I'd love to see some brands open source old kite designs and allow other companies to use the plans for their own kites. Like Linux - you could have local kite maker makes the "Open Source - North Orbit 2020 model" ..... I know it'll never happen. But just imagine! Like all the old North Rebel 5 li...

(...) I was referring to brand new 2024 retail prices. I just remember buying a 2004 fuel 11 m with a bar and pump and bag brand new for five or 600 bucks. (...) The cumulative effects of inflation over twenty years would account for a fair bit of price increase. So you can't really compare it like...

All the waterproof phones I've had have died or malfunctioned after water exposure... One had the charging port damaged by corrosion. Sea water is worse than fresh water... One couldn't be used when needed, the headphone jack was constantly triggered on/off, and as such, impossible to make a call. H...

This stats says it all: below 10m is not needed, it’s a niche! Arguably those few sessions are the most epic ones, the ones you'd remember over the many light wind sessions. Those sizes are very much needed indeed. I don't care missing out on sub 10kts days if I don't have the gear for it, but on t...

It's quite typical for wave kites to have a bit of feedback for positional awareness. I don't know where you put your threshold when defining what is too much bar pressure, but I believe aiming for minimal bar pressure goes a bit against the design of wave kites. In saying that, I think the ozone Re...

this is a great example of trick that benefits enormously from practicing on a skateboard. Demystifying how to pass the leash beforehand is a big time saver.

also, swapping boards is much quicker than swapping kites. Assuming your spot isn't full of thugs who'd nick your other board on the shore, it's a good option to bring two boards on the beach to adapt to the variance of the conditions.

Yes, any foil can work, -once you can do them-. But while learning, you notice clear improvements whenever you reduce the drag. More glide and less drag will give you some more time to cover the sloppiness of your technique. The more speed you can carry through the transition, the better the outcome...

Flagship of the next gen Italia!

A. Principi in the semi doing a rodeo and mega dangling, then doing this massive claim, thanking the heavens, and being so super stoked about pulling the ugliest move in history???
Yeah nah...