Kiteboarding Magazine

Avid kiteboarder and fearless entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is taking on the challenge of kiting across the English Channel to celebrate his recent birthday with longtime friends and family in tow, including BVI Kite Jam co-founder Charlie Smith...

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...

Check out our second installment of photos from the inaugural BVI Kite Jam. Championed by the British Virgin Islands and billionaire kiteboarder Sir Richard Branson, the 2010 BVI Kite Jam attracted 12 pro and 32 amateur kiteboarders for a week of everything from epic kiteboarding and world-class-surfing to nightly parties on Branson’s private Necker and Mosquito islands...

Check out the first of three photo galleries that look back at all the action from the inaugural BVI Kite Jam. Championed by the British Virgin Islands and billionaire kiteboarder Sir Richard Branson, the 2010 BVI Kite Jam attracted 12 pro and 32 amateur kiteboarders for a week of everything from epic kiteboarding and world-class-surfing to nightly parties on Branson's private Necker and Mosquito islands...

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...

Day four of the inaugural BVI Kite Jam is coming to an end, with one more day left. So far it’s been an amazing time, where we’ve had everything from the world’s most scenic four-mile downwinder, sailboat racing and wakeboarding, to world-class surfing, loads of great parties, and hanging out on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island and Mosquito Island...

The BVI Kite Jam, which runs from Feb. 27 to March 5, starts with a VIP Party with Sir Richard Branson and a fashion show sponsored by Billabong at the Fat Virgin Cafe on Branson's Necker Island. Top kiteboarding athletes are coming from around the world to participate in the week-long kiteboard event, which will feature amazing wind, surf and parties...

In November, Kiteboarding managing editor Brian Wheeler and photographer Erin Calmes traveled to the British Virgin Islands to experience Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island and a host of other world-class kiteboarding spots in the lead up to the inaugural BVI Kite Jam...

If you had enough money to kiteboard anywhere in the world — or in space — chances are your stomping grounds would be pretty epic. Billionaire kiteboarder Sir Richard Branson owns a private island (Necker Island) in the British Virgin Islands, so you know the kiteboarding there has to be pretty insane...

An astonishing 7,300 photos were submitted for Kiteboarding magazine's November 2009 issue. Some photos fall into the usual categories of amazing waves or incredible freestyle shots, and others are, well, let’s just say way out there...