Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Jun 30, 2010
This is very cool, check out this short video of Julien Fillion kitesurfing waves on the St. Lawrence river in Canada. He's using a combination of the river current and wind to move around the river with complete ease and surf the river waves.
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on May 24, 2010
35th Parallel and Ozone have teamed up to give you the chance to win a free Ozone Manta M3 snowkite! This is the same kite used by World Champion snowkiter, Chasta! You can enter the competition here: http://www.35th.com.au/win
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on May 16, 2010
This is a great short 8min documentary about 3 young kitesurfers in Cape Verde, about 400kms off the West African coast.
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Mar 17, 2010
As one of the world's best surfers, Danny Wills was sure to have the board riding skills to kitesurf! So when Ben Wilson recently gave Danny a kiting lesson, it was no surprise he was up and riding in less than 2 hours!
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Mar 13, 2010
Ben Wilson is renowned for pushing the boundaries of wave kitesurfing and has produced many great movies over the past 5 years. He's just released another great film online for free! You can watch his new moive "The Dirty South" here for free.
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Feb 15, 2010
Ryland is a well known ripper in the surf in WA and has featured on many of Ben Wilson's movies. Here's a great short video that Ryland's put together from some recent missions to the south coast of Western Australia.
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Feb 15, 2010
Everyone loves free stuff... so together with Slingshot and BenWilsonSurf, we've put together a great competition giving you the chance to win a free Slingshot Octane kite - any size of your choice! The competition is only open for a limited time, so get your entry in today!
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Jan 28, 2010
After the success of our 2009 snowkiting camps in New Zealand, we're very happy to announce that we're doing it again in 2010! Not only that, but Chasta has confirmed he's coming again and we've made some improvements...
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Dec 04, 2009
If you are looking for a winter escape to get some wind, sunshine, waves, great food and more fun than you had on your last bucks night then a winter trip to Bali could be just what the doctor ordered. On the surface Bali looks like a great holiday destination but it does have underlying problems which can ruin your trip. After spending a few weeks there each winter for the last three years, we thought we’d share what we have learnt so far.
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Dec 02, 2009
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.
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Dec 01, 2009
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!
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Nov 15, 2009
Due to the huge success of our Bali kitesurfing wave camp, we're now stoked to offer another wave camp in Barbados!
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Nov 12, 2009
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!
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Oct 22, 2009
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!
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Sep 25, 2009
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.
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Sep 14, 2009
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:
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Sep 10, 2009
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.
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Aug 25, 2009
Here's a short video put together by Chasta on our second New Zealand Snowkite Camp. This trip has some experienced snowkiters on it, along with some novices. I'm sure you'll enjoy the footage! If these trips interest you, get into our community and join the NZ Snowkite groups and you can be kept in the loop on future trips!
Posted by: Tony Loxton
on Aug 18, 2009
The June 2009 edition of Australian Kiteboarder magazine has a great 4 page article on our snowkiting trips in New Zealand. The article has plenty of information on the locations we snowkite in New Zealand, as well as equipment tips, travel to New Zealand and more. Here's a copy of the article for you to read.
