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KITESURFING 27 DEC

Ruben Lenten is back with Code Red - Megaloop Practice

The 'Most Extreme Kiteboarder on Earth' is back with a new video, and vows to return to the Red Bull King of the Air.

KITESURFING 24 DEC

Get Outside! Katie Potter Told You To!

Nearly 60 months on the road, kiteboarding everywhere and spending most of it outdoors. Katie Potter knows that it's better to be outside!

KITESURFING 18 DEC

Euro foilers Dominate Lighthouse to Leighton

KITESURFING 12 DEC

NZ Kiteboarders Put Head On Aussies in NKL Round 3

The Classic Holidays NKL has come to a close in Christchurch following three days of kiteboarding action at The Estuary.

KITESURFING 10 DEC

The Dirty Loop. Board-Off Mega Loop by Graham Howes.

Jump high, board off, pull hard. That's a Dirty loop, and when someone actually lands one, they're going to win the Red Bull King of the Air.

KITESURFING 7 DEC

NZ's Top Kiteboarders Gear Up for Round 3 of NKL!

The Classic Holidays NKL is proudly sponsored by Classic Holidays and Kiteboarding Australia, and supported by industry sponsors Ozone, Cabrinha, North, Axis and Konrad, and exclusive car hire partner, RedSpot.

KITESURFING 7 DEC

Kitesurfing Instructor Wanted: Lancelin, WA

Work in the incredible Lancelin, Western Australia

KITESURFING 4 DEC

Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton kite race record smashed

International riders on foil boards show just how fast they can go in the annual WA Kitesurfing event.

KITESURFING 30 NOV

Kind of Normal: Keahi's Biography

From First Point in Noosa on a surfboard, to charging Teahupoo with a kite. Take a trip through Keahi De Aboitiz' photo album, and find out how he became the kiter he is today.

KITESURFING 25 SEP

More entry slots for Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton 2016

Each and every year since it began, the Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton event has attracted more competitors than it could handle, and riders have been turned away. This year, they expect the same to happen, but they've managed to squeeze 25 more riders i

KITESURFING 28 NOV

Western Australia's Top Kiteboarders Crowned - NKL Round 2

The Classic Holidays National Kiteboarding League Round 2 in Perth came to a close yesterday with Western Australia's best kiteboarders battling the wind and the waves at The Pond, Safety Bay.

KITESURFING 27 NOV

Kiteboarding Instructors Required: Melbourne

Work in St Kilda, Rye, Altona, PArkdale, Brighton and Balnarring for a new Liquid Force Centre in Melbourne: Kitearmada!

KITESURFING 22 NOV

Light Winds Ground NKL For Round 1

With winds less than 10 knots all weekend, it was a beach party for the riders competing in the first round of the National Kite League.

KITESURFING 24 NOV

Western Australia's top kiteboarders will be putting on their best show as Round 2 of the Classic Holidays National Kiteboarding League (NKL) hits Perth this week.

KITESURFING 19 NOV

The Biggest Kicker Hits You'll See Today: Mowgli's Jungle.

Christophe Tack might be a self confessed newbie when it comes to hitting kickers, but if his latest vid is anything to go by, we might have a new champion in town!

KITESURFING 17 NOV

Kite Instructor Wanted: Perth, WA

Full time or part time but you must be available in the weekends. KA, IKO, BKSA, VDWS certified and you must have or be able to get a working holiday visa in Australia if you are not a resident.

KITESURFING 17 NOV

Defying gravity: Strapless Double Front Shuv-it!

Two front rolls and a 360 degree shuv-it. That's 900 degrees of strapless wizardy that nobody thought possible just a few years ago. And Matchu Lopes busts one out in training this week!

KITESURFING 13 NOV

We Be Jammin' - Highlights from the Hood River Slider Jam

Back in August, the worlds best kiteboarders headed home to the Hood River, Orgeon to spend a few days hitting the park. Here's the highlights reel, and it's jaw-dropping.

KITESURFING 11 NOV

An Interview With the Boot Guru: Clinton Filen from Airush

There's a simple fact about bindings. Wakeboarding bindings just don't cut it, when it comes to kiteboarding. That's why Airush designed their range of bindings from the ground up.

KITESURFING 5 NOV

NKL Hits Melbourne City Square!

The NKL was launched this week in the heart of Melbourne with a couple of team riders and some kiteboarding gear - it's going to be huge!

KITESURFING 5 NOV

Ride with the Shop Owners at the Naish Dealer Conference

Watch the highlights of the 2017 Naish World Dealer Meeting on Maui, where 'real' riders test the new gear and score some epic surfing conditions.

KITESURFING 3 NOV

WAKSA Redkite Charity Downwinder

Get involved in this famous downwind kitesurfing event as rider or sponsor

KITESURFING 31 OCT

Join Kiteboarding Australia Today

Insurance, Events, Discounts, Community and More!

KITESURFING 29 OCT

North Launches Kiteboarding Academy - Free Instructional Vid

Learn everything about the sport of kiteboarding online, with these free kitesurfing instructional videos from North Kiteboarding.

KITESURFING 29 OCT

Kiteboarding Safety Tips with Lenten and Zoon

KITESURFING 29 OCT

Kitesurfing instructor needed for immediate start

West Oz Kiteboarding requires a kitesurfing instructor for an immediate start.

KITESURFING 23 OCT

Keahi's back! Takes WIN in Dakhla on his first comp

After spending the season off the water with injury (again!), Keahi is back, and he's shown the world that he's still got it.

KITESURFING 14 OCT

Pre Season gear checks for kiteboarders

Save a session this season, by doing a quick once-over before you launch next

KITESURFING 14 OCT

Where are your pants mate? Kite Rescue Gone Wrong!

A rescue in good faith turns out to get a little ugly for this guy, when both the guy and girl he drags in start grabbing the bar.

KITESURFING 8 OCT

Disappear with Pete Cabrinha, Keahi and Chapter One.

Go behind the scenes with Pete and Keahi as they travel around Fiji on board the Cabrinha Quest - a luxury catamaran designed for kiting!

KITESURFING 7 OCT

A Snowball in the Face, and a Kite on the Side of the Road..

The team from NP go exploring in spectacular South Dakota, in the dead of winter.

KITESURFING 2 OCT

Are you wasting your time with sunscreen?

Smearing that sunscreen all over your face this summer might be a fruitless endeavor.

KITESURFING 1 OCT

What Does Strawberry Picking Have To Do With Kiting?

It turns out, that Strawberry Picking is the glue that holds many kiters and their time in Australia together, thanks to a little place on the Sunshine Coast in QLD. Danni Durant knows all about it.

KITESURFING 24 SEP

An in-depth look at the North Click Bar

North's Jeremie Tronet unboxes the new North Click Bar, and takes you through how it works, how it rides, and why North say it's a 'Game Changer'.

KITESURFING 14 SEP

Tom Herbert Sure Does Love his Evo!

Hilarious, full of action and gorgeous locations - must be time for another episode of Toms Kitchen from North Kiteboarding.

KITESURFING 10 SEP

Four Girls Who Love their Home Spot - Where the Wind Blows

Given the choice between a tropical beach with palm trees and sunshine; or the muddy slicks and slider park outside Real Watersports? They'd drop that coconut in a heart beat.

KITESURFING 10 SEP

Kiteboarding on a Mirror - Amazing flat water

Laci Kobulsky and Aaron Hadlow find a spot in Sicily with flat water. Mirror Flat water, with not a single ripple despite having plenty of wind for freestyle.

KITESURFING 4 SEP

Convertible Kite Racing CR:X brings one-design to kiting

Neil Pryde have begun testing a new one-design class that could be used for the Youth Olympics, and perhaps even the major Olympics in the future!

KITESURFING 2 SEP

Car buying tips for Kitesurfers

Whether you're the type of kiter who spends more on gear, than they do on a new car - or you like a arrive at the beach in style. Here's a few tips to help choose the perfect kiteboarding car this summer!

KITESURFING 24 AUG

NKL Returns in 2017, bigger and BETTER!

The National Kiteboarding League is back for the 2016/2017 kiteboarding season, and this time it's set to be bigger than ever, with some key changes to make the NKL better for both spectators and riders.

KITESURFING 24 AUG

The North Click Bar - a new approach to kite trimming

Truly Revolutionary, the new Click Bar from North kiteboarding has features that you probably never knew you needed. But after riding one for just a few sessions, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.

KITESURFING 20 AUG

Is this the most efficient inflatable yet?

With high aspect ratios, come efficiency and high performance. Could the Cabrinha Apollo break the barriers that inflatable kites face today?

KITESURFING 20 AUG

Less Weight. More Durability. The Airush Load Frame

This week Airush kiteboarding released their core range of equipment to complement their more specialised pro collections, and shared a little more information about their "Load Frame' technology in 2017.

KITESURFING 12 AUG

Kiteboarding in Patagonia is Truly Breathtaking

Three of the North Team set out in search of a truly unique kiteboarding experience, to kite in front of the Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia.

KITESURFING 12 AUG

Sands of Time - Futuristic Freestyle by Aaron Hadlow

You won't see freestyle like this for at least a couple of years, or until the kids learn to mimic the grand masters of modern freestyle like Hadlow...

KITESURFING 5 AUG

Presenting the 2017 Cabrinha Collection

Lots of goodies from Cabrinha kties this summer

KITESURFING 4 AUG

This Clip will Get Kids Stoked on Kiting!

Taken from the animated movie 'Capture the Flag', this short film isn't quite factually correct when it comes to kiteboarding, but it sure will get the kids stoked on the sport!

KITESURFING 31 JUL

Girls can go strapless too!

Cynthia Brown shows that girls don't need footstraps, as she flies high over the Hood River and Baja...

KITESURFING 31 JUL

Quad-Tex - Naish releases Quadrupal Ripstop for less tears!

How many rips can rip-stop stop, if you add four stops to stop rips?

KITESURFING 22 JUL

Say No to life jackets! Sign this Petition

A recent ruling by NSW Maritime has changed the rules relating to Kiteboarders and Life Jackets. Now, kiters must wear a life jacket. All the time. No matter how close they're kiting from the beach!