
The 2012 Freeride Gear Review features reviews on:
2012 KITES:
- AIRUSH LITHIUM
- BEST KAHOONA PLUS V4
- BEST TS
- BLADE TRIGGER
- CABRINHA VECTOR
- CRAZYFLY SCULP
- EPIC SCREAMER
- F-ONE BANDIT 5
- FLEXIFOIL HADLOW ID
- GENETRIX ORIGIN V2
- HQ MATRIXX
- LIQUID FORCE ENVY
- LIQUID FORCE NRG
- NORTH EVO
- NORTH FUSE
- NORTH REBEL
- OCEAN RODEO CYPHER
- OZONE CATALYST
- OZONE EDGE
- RRD OBSESSION
- RRD VISION
- SLINGSHOT RALLY
- SLINGSHOT Z
- STAR TAINA
- WAINMAN HAWAII RABBIT GANG 2.0
2012 BOARDS
- BEST ARMADA V3
- BEST SPARK V3
- CRAZYFLY ALLROUND
- CRAZYFLY GIRLS
- CRAZYFLY GIRLS PRO
- CRAZYFLY RAPTOR LTD
- CRAZYFLY RAPTOR PRO
- CRAZYFLY SHOX CUSTOM
- F-ONE SK8
- F-ONE TRAX
- F-ONE TX5
- JIMMY LEWIS MODEL 3
- LIQUID FORCE BLISS
- LIQUID FORCE INFLUENCE
- NAISH MOMENTUM
- NOBILE NHP
- NORTH JAIME
- NORTH X-RIDE
- RRD BLISS
- RRD JOYSTICK
- SHINN SUPERSHINN
- SLINGSHOT DARKO
- SLINGSHOT MAYHEM
- UNDERGROUND FLX
- UNDERGROUND STYX
- UNDERGROUND TAHEE
- WAINMAN HAWAII BLUNT II
- XENON LALUZ