Kategorie-Archive: Allgemein

Das Windfenster im Kitesurfen – Grundlagen für Einsteiger und Fortgeschrittene Kitesurfen ist eine aufregende Sportart, die Elemente aus Wakeboarding, Segeln und Windsurfen kombiniert. Einer der wichtigsten Aspekte beim Erlernen des Kitesurfens ist das Windfenster – ein entscheidendes Konzept, das jede Bewegung des Kites beeinflusst. Wer das Windfenster versteht, kann die Kraft des Windes optimal nutzen […]

[ad_1] An Old Kiteboarding Control Bar VS A New Bar A kiteboarding control bar is often the piece of equipment that is overlooked when purchasing equipment for the first time. The control bar can change the performance of a kite and provides safety to the rider. This post will break down an “old” kiteboarding control […]

[ad_1] Every year, between July and October, a remarkable spectacle occurs as humpback whales embark on one of the animal kingdom’s longest migrations. This means Tonga’s whale season is in full swing, offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to swim alongside these majestic creatures. Picture yourself surrounded by crystal-clear waters as you glide through the warm embrace […]

[ad_1] Prepare in time for colder days with Prolimit’s new winter collection. After the Cape Town adventure with our Prolimit riders we decided to visit our riders who brave the cold every winter. We visited our German freestyle kite rider Ben Beholz at Lake Silvaplana. All our winter wetsuits are made for extreme conditions. The […]

[ad_1] Day 2 at the World Cup Sylt 2023 was an epic day for the freestyle community, all riders and especially Lennart Neubauer, who faced his Starboard teammate and freestyle R&D guru Steve van Broeckhoven in the final. Lennart won the final with a firework of perfect moves. But we saw many more riders performing […]

[ad_1] 19-year-old Lennart Neubauer from Naxos, Greece wins the single elimination in Westerland, Sylt. The Greek, who has his comeback season after a severe knee injury, leads the event defeating the  former Freestyle World Champion and multiple EFPT tour winner Steven van Broeckhoven from Belgium. Watch all the moves from Lennart! German drone pilot Johannes […]

[ad_1] Mattia Pedrani, one of the hardcore freestyle windsurfers creating several insane moves in the past, likes to windsurf in waves nowadays. Here’s some nice footage from Viana do Castelo, Portugal, where he mixed wave windsurfing with proper freestyle in the powerful El Norte wind conditions. Mattia lands perfect Goiters, Takas, Wave fs 360s, Back […]

[ad_1] It’s day 2 in Westerland, Sylt, where the schauinslandreisen Windsurf World Cup Sylt 2023, presented by got2b is on and running. Conditions are on: some wind from southern direction and proper ramps allow the riders to perform their moves quite close to the shore. 26 men riders from 12 different nations are competing for […]

[ad_1] Federico Morisio about his final heat: “Overall it was a long and epic day of riding. We started in quite tricky conditions and the final heat was just epic. The waves were more than mast high and very long. The perfect conditions. I was on my 4.8 and my Starboard Hyper 88L. The board […]

[ad_1] On Monday 4th of September Boards & More announced that Fanatic Windsurfing and Wingfoiling products will now be marketed under the Duotone brand name. From now on Duotone will appear as the overall brand name for Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Wing Foiling and Foiling. Fanatic SUP will reamin. Read an interview with Till Eberle, CEO of […]

[ad_1] Source: Boards & More Boards & More announces that Fanatic products from the Windsurfing and Wing Foil segment will now be marketed under the Duotone brand name. From now on Duotone will appear as the overall brand name for Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Wing Foiling and Foiling.  Since we founded the new Duotone brand for our […]

[ad_1] Full Week of Racing Silvaplana delivered proper conditions throughout the whole week. On the first day, the competitors engaged in a downwind slalom with 4 races for both fleets. The following day the wind took a break and it resulted in a racing-free day. Fully recovered athletes were prepared for a promising Day 4 […]

[ad_1] Swiss waterman Balz Müller again pushed his limits to the max while spending a few weeks in Pozo Izquierdo. He has travelled to the high wind “Mecca” for the first time and felt in love, when testing the 40+ knots conditions with his windsurfing and wing equipment. When the wind was lighter, he showed […]

[ad_1] The Men’s division Luuc Van Opzeeland claimed the World Title in front of our Starboard Team rider Sebastian Koerdel, who finished in 2nd place in the Men’s division. Nicolò Renna from Italy completed the podium in 3rd place. Our Starboard Dream Team rider Sebastian Koerdel managed to navigate through the event with very consistent […]

[ad_1] Josep Pons, who moved from the mediterranean island of Menorca to the Canary island of Gran Canaria, is living the windsurfing dream. He works as professional windsurfing coach, shapes windsurfing boards together with his mentor Carlos Sosa from CS Custom Boards, the former shaper of Björn Dunkerbeck, and competes on the PWA World Tour […]

[ad_1] Victor Fernandez has just finished the edit of his latest video full of windsurfing action from his summer in Gran Canaria. The Spaniard always spends a large part of his summer in the Canary Islands to train and push his limits. This year he was 1,5 months on the Canaries and he scored some […]

[ad_1] Let’s bring back the Super X in windsurfing. If we remember correctly SuperX had its premiere in 2003. 20 years later Liam Dunkerbeck and Marino Gil Gherardi were using the marks from the slalom course in Fuerteventura to speed around the marks on freestyle equipment and execute some moves in between. All comes and […]

[ad_1] Last winter a perfect swell hit the islands of Cape Verde. This swell produced some of the biggest waves in several years and no wonder Thomas Traversa and friends had the perfect timing for the trip.  All the forecasts arrived and we were lucky to be in the right place at the right time […]