An epic kite adventure to South Padre Island, March 2010

Words: Weston Thayer
Video: Thomas Leeman
So I finally got myself out of the mountains and down to the warm & windy state of Florida for a week of college spring break mistakes . Me and a few friends poked around the east coast and found places to sleep for 5 nights.
The wind started […]

Words: Vali Puscasu
Lens: Baran Kilical
After a few days of snowkiting on my old Burton Seven I decided that I want a new board for snowkiting. I felt that the board was too soft for snowkiting also the tail on turns was all over.
So I ordered an 157 board for me.

The board out of the box […]

Words: Vali Puscasu
Lens: Akay Miller
I had a chance to ride a 10 m for 2 days in Islamorada.
And here is my feedback:
Out of the bag the kite looks great, high quality work on the product and cool graphics.
I didn’t play with any settings on the bar. Just inflate (one pump works great), connect the bar […]

Words: David Kramer
Lens: Vali Puscasu. David Kramer
Session Report: 2.11.10. The Washington Monument
With: Pimp and (The) Kramar
As I awaken from my slumber at 9:00am this morning I hear my iPhone going nuts with an e-mail from Christian to go kite Bloomberg and gChats from Vali asking me where in the hell I am because the awesome […]

Words and photos: Weston Thayer

I got to fly this kite decently in Puerto Rico. I flew it in a variety of conditions (super-light & raining, super-gusty & raining, 18 knots and sunny), including flat water & waves.
The Package

It comes in a tough red and white bag made out of thick nylon. The bag is expandable […]

Words: David Kramer
Lens: Brett “Gibby” Gibson
Required items essential to success:
- A forecast of 22 + knot NE wind
- Clear skies over Hatteras; at least no rain
- 2 tanks of premium gas 2.99 a gallon
- 5 Sugar Free Red Bulls – 2 in the morning 3 on the way home – especially after the 12:00 am mark (save 2 for […]

Randy Herman just published a review of the F-One Bandit Tres on his site.

First of all I want to start with the fact that I am an International team rider for F-one. If you want to know my experience about the new Bandit III, then keep on reading and if you have any questions, don’t […]

Words: Matt “Phatty” Meyer
Photos: Keith “Tracstar”, Vali Puscasu
As I sit down to reflect and pen a few thoughts on the 1 year anniversary of my first kiteboarding lessons, I feel pretty damn thankful for this awesome community of kiteboarders I’ve become acquainted with. You’ve all provided me with a ton of help and advice as […]

You’re one of the DC area first kiteboarders, aren’t you?
Dave Loop is the father of Mid-Atlantic kiting. But I may have been the next guy in DC to own a kiteboard. I remember buying one of Dave’s used boards at the spring East of Maui swap meet in Annapolis 2000 and everyone that saw me […]