Kiteboarding Magazine

Troy Henkels and Geza Scholtz are preparing to attempt to kitesurf across the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia. Excitement is building in Alaska as the Bering Strait team makes their way north after a week spent in Anchorage working out final logistics and gear modifications...

The year is officially halfway over. We decided the best way to get stoked for the second half of 2010 was to look back at kiteboardingmag.com’s top 10 posts from the first half of the year...

Today’s high-performance freestyle kiteboarding equipment combines maximum fun with maximum safety to provide the ultimate free-ride experience. The following kiteboarding gear, including kiteboards, kiteboarding kites, outerwear and more will have you riding in style in no time at all...

Best Kiteboarding is seeking the coolest girls in the world to be featured in the 2011 Best Girls Calendar. Obviously, to be cool, the girls have to kiteboard or want to learn. Three winners will be chosen to participate in a professional photo shoot by renowned fashion photographer Michael Williams...

Davey Blair, Jason Slezak, Brandon Scheid, Susi Mai and Aaron Hadlow weigh in on the benefits and disadvantages of kiteboarding with boots and straps. Pro Boots “Boots are legit, and straps are whack...

You’ve probably been to the beach and seen people put sand on both wingtips to keep the kite facing up to create shade. Well, this works for zero-wind days, but what if the wind is cranking? In this kiteboarding how to, find out a method to create shade with your kiteboarding kite that works great in up to 20 knots...

The Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada, boasts three prime kiteboarding spots, all located within a few minutes of one another along the pristine blue waters of Lake Huron. The first, Sauble Beach, is the windiest place in Ontario from May to October, making it a true kiteboarding mecca...

We’ve all dreamed of the perfect kiteboarding beach: a place with consistent wind, year-round warm water and heaps of other kite-friendly amenities. The problem is, paradise looks different for different people...

Bored during last year’s particularly flat summer, Maui-based strapless rider Juan Ricci decided to do a little fishing. But he wasn’t content to hit the usual fishing holes. Instead, he tied a hand line to his kiteboard and headed out to sea...

Now you can experience Kiteboarding like never before on Apple's iPad thanks to Zinio's new Magazine Newsstand & Reader app. The full-color mobile reading application works with the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, so you can enjoy Kiteboarding anywhere, anytime...

Waves add a whole new exhilarating dimension to kiteboarding. Here are our top picks for kiteboarding gear — kites, kiteboards and miscellaneous equipment — to get you out shredding the surf all year long...

Kiteboarding's first-ever Fantasy Camp was designed to help kiters like you progress to the next level, so you can be sure that some quality kiteboarding instruction went down during our week in the Florida Keys...

What's better a waist or a seat harness? Pro riders Susi Mai, Shawn Richman and Ben Wilson as well as pro kiteboarding instructors and even a physical therapist weigh in. Pro Seat Harness “The seat harness makes me feel like I have a G-string on and locks my hips in line with the bar...

After repairing thousands of kiteboarding kites over the years, I’ve found that one of the most overlooked — yet extremely important — parts of a kite is the bridle system. The bridle is composed of the lines supporting the kite’s shape as well as the pulleys that slide along these lines to change the angle of attack...

Few kiteboarding destinations in the world compare to the British Virgin Islands. The beaches are empty, the warm sapphire water is inviting and the wind and waves are what dreams are made of. While attending the BVI Kite Jam, we lived aboard a 38-foot catamaran and toured the islands with 12 other BVI Kite Jam boats...