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Handling your kite properly in the waves could lead you to more aggressive turns, flow and maybe even a barrel. Kite positioning when riding the waves is one of the most important and tricky skills to learn for successful wave riding. Putting your kite in the wrong spot can wreck your wave and even your session. Trying to control two forms of power (wave power and kite power) can be very overwhelming and daunting, especially in bigger waves. Each wind direction has its rightful formula to make it all come together. Here are some tips to help you pull it all together...

The recent 10 page article in 'kiteboarding' magazine in the US by Brian Wheeler featured 20 tips for kitesurfing wave-riding excellence.  These are the tips he learnt on our recent Bali Kitesurfing Wave Camp with Ben Wilson.

The January 2010 edition of the USA publication 'kiteboarding' has just hit news stands and has a 10 page article on our recent Bali Wave Kitesurfing Camp with Ben Wilson!  Not only that, but Ben is featured on the front cover riding an Aviso board!  

Due to the huge success of our Bali kitesurfing wave camp, we're now stoked to offer another wave camp in Barbados!

Ben Wilson has just released a free online movie called Shades of Green.  This film is Ben's way of giving a little something back to the kitesurfing community.  Shades of Green has some epic footage of surf kiting with plenty of barrels!

AfriKen is laying down the gauntlet to all kitesurfers... are you up for it?  January 2010 marks the first AfriKen Kite Surfing Surfari in South Africa - this is not your average kitesurfing trip.  Throw in the wilds of Africa, consistent wind, incredible waves, a beautiful coastline, a great crew of people, a well equipped road trip and a couple of pro kitesurfers and you've got the makings of an incredible 2 weeks!

During last months Felix Pivec worked with Firewire Surfboards on the development of the Felix Pivec Pro model.

About 4 months ago we (Firewire) were approached by Felix Pivec, one of the world’s best kite surfers. We did not know that Felix had been riding our boards for some time and was interested in making some small adjustments for the demands of kite surfing. We jumped at the chance.

Ben's got the life - more than a month after finishing our kitesurfing camp in Bali, he's still cruising around Indo surfing and kitesurfing his brains out!

"I just had a few fun days kiting in Indonesia with my new Octane kites, they're working really well and I'm stoked on them so I thought I'd make a quick flick! Enjoy..." Ben.

Chasta has been hangin in New Zealand's South Island for the last couple months tearing up the Southern Alps!  He's been snowkiting on our NZ Snowkite Camps and also testing the latest kites for Ozone.

Check out Chasta's short video:

Kitesurfers Ben Morrison-Jack and James Weight left Cape Grim near Stanley on Tasmania's North West tip just after 7am yesterday morning and arrived on dry land in South West Victoria just short of 12 hours later!

Ben & James have been friends since high school and whilst Ben has considerable ocean sailing experience (including America's Cup challenges and Sydney to Hobart races), James is a total newcomer to ocean crossings.