Kiteboarding Magazine

This quick and easy step-by-step video from KiteAid gives you the low-down on strut repair.

Check out the latest webisode from Nate Appel's Cineaptic Studios featuring BEST Team Rider Brian Smith (aka BCS) . http://www.bestkiteboarding.com/thelowroad

Watch some truly Burning Hot Lips in Kitefix's yearly product video.

Being a professional kiteboarder has its advantages. Like being invited by the BVI Kitejam to come kite and have fun in the Caribbean. Youri sets sail to Richard Branson's Necker island to let the good times roll...

Youri just won the first two PKRA world cups of the season. Watch how he spent the winter to get in shape for 2011.

Get a first look at some of the best 2011 kiteboarding gear, including brand-new kiteboards, kiteboarding kites, wetsuits and more. Check out kiteboarding gear from Naish, Best, Cabrinha, Liquid Force, Slingshot and many more of your favorite brands...

The World: Kite and Windsurfing Guide ($60; northshoreinc.com) This book is fully illustrated and features more than 1,200 of the world’s sickest kite and windsurfing spots.

MLK 2011 Major League Kiteboarding hoodie Sizes: S-XXL ($50; mlkiteboarding.com) The 2011 Major League Kiteboarding hoodie is all about style, comfort and representing a core grass-roots company that’s passion is to shred and style out riders who spread the love of kiteboarding...

Ronstan 2011 Ronstan Orbit Block Kite Pulley ($19.95; pksdistribution.com) Fine-tune your bridle with the strong, light and safe Ronstan Orbit Block Kite Pulley. The Orbit Block is a ball bearing pulley, which will keep the pulley spinning freely longer than standard plastic wheel and axle pulleys, which jam up easily, causing wear on your bridle...

Hyperflex 2011 Hyperflex AMP-K 5/3 Front Zip wetsuit Sizes: XS-XXXL ($265; hyperflexusa.com) The 2011 Hyperflex AMP-K 5/3 Front Zip wetsuit has an AquaVent Drain System on the lower leg to funnel out water faster, double gator ankle cinches and 100 percent liquid taped exterior seams for added warmth...

Mystic 2011 Mystic Crossfire 5/3 Steamer wetsuit Sizes: XS-XXL, MT-XLT mysticboarding.com The Mystic Crossfire 5/3 Steamer wetsuit has a glide skin collar, a flame skin chest panel, 3D composite kneepads and shin protection, making it the ultimate in comfort...

Zeal Optics 2011 Zeal Optics Transcend GPS goggles ($399-$499; zealoptics.com) Check out these polarized Zeal Optics Transcend GPS goggles, which have Head Mounted Display technology integrated inside the goggle itself...

HitchSafe ($70; hitchsafe.com) Have you ever locked yourself out of your rig? Never again — stash your keys in the HitchSafe. It is inserted into your existing trailer hitch and has a resettable combination lock, so you’ll never forget the number...

Transcend 2011 Transcend Custom Rash Guards Sizes: S-XXL ($49-$69; transcendapparel.com) With Transcend’s custom rash guards, you pick a jersey style and then you can add your name or logo so people on the shore know you are the one killing it on the water...

NPX NPX Serene wetsuit Sizes: 6-14 ($300; npxwetsuits.com) Listen up, ladies! Now there’s a kiteboarding wetsuit meant to fit your curves. The Serene is NPX’s top-end women’s wetsuit with bamboo charcoal lining...