Category Archives: Kiteboarding

KP Fiji Clinic 2012

Posted in: Kiteboarding | January 25, 2012 at 8:06 am , by Kitepower Australia (QLD)

It’s on again! The Kitepower Fiji Clinic, staring Rhys Porter, head of the Kitepower Queensland school, senior-level IKO instructor and all-round kiteboarding guru. Ideal for beginners and intermediate kitesurfers, this trip is a must for anyone who wants to focus on their kiting and improve their skills. Once again, the clinic will be held at Continue Reading...

How to tune your bar and lines

Posted in: Kiteboarding | January 25, 2012 at 7:58 am , by Kitepower Australia (QLD)

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Checking and tuning your bar is essential as it ensures your kite performs as well as it did the day you bought it. Neglecting this small but important process can result in difficult relaunches, back stalling, poor performance, slow kite loops and everything in between. Check out this great how-to video from Cabrinha and give Continue Reading...

Demo & BKC meeting this weekend

Posted in: Kiteboarding, Local Events, National Events, Shop news | January 19, 2012 at 2:01 pm , by Kitepower Australia (QLD)

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See you this Saturday for the year’s first Kitepower demo, in conjunction with the Brisbane Kite Club’s first meeting for the year. If you haven’t heard already, it’s going to be massive – not only will all the KPQ team riders be on hand with copious amounts of kitesurfing gear to demo, but the BKC Continue Reading...

Review: 2012 Cabrinha Drifter

Posted in: Kiteboarding | January 19, 2012 at 1:55 pm , by Kitepower Australia (QLD)

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By Rhys Porter, KPQ Everyone keeps asking me why I ride a kite that’s exclusively designed for waves when I live in Redcliffe, which has no waves to speak of. While it’s true I dream of peeling reef breaks and four-foot glassy sections, I have to accept that I get those conditions once or twice Continue Reading...

New Kitepower magazine

Posted in: Kiteboarding | January 19, 2012 at 1:35 pm , by Kitepower Australia (QLD)

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Oops, we mean Australian Kiteboarder Magazine… Although it may as well be called Kitepower magazine, because we grace half the pages! Not only is there a round-up on the Sydney Race Series by the lovely Eveline, you’ll find a four-page spread on Brisbane featuring a whole lot of Kitepower team riders in the air, on Continue Reading...

Demo next Saturday

Posted in: Kiteboarding, Shop news | January 12, 2012 at 9:16 pm , by Kitepower Australia (QLD)

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Come on down to Brighton next Saturday, January 21, for a combined Kitepower and Brisbane Kite Club demo and info day. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet fellow kiters from the area, enjoy a free barbie, renew your insurance and, of course, try out some new kitesurfing gear. Kitepower’s team riders will be out Continue Reading...

Renew your AKSA membership

Posted in: Kiteboarding | January 12, 2012 at 8:50 pm , by Kitepower Australia (QLD)

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A gentle reminder to all you kiteboarders out there to renew your AKSA membership. Why? Because if you don’t then you’re an idiot! Membership to the Australian Kitesurfing Association provides you with essential third-party insurance – exactly like CTP on your car. If you don’t think this is necessary, consider some of the claims that Continue Reading...

Team rider profile: Hayden Porter

Posted in: Kiteboarding | January 5, 2012 at 8:44 pm , by Kitepower Australia (QLD)

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Next time you see a lanky, tanned kid floating through the air beneath a Cabrinha Switchblade, his feet waving around and his board in his hand, say hello to Hayden Porter. Famous for his old-school style and gutsy attitude in high winds, Hayden is one of our youngest team riders. Not that you’d pick it Continue Reading...

Ep 5 of The Kite Show now online

Posted in: Kiteboarding | January 5, 2012 at 8:35 pm , by Kitepower Australia (QLD)

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Love this series, love most of all that it’s all freeeee! Thanks to the team at The Kite Show for yet another entertaining, inspiring view of our favourite sport, kiteboarding. Episode 5 showcases the top 10 web videos of 2011, plus interviews with Youri Zoon and Keahi de Aboitiz who chat about their PKRA wins. Continue Reading...

Seabreeze Cardboards comp: winners

Posted in: Kiteboarding | January 5, 2012 at 8:31 pm , by Kitepower Australia (QLD)

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The Seabreeze Kiteboard Design competition has been won by a Chris, and his equally impressive design, from Sydney (pictured). Chris, who was rewarded with an actual version of the board he designed thanks to Cardboards, told Seabreeze, “Finally managed to ride the Cardboard for the first time at Botany today! Feels like I’m sitting on Continue Reading...