And the Winner is…

Kari Schibevaag - Kiteboarding

The voting lines are officially closed and we can finally reveal the winner of the 2011 "Most Influential Girl Kitesurfer" competition.Congratulations to Kari Schibevaag from Stavanger, Norway!It has been a very exciting competition, with the leader-board changing a number of times as the vote’s poured in.While … [Read more...]

Kite Spot Guide: Rodrigues Island

Kitesurfing - Rodrigues Island

Perfect winds, blistering swells and some of the best open face wave riding and flat water conditions you can imagine...Kite spot review site, Kitespotters recently explored the kitesurfing at Rodrigues Island, a beautiful island paradise in the middle of the Indian Ocean that will simply take your breath … [Read more...]

Kitesurfing Progression: Board Grab

Board Grab - Tail Grab - Kitesurfing

Picking up where we left off in our series of progression tutorials, you will now learn how to do a board grab.This tutorial continues from the first and second in our series of kitesurfing tutorials, Riding Upwind and learning How to Jump. If you missed these lessons, and you are learning to kitesurf, you might want to read … [Read more...]

The Toxicity of Surfing Infographic By Envirosurfer

The Toxicity Of Surfing Infographic By Envirosurfer

Eco-friendly surf shop, Envirosurfer put this great infographic together illustrating a number of ways we may be harming our environment as water sport enthusiasts.While the Envirosurfer infographic targets the surf industry specifically, many of these effects and dangers are directly applicable to the kitesurfing industry … [Read more...]

Mutiny F-Series 2012 Review

Mutiny F-Series Kite

I’ve flown the 2011/2012 Mutiny F-Series kite a number of times now and also listened to feedback from a number of others who either own one or have tried out the kite.So here’s my take on the Mutiny F-Series. Test Conditions Variety of conditions encountered - from flat-water to monster waves and swell. Wind from 15 - … [Read more...]

MIGK11 Voting Update

Clementine Bonzom - Kitesurfing

If you haven’t been following the action around the voting for the 2011 “Most Influential Girl Kitesurfer”, then you need to know that things have been going crazy here ever since we opened the voting a week and a half ago!Over 2 500  people have voted already and things are really heating up with the leaderboard … [Read more...]