Newsfeed: Kitesurfen

Camille Delannoy, Maxime Chabloz, Mallory de la Villemarqué, and Paul Serin went on a strike mission to Kamchatka in the Russian Far East. The place is a raw gem, home of untouched landscapes, angry volcanoes, rugged coastlines, thriving wildlife, and the kingdom of vodka. The crew took four years to get the right local team, coordinate the kiteboarders' busy agendas, logistics, and the photographer and a cameraman. […]

Ewan Jaspan and Annelous Lammerts have been crowned 2019 Kite Park League (KPL) world champions. The fourth and final stage of the KPL season got underway at Icapuí Beach, in Brazil, with athletes from ten different nations. Spanish kiteboarder Noè Font ended up winning Kite Mansion Open and ended up with an overall third place. […]

A group of kiteboarders has successfully completed the 2019 Dakhla Downwind Challenge. The fifth edition of the 500-kilometer kiteboarding adventure has once again seen dozens of sails flying above the African coastline. The journey took participants from Dakhla to Lagouira, in Western Sahara. Riders spent a week exploring the winds and the breathtaking landscapes of the region. […]

What would kiteboarding be without Nick Jacobsen's creative, death-defying stunts? This time, the Danish big air specialist literally launched into orbit somewhere in a deserted and Caribbean island. The mission, which he embraced with all his natural enthusiasm, started with a hike up the mountain surrounded by trees, bushes, and cactus and under hot temperatures. […]

Kiteboarding has officially been crowned the Tarifa's fastest water sport in 2019. Red Bull Tarifa 2, the competition that pits kitesurfers against windsurfers, transformed the historic rivalry into a fair play battle between both sports. The event, however, concluded with the twinning between both disciplines at Valdevaqueros Beach, in Spain. […]

A group of kiteboarders has completed a downwinder between Cabarete and Buen Hombre, in the Dominican Republic. What started as a joke between Roberto Pereyra and Charles Osterlund resulted in the Xtreme Downwinder Challenge. But they knew they needed the right wind conditions along the coastline and a good sailing pace, in order to wrap up the journey before nightfall. […]

A German kitesurfer has unintentionally filmed a small asteroid in the sky while enjoying his time in the water near Wremen. Dorian Cieloch was riding his kite and filming his session with a waterproof camera when the fireball appeared on camera behind him. The unusual event took place on September 12, at 2:45 pm, near Bremerhaven, a port city on Germany's North Sea coast. […]

The competitive format of the Red Bull King of the Air will change dramatically, starting in 2020. The highly-celebrated big air kiteboarding contest wants to give both professionals and amateurs a better chance at competing in the event. The new format, which will make its debut in 2020, will see an increased number of athletes in the main competition through a qualification round. […]

Kiteboarding is an extreme water sport that requires responsibility and a lot of common sense. Despite being invisible, the wind is a very powerful source of energy and a sometimes unpredictable force of nature. An unexpected shift in weather patterns can dramatically put the life of kiteboarders, water sports enthusiasts, and beachgoers in danger. […]

In September 2017, professional kitesurfers Francisco Lufinha and Anke Brandt kite crossed the Atlantic Ocean between the Azores and mainland Portugal. The Portuguese-German duo took turns of morning and night shifts and, after nine days of sailing, they were finally able to complete the 888-nautical-mile (1,646 kilometers) journey. Lufinha and Brandt set a new Guinness World Record, but the adventure - name Kitesurf Odyssey - was a not a smooth ride. […]