Tech Focus - Lieuwe Shotgun Air

Progression in Big Air is all about finding the balance between performance and confidence. The Lieuwe Shotgun Air is designed to bridge that gap, offering riders a faster, more responsive ride while maintaining the comfort needed to keep pushing forward. Built to help you go bigger without feeling overpowered, it takes a familiar platform and refines it for the next step in your riding.

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Kitesurfing Holidays and Travel Guides

We have a wealth of kitesurfing travel guides at your fingertips. Choose your next kiteboarding destination by browsing our interactive map and reading in-depth information on accommodation, wind and weather, the best spots to kitesurf, local kitesurfing schools and recommended restaurants and nightlife for each location. Our kitesurfing travel guides are categorised into continent and countries so you can easily pick where you would like to kitesurf in the sun.

Kitesurfing Travel Guides - St. Petersburg
Kitesurfing Travel Guides - St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg is The Sunshine City. It holds the Guinness World Record for most days of consecutive sunshine at 768. Offering miles and miles of beautiful white sandy beaches often compared to and regarded as some of the best beaches in the world! Also being that it is a peninsula it offers numerous kiting spots for all wind directions as...

Kitesurfing Travel Guides - Burgau
Kitesurfing Travel Guides - Burgau
Burgau

The rugged scenery and unspoilt nature around Lagos and the Costa Vicentina Natural Park are breathtaking. Our region has one of the biggest and best-preserved coastlines in Europe. Some of the most beautiful places are only accessible by water, which makes it extremely exciting to explore this region on top of a SUP board or under a kite. Sandy beaches,...

Kitesurfing Travel Guides - Lo Stagnone, Marsala
Kitesurfing Travel Guides - Lo Stagnone, Marsala
Lo Stagnone, Marsala

Located just 3km away from Trapani Airport, Lo Stagnone of Marsala in Sicily is widely known across Europe as the ultimate “gym” for kitesurfers. The shallow and ultra-flat waters provide the perfect learning environment for beginners to quickly develop their skills, and a haven for freestylers seeking flat water. The location is perfect for kitesurfers of all levels to explore...

Kitesurfing Lessons and Schools

Browse our kitesurfing schools index, with hundreds of schools listed from all round the world you will be learning to kitesurf in no time at all.

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Kitesurfing Riders

Browse for your favourite pro kitesurfers in our riders database, with hundreds of pro riders listed all your heroes are right here. Easily find what you are looking for by viewing popular kitesurfers, male kitesurfers or female kitesurfers. Each rider profile gives you a quick overview of the latest posts they have shared from Facebook, information about themselves, related news posts, videos, magazine articles and cover shots they have ever featured in. Get all the latest news and information about your favourite kitesurfers in one easy place.

Kitesurfing Technique

Christian and Karine have been putting together the best kitesurfing technique guides in the business since our very first issue. There are hundreds of different kitesurfing tricks and tips to choose from including beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Our kitesurfing technique section is easy to navigate and the perfect place to improve your knowledge before you hit the water.

Kitesurfing Technique - Double Front Roll Grab
Kitesurfing Technique - Double Front Roll Grab
Double Front Roll Grab

To self-quote from an earlier article – “It’s an unwritten fact, that to really prove yourself as an accomplished front looper, you must learn to slow your rotation down, so that your complete 360 matches perfectly the time you spend in the air. This, of course, shows great control, adds oodles of style, and concerning this next move, teaches you...

Kitesurfing Technique - Getting Out, Over and Through the White Water on a Surfboard
Kitesurfing Technique - Getting Out, Over and Through the White Water on a Surfboard
Getting Out, Over and Through the White Water on a Surfboard

Enjoying the waves, especially if you are strapless, also entails the often tricky challenge of first getting out over the foamy stuff and steeper walls. Once you’re confident at this, you’ll be able to relax, which in turn will make it simpler, you’ll save a load of body dragging back to the beach to retrieve your board and you’ll have...

Kitesurfing Technique - Surfboard Fin First to Toeside 180
Kitesurfing Technique - Surfboard Fin First to Toeside 180
Surfboard Fin First to Toeside 180

Apologies to those of you starved of strapless and surfboard technique, but at last something for some light wind fun. Here we’ve got a move that is a challenge on it’s own and once mastered can be added onto a few other more difficult tricks as a fancy ending!!! For the moment though let’s get our head around what is...

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Find all the kitesurfing brands in our database and quickly view the most popular kitesurfing brands out there today. Each kitesurfing brand profile gives you a quick overview of the latest posts they have shared from Facebook, information about the brand, related news posts, reviews, videos, magazine articles and cover shots they have ever featured in. Get all the latest news and information about your favourite kitesurfing brands in one easy place.

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Kitesurfing Reviews

Take a look at all the latest and greatest kitesurfing reviews right here on our site. We've been testing and reviewing the latest kitesurfing equipment for years and our in depth kitesurfing reviews are revered the world over as being honest and up front. Easily find what you are looking for by browsing many categories or use our innovative search feature to find the right reviews you are looking for.

Kitesurfing Reviews - DUOTONE TS Big Air SLS 2026
Kitesurfing Reviews - DUOTONE TS Big Air SLS 2026
DUOTONE TS Big Air SLS

The TS Big Air SLS is Duotone's dedicated competition big-air twin tip, developed for riders who need strong edge control at speed, explosive take-offs and dependable landings after powered jumps. It uses the firm, lightweight SLS approach rather than a comfort-led freeride construction. The design has been associated with Duotone's big-air team and is intended for ambitious riders working on...

Kitesurfing Reviews - Cabrinha Vapor 2026
Kitesurfing Reviews - Cabrinha Vapor 2026
Cabrinha Vapor

The Cabrinha Vapor 2026 is a powered freeride and big-air twin tip developed for riders who still want to push hard when the water is choppy or unpredictable. It shares its shaping and volume distribution with the Vapor Apex but uses a full paulownia wood core to introduce more flex, vibration absorption and impact comfort. The board is intended to...

Kitesurfing Reviews - DUOTONE Gonzales 2026
Kitesurfing Reviews - DUOTONE Gonzales 2026
DUOTONE Gonzales

The Gonzales is Duotone's entry-level freeride twin tip, designed to support riders from their first lessons through basic carving and initial jumps. The official product description identifies the current board as the 2026 Gonzales despite its canonical URL containing a 2027 segment. Its priorities are stability, comfort, predictable control and a broad size range rather than aggressive pop or competition-level...