Quick video of some wave action…some footage from an odd trip before xmas….. thought you might like to enjoy. Video courtesy of Dave Ogle, known in the surf world for his unique, point of view camera angles. To check out more from Dave, see www.oglevision.com. Video is at: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2gxPxp38CfI
Check out this video of Chasta at the Lautaret : 7m snowkite and big big slope flights. Don’t try this at home! Downlownd the video on Perfect Ride !
Karolina is a Polish pro. She is only 16 and is becoming stronger each time. She trained a lot with Gisela Pulido and has a nice video (Brazil in December) on Kiteforum, look here
The SILVERARROW 2 enables you to have fun in marginal winds! Especially in terms of landboarding or snowkiting the SILVERARROW 2 shows its true performance. Thanks to the reduced weight (more than 25%) it won’t fall out of the sky in lulls. Comparable tube kites can weigh up to three times more! FLYSURFER-kites are already […]
Wonderful pictures of what seems to be a terrific destination destination in the Carïbbeans: The US Virgin Island, with Sander Lenten… You’ll find more info on Sander’s website!
January 1-15 – To Cross The Moon Expedition & Tour (Crosby, Williston, Bismarck, & Grand Forks, North Dakota) January 19-21– Snowkite Rally (Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota) Febuary 2-4 – Kitefree (Lake Winnipesaukee, NH) February 16-19 – Snowkite Rodeo – (Georgetown Lake, Montana) February 17-19 – TC Kite Derby – (Traverse City, Michigan) February 24-25 – […]
Check out this snowkite super event in Russia’s Northern Territory! The Imandra Project looks to attract snowkite athletes with all types of competition: hill, freestyle, trek, etc. The event will span 14 days, between April 2nd & 16th. Most progressive is the 100 km supermarathon. Visit imandra.monchegorsk.ru for information
Julie Simsar introduces her new website for 2007, nice and cool with great great pictures and news… sometimes in live from Puerto Rico. To visit Julie’s site, click here!
Michael Giebelhaus, the founder of Kite-Line.Com got into the sport of kiteboarding in 1999 after being introduced to the sport of traction kiting and bugging. His first board was a 2nd hand surfboard that was modified to include straps and his first kite was a Peter Lynn C-quad. The sport was just getting started and […]
Saturday dawned with cloudy skies, scattered showers and light onshore winds not the greatest outlook for the organizers, but the barometer was rising and all the forecasts predicted 20knots+ for mid-afternoon. Registration was completed at 13h00 and about 10 minutes later the wind swung around to South and started picking up. All the big names […]
I am sure you all heard of our snowkite expedition across North Dakota “2XtM”. We’ve been working our tails off and things are starting to fall into place nicely. We have organized concerts, school & community presentations, snowkiting demos and more in all 6 stops along the route. Check out our promotional trailer. Tad has […]
Brad Symington recently started a company called Downwindshuttle.com – the worlds first dedicated downwind shuttle. Situated in Cape Town, South Africa, his business evolves around giving downwind kiteboarders a lift back to their cars for a nominal fee. The amount of kiteboarders who do downwinders have increased tremendously over the last two years. With most […]
Sylenz Films have just released their latest short film which shows why Lewis Wilby is loving the Sabre2. Lewis, just turned 18, is a sponsored Team Flexifoil Rider and is arguably the worlds best kite landboarder and this film really shows why! This filmed was filmed, produced and edited in just a fortnight and really […]
The German champion of the international PKRA, Kristin Boese never stops”¦ She’s jumped from the last step in Brazil, the Cindy Mosey island odyssee, the Hyunday Tour in New Zeeland, the Bestkiteboarding promotion in Australia, and 3 weeks in Mauritius with Christian Black for a picture shooting aimed for a Kitesurfing book. Kristin is also […]
Naish Dutch rider, Kevin Langeree, is in South Africa to train as much as possible.. to beat the PKRA world champion PKRA ! 2007 is going to be spectacular and full of thrill! Read more about Kevin, here!
Many of you know the famous KITEFORUM.COM Messages Game. You have to guess, on which date message 400.000 gets posted! You can see the current number of messages on the Index page www.kiteforum.com almost on the bottom of the page in the “Who is online” section: Our users have posted a total of 3xxxxx articles. […]
Every week we’ll add a high res sequence shot of one of the Best team throwing down some of their favourite tricks. Each week they’ll explain how to perform the trick and give you hints and tips on troubleshooting to make you a better rider, faster. To start off we’ve asked Shannon to take you […]
On the Snow kite Masters’s website you’ll find news and information concerning the weather conditions at the col du Lautaret. The snow is with us for this winter time…. a 20 meter rail has been set up for the competition. And follow the riders on 3D and on reel time SKM 2006 on the move […]
Men 1 Jose LUENGO SPA 3042 QuickSilver, Airush 2 Vincent TIGER FRA 2322 Naish, Rip Curl 3 Tyrone RAWLINS RSA 1922 Slingshot, Fox, Dakine, Reef 4 Carballal SALVADOR SPA 1700 Reef, KC 5 Pierre ROMAIN FRA 1422 North Kites, Surfactory, Cooltracks, Mystic Women 1 Ainhoa GARCIA SPA 2582 Boardrider Company 2 Aurélia HERPIN FRA 2542 […]
The Spanish phenomenon Gigi has been shown her talent once more in a video shot at the KPWT in New Caledonia ! Gisela displays a fan-wise of figures she performs with a disconcerting ease”¦ The video is visible on the Red Bull’s web !
On November 6th 2006, the Swiss kitesurfer Philipp Knecht completed a non-stop downwinder of 300.570 kilometres and thus became the new world record holder in kitesurfing. His journey lasted twelve hours and nine minutes and covered the distance between Cumbuco and Cambocim on the northeast coast of Brazil. The attempt almost failed due to one […]
Working closely with triple PKRA world champion Aaron Hadlow, Flexifoil are proud to release the full product information on the NEW Fusion2. Aaron’s feedback throughout all of this year has helped Flexifoil’s R & D team continue to develop and fine tune the original Fusion kite. The result is a true trick machine, easy to […]
Its getting to be that time of year when you got to look through the photos from the past season to get you through the cold months and on to the next. This year we will add a video and best wipeout / most wacky photo category. So the categories will be: 2006 Best NW […]
The Instinct was a huge success for us and what we feel was a typical Ozone design, being original and something new to the industry at the time we released it in April 06. The feedback we have received has been amazing, everyone loving its stable, forgiving nature with its gust munching ability. There were […]
Watch the Dutch Destroyer kill it in crazy conditions on Kitecinema!
*TRAVEL: Behind the Scenes in Turkey
*GEAR: Pimp Your Ride
*TRAVEL: The Australian Diaries: A Journey to the Edge
New Caledonia is living a full success with the KPWT final : Julie Simsar and Sébastien Garat win the freestyle contest, Jose Luengo and Ainhoa Garcia the wave masters! Look at the podiums of this final with pictures and classifications, here (pdf) !
Corona Europe has changed management team, and events such as the Winter Tour are not in the new company policy. Hence, we learn very late that there won’t be any Winter Tour in 2007. For the past 8 years Semnoz Kite surfing has promoted snowkite under various ways. The Winter Tour was our best promotion […]
Tons of video footage of boating, sailing, kite-boating, kite-boarding, windsurfing, surfing, extreme sailing, and a section for safety-kites for boaters of all types. We will try and bring more interviews of individuals that are making an impact in these areas of interest along with behind the scene looks at what goes into making the sport […]