Kiteboarding Magazine

Most kitemares occur while launching and landing. In this kiteboarding how to, we give you a comprehensive safety checklist to prevent kitemares for yourself and others. 1. Preflight Check A suitable launch location is critical to getting on the water safely...

Here are Kiteboarding magazine's top 20 wave-riding tips after four days of sage-like guidance from wave master Ben Wilson. 1. If you are rolled by a wave, let the bar out; don’t steer the kite while disoriented...

New trick for an old dog: Emerald Coast Kiteboarding owner Mark Rush learns a hand drag-backroll-kiteloop transition from Nick O’Bea of the Kitehouse in Key West. 1. Get your lead hand off the bar and go into this transition with some speed...

Shot on location in Traverse City, Michigan at the Broneah Lesson Center. First thing, make sure you have your S-Bends dialed in. Remember, the S-Bend to Blind is really just an over-rotated S-Bend...

Progressing as a kiter is not always easy. Thanks to our material-enriched society, however, there are a number of fast-acting tools to turn to. When it comes to learning wake-style tricks (grabs, spins, rolls, flips, handle passes, etc...

TRAINER KITE Trainer kites are generally between 2 and 3 square meters and come with a two-line bar and lines. The trainer kite could very well be the best training tool you have since it will teach the basics of steering left and right, flying figure-eight patterns and launching and landing before moving to the much larger kites used to pull you across the water...

Rinse, Rinse and Rinse Some More Salt and sand can be the most abrasive substances on earth. Over time, they can destroy anything, including your kite, lines, bar, board, harness, etc. Pre-session: Before launching, remove all the sand on your bar and lines, which may have accumulated during rigging...

In the past few years, kiteboard boots have made their way into almost every kiteboarding scene around the globe. If you’re getting into kiteboard boots for the first time, there are a few things that can help maximize your experience and get you stomping new tricks in no time at all...

Becoming a kiter is simple: Take lessons, get gear and practice. 1. INSTRUCTION
Even if you are amazing at other sports, you need to take kiteboarding lessons. Simply combine modern equipment with qualified instruction and kiteboarding becomes a very safe and easy sport...

Imagine you are learning how to snowboard and for your first run you are dropped off at the peak of the largest mountain in Alaska with no guide and no instruction. As you can imagine, it would be the ride of a lifetime – or possibly the first and last ride you ever take...

Step 1: Place lead hand in center of bar, release edge and unhook. Step 2: Release your upwind edge. Step 3: Load your progressive edge, lean back and pop. Step 4: Throw feet behind your head, keep pull on lead hand...

The advantage of wave riding with a kite is using the kite's power to get you in and out of situations before something can go wrong. Timing is essential. As you approach a wave that is going to break soon, you can do one of three things: 1) carve a turn on the face of the wave and begin to ride it back in
2) turn around immediately before getting hammered
3) jump the entire wave Obviously, riding the wave is your goal, but until your timing is right, use the power of your kite to give you options...

Even though weather reports give you predictions and current wind conditions, observing the conditions firsthand is tremendously useful. In this article you'll learn a few things that will help you forecast and read the weather, wherever you may be...

One of the most important topics covered when learning to kiteboard is kiter safety and responsibility. Regardless of what tricks you can pull or how radical you think you are, what matters is coming back to the beach in one piece while not offending or injuring others in the process...

The key to riding in the snow is dressing properly. Be sure to dress plenty warmly for the conditions, and wear protective gear. Key clothing to have is a pair of bibs, thin yet warm gloves, a helmet, elbow pads and kneepads, and goggles...