When-May 1-10th 2009
Where-South Padre Island Texas
Why-When they say miles of warm waist deep water, it is no lie. This is were I learned how to kiteboard…since then I have yet to find warmer waters and better wind to kite in. There looks to be some great events and competitions here, also some great clinics for beginners and kite demos. Take a look at there schedule it is pretty amazing.
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A brand new freestyle board is just introduced by RRD made for everyone. The 2009 Placebo. From 39 to 47cm width is slightly longer and built a bit softer than the RRD Poison (the ultimate freestyle board to date).
The Placebo are pure freestyle pleasure. They are immediately comfortable at the first approach. You will feel right at home, doing great upwind, riding chop comfortably and having tons of fun.
The RRD Placebo is the ideal board for all levels including Intermediate or Beginners that are looking for a board for all conditions.
The RRD Placebo comes with the new Screw•IT™! System pads and straps. The most innovative and comfortable pads/straps system to date. No screw driver needed!
The Impact Shield has been probably the most popular impact vest worldwide.
It is very comfortable with shoulder reinforcements, flex panels, and it offer the most rib support than any other impact vest.
The back has reinforced panels for spine protection.
If total protection while maintaining flexibility and ease of movement is what you are after, the Impact Shield is the ultimate product!
Even when there is light wind out you can be training for kiteboarding. So maybe you can’t get out on the water, but you can always be practicing your kite handling skills with a nice trainer kite.
The First Timer’s Package includes a Best Trainer kite, complete with Trainer Bar and Lines (3m includes wrist leash and safety system), along with our Trainer kite DVD. Helping you take it to the next Level!
This is pretty amazing video and lucky he had a camera attached to his kite!
Slick looking Mystic Kiteboarding bag! Looks like a golf bag, but actually for your kites. Perfect for the jet setting kiteboarder, who doesn’t want to get harassed at the airport. Very durable in many test cases. Simple black discreet design.
Specs
Will carry 2 boards up to 155cm
2-3 kites-depending on size
Will keep you below the 50lb airline limitation
Now that winter is moving in, there is only one thing to think about……Florida Keys! Florida can be a frustrating spot to live in the summer time, you will find some of the most windless places in America there. The only time you do get wind, is when a hurricane is rolling in and its not safe to go out. But come December until June You will have many days of wind, sunshine and beatiful water to ride.
Islamorada and Key West are the places to be in the winter time. You will find gorgeous clear, knee deep miles and miles of warm water. One thing to be sure of though, is that you need a boat, or friends with a boat. There really is no public beaches in the keys. So this is the time to make friends with a boat if you haven’t one of your own. You can also hook up with the Kitehouse down In Key West and they will bring you out.
RRD recently released the Passion a delta hybrid kite, designed with lightweight features. These kites are very stable and powerful, super easy relaunch. Getting good marks for free riding, easy upwind capability.
Features:
Stability
Great Power
Easy progressive de-power
Medium/light Bar pressure
INSTANT Re-launch
Technology of construction:
- New SPS system with a new designed inflating valve
- LE Parallel seams for maximum strength and lower stretching
- Insignia double tape leech
- PVC round label strut end protectors
- Metallic PU strut end reinforcements
- DP 175 LL Dacron
- Tejin T9600 Canopy
- New moulded struts protectors
- New PVC Inflating valves protectors
Price-$602.00-1178.00
The Takoon Nova 3 was released earlier this year and we’ve been hearing some great things about it. It has excellent performance in Freeride, Freestyle, Hang time, Wave riding and unhooked.
Features:
-Bar pressure gives accurate control
-Efficient Depower
-Kite turns with ease
-Unhooked-Kite stays in sky
-Rigid kite; doesn’t loose shape when turning-makes going upwind easier
Pro-Limits Pure Girl Waist Harness; developed for women offering mobility and support. With this design no more having to worry about the spreader from riding up.
Specs:
-Hold down system
-Contour fit seam Shaping
-3D Molded Pillow
-neoprene waist belt
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Here is a little sneak preview of the griffen kites coming out sept. 2009! Griffens are great preforming affordable kites on the market right now.
some of the new kite features:
-20m + 5m line setupbalance bar feel
-Easy ‘punch ou stopper ball’
-Hybrid style kite
-Single point inflation (optional)
-Turnable power settings for wake or wave style riding
-Turnable turning speed
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This years surf expo with be hosted in Orlando and will take place on Sept 12-14th. There will be all kinds of kite reps there showing off and selling gear.
Check out this years line up for kiteboarders:
Airush Kiteboarding
Cabrinha Kitesurfing
DaKine
Earthpack
Epic Gear
Epoxy Dingall
Go Pro camera
Ho sports/ Hyperlite
Hyperflex Wetsuits
Indo Board
Inland Surfer
Kite Ground Boards
Liquid Force
Maelstrom-KItesurf Protection Equipment
Monkey Kite
Nobile Kiteboards
Ocean Rodeo
Ocean tec USA
Not to mention many other water sports and surf vendors!
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Anticipated Movie The Kite Lines is now for sale!
Husband and Wife team John and Alexis Circled the globe for a full yar traveling with the world’s top kiteboarders to sweet kite locations in search of epic wind and wave conditions.
Best part 100% Shot in HD!
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Pro-limits Multi sport Impact Vest.
Specs
Extra padding with added buoyancy.
High memory closed cell foam mold to your body.
Great for kiting and wake boarding!
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Hood River will again be hosting the largest windsport fundraiser Kiteboard 4 Cancer on Aug. 8th-10th. Kiter will race in 6-hour Kite Derby Endurance race, making money for for cancer organizations. The word this year is it will be more then just the gear you carry, you will need some kite strategy as well.There will be a 3-mile course with a huge jumping section right in front of the crowd. Primary sponsor is the John Wayne Cancer Foundation. First year 65,000 was raised, lets see if we can beat that this year.
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This is Aaron Hadlow golden harness signature model.
Specs
3D Shaped load distribution plates
3D moulded floating pillow
neoprene soft edges
Dual Foam System
Stump nose spreader bar
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Loving the original graphics put out on some of the Skywalker boards Check it!
