Garett McNamara claims that he recently surfed the biggest wave ever, at least the biggest wave caught on camera. The wave is according to some sources 90 foot tall, but can anyone be sure? How did they measure this height? Anyway, it’s indeed a huge wave! Here is the clip:
Archive for November, 2011
Best Teaser
Best are probably most known for their hot promo girls that we usually see posing in bikinis with a Best kite in their hand, or one girl watching as her friend bends over to pump the kite. But Best are actually designing kites as well and pretty good ones too! Their new teaser is a bit lame in my opinion, but still inpiring, here it is:
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Snowkiting Film
Hottest kite babe ever?
Ikiteboarding has rated Kristin Boese, Sjoukje Bredenkamp, Jalou Langeree, Susi Mai, Bruna Kajiya, Angela Peral and Kari Schibevaag as the 7 hottest kite babes in the world. Who is your favourite? Personally I think this kite babe takes the price!
These girls are also quite pretty, at least some parts of them :)
F-One Bandit 5
F-One does not only make awesome kite movies, such as the one below from South Madagascar, but also incredible kites, perhaps the best kites in the whole world? Bandit 5 is their new flagship that have a good chance to become a winner for year 2012.
Kitesurfing with Susa Mai in Boracay
Ever wondered where to go for your next kitesurfing holiday trip? Susa Mai packed her gear and went to Boracai in the Philippines. Here is a nice video that could help you take a decision :)
Heating System Rip Curl vs ProLimit
For those living in Scandinavia and other cold places kitesurfing is a seasonal activity. Kitesurfing is great, but even the most addicted surfers prefer to put their gear in the basement when the temperature drops below 5 degrees. A thick wetsuit, hood, gloves, boots, socks and a double layer of thermal underwear do help, but it´s still freezing cold and it doesn’t take long before you have to break your session due to the cold. The wetsuit manufacturers have noticed this problem and developed heater vests so that we can extend the season with a few weeks. Today there are two popular heater vests on the market, one from Rip Curl and one from ProLimit. Rip Curl also have a full heated wetsuit. Let’s take a look at them!
Prolimit Heater Vest
Prolimits heater vest has a square in the lower back where the heating coils are placed. In other words, it´s not the whole vest that is heated up, but the heating coil is strategically placed in the lower back to heat up the most important organs, the kidneys. The kidneys are the organs that have the highest blood in the whole body, so by heating up the kidneys we in turn pump out warm blood throughout the whole body.
Some other features with ProLimits heater vest is:
• Electronic temperature settings, 100%, 80%, 50% and 30% power settings
• Provides up to 2 hours of heat on 100% power
• Full recharge in 4 hours
• All wetsuits from ProLimit are “Heater Vest Ready”, which means that there is a little hole on the left shoulder, so the cable from the battery pack can go through this hole. But there is also a convertion tool set that comes with the heater vest so wetsuits of any brand can be adapted to ProLimits heater vest.
Drawbacks with ProLimits heater vest is the price, approx $399.
Rip Curl H Bomb Wetsuit
Rip Curl developed their H Bomb wetsuit during three years. Either they were extremely unefficient or the wetsuit must be the shit! The heating elements made in carbon fiber for maximum extensibility and they are placed in the back to heat and protect the core of the body, the spine and all the nearby internal organs.
When our body is faced to cold the body restricts its blood flow to the brain and to our internal vital organs. The result of this is that our extremites such as fingers and toes get a decreased blood flow and that´s when we feel the cold.
Two Lithium-ion 7.4 volts batteries are placed in the lower body in the wetsuit to provide the heating cores with power. The internal organs get warm and our body do not need to limit its heating to these organs but can deliver heat to our extremites as well.
Fully charged batteries gives 3 hours of heat which pretty much equals a three hour long session in cold conditions. Without the H Bomb wetsuit you’ld probably be dead by then.
Price: $1000
Rip Curl H Bomb Heater Vest
The main difference to Rip Curls heater vest compared to ProLimits and other competitors heater vests is that their carbon fiber heating system covers an area more than 4 times bigger than competitors heating area.
Rip Curls Heater Vest is made in 0.3 mm E3 Neoprene material, the lightest, most flexible and warmest neopren ever.
The battery pack can be charged in 3 hours and produce heat for 1.5 hours at 100%.The power can be adjusted with a vibration controlled switch with built in LED light.
The battery pack can be placed in a small pocket on the side of the vest so you don’t have this pack on your upper arm as you have with ProLimit.
Rip Curls also claims that their components are marine grade waterproof. Stainless steal, military standard seals, gold plated pin connectors and non-corrosive carbon fibres. Materials that are dedicated to in-water use.
The price is: $299
The infra red picture below shows Rip Curls H Bomb Heater Vest and a competitor’s vest. Keep in mind that this picture is taken by Rip Curl and they have probably taken one of the worst heater vests that they could find on the market to make their own vest appear to be by far the best.
Anyway, I hope that this little article may help you to decide which heating system to go for. Have a nice winter!
Kitesurfing Videos
To make a cool kitesurfing video requires some skills. Not only do you need some nice shoots but a suitable music and proper editing of the video.
I recently found this video, which I think is quite good, not a 10, but maybe a 7? If you want your own videos posted here just contact kite2012 and we’ll fix it :)
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Kiteschool in Sweden
Are you planning to take a kite course next season? Perhaps are you going to kitesurf in Sweden? There are some really nice spots in the southern part of Sweden, such as Habo Ljung, Falsterbo, Varberg, Höllviken, just to mention a few.
Perhaps are you a total beginner who is looking for a course or maybe would you like your girlfriend to start kitesurf as well?
If so, I would like to recommend Gusty, a kiteschool that is run by a nice guy called Gustav. I took my course through him this season and I’m very happy with his way to teach and a big plus is the delicious lunch that was included in the course.
Liquid Force Envy 2012
Reviews about Liquid Force’s new Envy has started to pop up on kitesurfing sites all around the world. We here at Kite 2012 haven’t tried it yet, so take this review with a pinch of salt.
And feel free to add additonal info about the new Envy!
Cabrinha Drifter
Cabrinha has already launched its new surf kite, the Drifter.
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Back Mobe with Alby Rondina
The competition among kite manufacturers is becoming stronger and stronger. Cabrinha is still the biggest of them all, but they are forced to push their marketing to another level. A new weapon is their team rider Alby Rondina, here teaching us how to make a perfect back mobe and of course riding with Cabrinhas new Drifter and Nomad.
Naish Torch 2012
Naish Torch is a kite loved by many and it was expected that Naish would release a new version 2012. Here is a little teaser about the new Naish Torch.
2012 Torch: The World’s Premier C-Kite from Naish International on Vimeo.
For more info about Naish kites, check out Naish Kites
Kite news 2012
The year 2012 hasn’t yet even started, but the manufacturers have had their 2012 products ready for a long time already!
The intention with kite2012.com is to present news about kitesurfing when it comes to new kites, tricks, kite riders etc… We´ll also post videos and photos from and other cool stuff. So stay tuned for more will come…