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- Photos by Bryan Elkus/bryanelkus.com When you see somebody like Brandon Scheid boot off the kicker with a moby dick— 25 feet off the water and the kite out to the side, not above him—you’re like, ‘Okay, it’s time to step up,’” says Billy Parker...
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- These dozen pictures may not be enough to show you everything you'll get out of Cabrinha's Kite Camp with Susi Mai, but they're a good start. Check out what you're in store for July 25-30, and then click here to learn more about this six-day, six-night kiteboarding paradise in Cabarete, Dominican Republic...
- The first-ever Sunset Swim charity runway event went off with great success on June 9th, raising more than $5,000 under the umbrella of the REAL athletes participating in Athletes 4 Cancer in Hood River, OR in July...
- With responsive turning and unmatched lift performance, the all-new Matrixx is the newest closed-cell foil addition to the HQ kite lineup. With the ability to launch on the water like the Hydra and the Neo, as well as the high-aspect freestyle performance of the Montana, the Matrixx features a more efficient profile for low wind riding, extra thin bridle lines for reduced drag and more power per square meter of sail...
- During the first annual Best Fest, three bikini-clad finalists joined Best Kiteboarding's nine-time world champ Kristin Boese in Brazil to shoot the 2011 Best Girls calendar. See our exclusive Facebook-only gallery of the Best Girls...
- words: Aaron Sales // photos: Richard Hallman When I heard the Tahoe area in California was breaking 45 year annual snowfall records, I knew it was time to head south to take advantage of record snowpack high in the Sierras...
- by Aaron Sales Finding a new place to snowkite in the pacific northwest has proven to be much harder than I ever have would have imagined. Here in Washington and Oregon, we don’t have many wide open areas that are covered by snow and in most cases, where there is snow, there are tightly woven trees which can be a recipe for disaster or makes things impossible when snowkiting...
- words: Aaron Sales // photos: Richard Hallman When the snow is good and the wind is blowing, its tough to find a snowkite location as good as the Camas Prairie in Southern Idaho. February 25th-27th marked the 5th annual Kite Soldiers event and the Championship stop on the North American Snowkite Tour...
- by Nicole O'Neill and Dave Grossman The North American Snowkite Tour (NAST) had its second stop under the blue skies and snow-capped mountains of Lake Dillon in Summit County Colorado. The Dillon Snowkite Open (DSO) is the evolution of the longest running snowkite event in the US, and out of its long history have sprung some great competitions...
- What more could you ask for than five straight days of wind, professional instruction and the royal treatment at the Coconut Bay Resort in St Lucia. This place was off the hook and we will be returning next year with more instruction from the pros and 2 Elements kitesurf center...
- By Aaron Sales When it comes to snowkiting, rarely does Montana disappoint those willing to make the voyage to the cold distant land. And for riders who attended the first stop on the North American Snowkite tour at Georgetown lake, Montana, they all left with their fair share of wind and sessions...
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