Kiteboarding champions crowned in a stormy season for the sport

22 December 2015 | Kiteboarding Professional kiteboarding lived, once again, a turbulent year. The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) and the VKWC traded mutual accusations and claimed the right to crown world champions in the sport. No one heard a word...

Athletes confirmed for the 2016 Red Bull King of the Air

18 December 2015 | Kiteboarding Cape Town's Big Bay is ready to welcome the best Big Air kiteboarding specialists in the planet. Aaron Hadlow, Jesse Richman, Kevin Langeree and friends are some of the names that will participate in the...

Santa Whiteley, the freestyle kiteboarder

18 December 2015 | Kiteboarding These days, he is the busiest man in the world. In December, Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas and Kris Kringle, dedicates his time to traveling around the word. However, Claus, the sleigh rider,...

Davy Scheffers steals the inaugural King of Maceió

17 December 2015 | Windsurfing The freestyle windsurfing competition attracted a large fleet of PWA World Tour sailors including Adrian Beholz, Giovanni Passani, Arrianne Aukes, Adrian Beholz, Jazzy Noah Zwerus, Mattia Fabrizi, and many others. All riders had the opportunity to...

The complete windsurfing and kiteboarding race signals

15 December 2015 | Windsurfing The Racing Rules of Sailing apply to the sports of windsurfing, kitesurfing and any other form of wind-powered vessel. The rules often include the raising or removing of flags, as well as the emission of...

"Foiling is the future," says Florian Gruber

14 December 2015 | Kiteboarding It's done and dusted. German kite racer Florian Gruber has put an end to his Raceboard career in kiteboarding after finishing his fourth participation in the Sailing World Cup Melbourne. "Foiling is the future. It's the...

IKA announces multiple kiteboarding events for 2016

11 December 2015 | Kiteboarding In October, World Sailing, formerly known as ISAF, decided to grant the Professional Kiteboarding Tour (PKT) a Special Event status. As a result, the PKT, formerly known as Virgin Kitesurf World Championships (VKWC), was authorized...

The complete list of kiteboard grabs

10 December 2015 | Kiteboarding Style and level of difficulty. That is all we need to know when we talk about kiteboard grabs. However, the number of grabs is so high that we need a map to understand what we're...

Goodbye ISAF, hello World Sailing

09 December 2015 | Windsurfing Those days are over. Sailors decided to change the name of their governing body. Yes, it's a rebrand. From now on, it's World Sailing, with the motto being "A Sport for Life." "The new identity satisfies...

Guy Cribb and friends sail 500 kilometers along the coast of Brazil

03 December 2015 | Windsurfing The W.IN.D Brazil 2015 is a project developed by British waterman Guy Cribb. He invited nine guest windsurfers from USA, Sweden, UK, China, Latvia, Argentina, Brazil, Holland and Germany for the challenge of their lives. The...