Here is a really nice video with the North Kiteboarding Team. Fuerteventura is a beautiful island with perfect conditions for kiteboarding, just look at these awesome spots where
Mario Rodwald, Cesar Portas, Tom Court and Reno Romeu are kicking ass!
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North Team in Fuerteventura
On June - 30 - 2012
Kai Lenny Episode 7
On June - 28 - 2012
Here is a nice video with Kai Lenny and his fellow Naish riders Sam Light, Rick Jensen, and Jesse Richman. These guys pull of crazy tricks totally effortless, while another friend of Kai Lenny, Kainoa McGee, is struggling to get up on the board for the first time in his life, a situation we´ve all been in once in our life =)
Mario Rodwald – PKRA 2012
On June - 27 - 2012
This video features Mario Rodwald during the PKRA 2012 competition in Adicora, Venezuela. Mario has been kiting for 11 years, he started when he was 10 years old! So, this 21 year old boy is pretty good by now, perhaps a new Youri Zoon… Mario took the 2:nd place in the PKRA in Venezuela, beating Alex Pastor!
Aaron Hadlow, Ruben Lenten and Susi Mai on the Loose!
On June - 27 - 2012
Aaron Hadlow, Ruben Lenten and Susi Mai is currently travelling around the world, pushing their limits to create a sick kiteboarding video called “On the Loose”. Here is a little teaser of what´s coming!
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Christian Winkenjohann Kiteboarding in Greece
On June - 25 - 2012
Christian is another example that shows that it´s fully possible to start kiteboarding again after an injury. Christian broke his hand back in April, but he is now back in action again! Watch him in this video doing kiteloops, darkslides with his Flexifoil Hadlow ID.
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Reno Romeu in Rio de Janeiro
On June - 21 - 2012
Reno Romeu kiteboarding at his home spot Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro.
The video is not bad, but the shoter Andre Magarao obviously has a pretty bad taste when it comes to music. I think the natural choice of song to this video of course should have been Solid Sessions – Janeiro!
Hannah Whiteley in Venezuela
On June - 20 - 2012
the bst video I could find today is this video featuring Hannah Whiteley. Here kitesurfing at Coche Island in Venezuela, enjoy!
Youri Zoon in boots!
On June - 18 - 2012
For a long time Youri Zoon refused to ride with boots, but apperantly he has finally realized that he is forced to ride with boots if he wants to beat Alex Pastor. His obvious sponsor is of course Brunotti, but it looks like they forgot a small detail when they were mounting the boots on the board… =)
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What is Airstyle?
On June - 16 - 2012
Toby Braeuer is probably the one man in this world that best can describe what Airstyle really is. Airstyle, also known as old school, is a kiteboarding style that has been overlooked behind freestyle and wakestyle. It seems like the forgotten airstyle is about to become popular again, which I think many of us old tarts will appreciate =)
This video btw is pretty awesome! The tricks that Toby pulls of are just insane!
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Ruben Lenten in Australia
On June - 15 - 2012
Havn’t seen anything worth posting here on Kite 2012 in the last couple of days, but I just came across this clip with Ruben Lenten which I find pretty enjoyable.
It´s a great interview with Ruben, the most insane man in the kitesurfing world. The interview is from 2008/2009 when he visited Australia.
Let´s go try the kiteloop handlepass, biatch!
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Brunotti Video
On June - 12 - 2012
Brunotti sure knows how to produce a marketing video… The whole video is filled with the Brunotti logo, but still I kind of like this video. The video is from an event in Holland this year. Brunotti gathered their team including Youri Zoon and they apperantly decided to trash the party, but in a good way! Note how Brunotti makes fun of Naish and Cabrinha by trashing some poor old kites from the stone age :)
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Best Kiteboarding – big boosts and boobs
On June - 11 - 2012
I have always liked Best Kiteboarding even though I never tried any of their kites. It´s not that I find their kites particularly well designed or that Best has the best team riders. Best has captured my interest in another way… I´m of course thinking of the super hot girls that always are posing in tight tops whenever Best is having some kind of event! However, that´s not all. Over the years, Best has had some really awesome team riders, I´m thinking of Andy Hurdman and Shannon! This post is dedicated to the old good days when Big Air was spectacular and when the girls were… girls! :)
- This video is from 2003, so the quality is not the best, but still a good video!
- Shannon Best jumping sky high in Hood River
- Andy Hurdman
- And what we all associate with Best Kiteboarding, super hot girls in wet T-shirts :P
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Sam Light Kiteboarding in Turkey
On June - 10 - 2012
Shit coffee, shit tea, really good kitesurfing and amazing wake boarding. The people are nice and friendly, yet they have a different culture. A place that is worth a visit!
That´s the information we get from Sam Light in this video, a pretty cool video, hopefully you´ll like it better than all the other crap on vimeo and youtube that have been posted recently :)
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Nicky Rudd – a pro kitesurfing chick
On June - 8 - 2012
Nicky Rudd is a name that may not sound as familiar as Susa Mai or Hannah Whitley. However after watching this video, I´m pretty sure that Nicky Rudd is a name that most likely will be heard more often onwards. Here is the video with Nicky, filmed at Coche in Venezuela.
So, who is this girl?
Well, Nicky Rudd is a 27 year old girl from Exmouth, Devon in the UK. She started kiteboarding in 2007. Prior to that she did a lot off off shore sailing which, as Nicky states it, was pretty hardcore and she was apperantly a keen windsurfer back in the days. During the less windy days she could watch kiters jumping over her head and she simply thought that “I need to do that!” Nicky took a kiteboarding lesson and has never looked back since.
As Nicky says – kitesurfing is a sport that has so much to offer; there is a great deal of freedom involved, physically and mentally. Kitesurfing allows you to explore beautiful places and share great experiences.
Nicky Rudd’s home spot is located in Exmouth, Devon. A pretty unique spot in that you can kite both in the river or on the seafront; making it kite-able in almost any wind direction. It´s such a beautiful location where the kiters are spoiled with butter flat water at low tide and waves over the sand bar when there is swell. There is also a great local kiting community which has been built around Edge Watersports.
Besides travelling around the world kitesurfing and competing, Nicky is also working as a kitesurfer instructor for Bracklesham Board Riders on the south coast in West Sussex.
At the local beaches where Nicky lives there are a group of girls that pull the more technical tricks and Nicky loves the look on the ‘guys’ faces when she lands trick that they can’t do. Some will often start riding more aggressively, trying to do even bigger airs, something that always put a smile on Nicky’s face. Nicky says that there is something really satisfying about being better at a sport than most of the guys!
Conclusion; think twice before you pack your kite to visit Nicky’s local home spot. Trying to impress on this hot chick might end up with that you make yourself a laughing stock :)
For more photos, videos, info etc. check out Nicky’s website www.nickyrudd.com
