I have watched a person get launched and knocked unconscious with unknown consequences (they were taken off to hospital) trying to fly a kite like that on land in such conditions. You are not being careful as you don't know yet all the things that can go wrong with a 14m kite in 20mph gusts. At a mi...

Lake Carlyle in southern Illinois has been open to all activities throughout, so we have had three sessions down there over the past few weeks (which of course defies our stay-at-home and no-unnecessary-travel orders). Our local Clinton Lake in Central Illinois opened for boating, with the restricti...

That's really cool. Nick is one of the friendliest pros on the beach, even to old farts like me who want to say Hi and wish him good luck in the KOTA. I love his mischievous spirit and off-the-wall adventures. His crane climb and jump will always be the craziest kite stunt. A few years ago I noticed...

$2,500 is a premium of at least $1000, solely due to a new canopy material??? I think I'll wait and see how it holds up!

New video of Paul Larsen's Vestas 2 record run in 2012 shows a kiteboarder several times. I wonder who it was, were they involved, or just a bystander who happened to be in the right place at the right time?

Sounds like North is finally catching up with Naish Pivot, six years late! All the same, I'd love to try one, but Toronto is a little far away unless you want to offer a North demo session on Lake Huron this summer, virus permitting.

Might be interesting to see which quick releases already qualify for this new standard. I'm in the market for a new bar.

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Generally agree with comments above, except I decided I wanted the Converter board to go with my original SS Hoverglide and am happy with it for both foiling and surfing. BUT, I am not an expert foiler, having only recently made my first flying transitions, and unable to ride my friends' carbon foil...

I have both 2015/2016 and 2018 Pivots in sizes from 7-11m and far prefer the 2018 kites for the quadtex. It not only makes the kite respond better, it protects it from damage. I've torn several of my 2015/2016 Pivots in half when caught in big waves, but my 2018 versions have all survived similar ac...

Have to agree with the Captain. Naish Pivot introduced 2015, that's just six years ago, was a revolution for me and many others, and the quadtex canopy material from 2017 onwards was another significant step forward. My newest Pivot is only 2018, so I cannot comment on the 2019 and 2020 changes, but...