by Rob on September 1st, 2010

Cover-Box-Shadow-PKBIV1-MedIts been alot of hard work, ALOT of late nights but we’re excited to say that the Progression Kiteboarding Intermediate Volume 1 DVD is done, off to replicators and will be back ready to ship out on Friday 3rd September 2010! Get your pre-order in today at our online store or go see your favorite kiting store on Friday.

There’s lots to talk about but in a nut shell, you’ve 2 1/4 hours of the usual Progression in depth instruction covering Jumping (including popping), carving turns, toeside riding, lightwind riding, strong winds, coping with waves and Tuning your kit. Hopefully there is something there for all you super keen kitesurfers looking to progression that little bit quicker but also for those stuck on a bit of plateau and this DVD will hopefully will be the kick in the arse that will get you doing a little more than just cruising back and forth.

Best way to understand what its all about – check out the trailer:

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Order your copy today…


by Rob on July 2nd, 2010

PKBB2-Cover-Box-Med-NoShadowWe’re happy to announce that Progression Kiteboarding Beginner 2nd Edition DVD is now available in English, German & Japanese. Buy it now from our online store or from kitesurfing shops worldwide in the next few days.

The full 2 1/2 hour video has been translated and narrated in each of these languages along with all the chapter menus, so you can find exactly the parts of the techique that you want to learn, quickly and easily.

We’ve also put the full 8.5 minute introduction chapter online in each language so you can hear for yourselve:

English:
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Japanese / 日本語:
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German / Deutsch:
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by Rob on December 4th, 2009

pro-all-coversIn the run up to Christmas we are offering discounts on all our Progression dvds – the more you buy the bigger the discount!

  • 1 DVD – 5% off
  • 2 DVD – 10% off
  • 3 DVD – 15% off
  • 4 DVD – 20% off
  • 5 DVD – 25% off

So give someone a leg up this Christmas and get them from Beginner to Expert far far quicker with the world wide best sellers – buy now from our online store.

by Rob on November 22nd, 2009

Cover-Box-Shadow-PKBIV1-MedWe gave you a quick teaser of the next DVD in the Progression Series, Kiteboarding Intermediate Volume 1, when we got back from our last filming trip to Egypt. In that time we’ve been re-working the script as we review and analysis the footage for some of the more complex technical sections of the DVD and it hasn’t been as straight forward as we first thought.

Half the DVD will follow the standard Progression Method – First Run Through, Key Elements & Common Mistakes, but some of the insight we want to in part can be very technical and confusing if not explain in the correct manner – things like kite dynamics, apparent wind and kite tuning. These and other aspects are the kind of things you pick up over time from an experienced kiter, and are best explained face to face, as and when you come across the need to understand them. But for many access to this level of experience is not readily available or worst still you may not realise the question needs to be asked!

So though we hoped to have the new dvd available for Christmas, we didn’t feel that the we could if we wanted to offer the level of instructional expected, in a clear and easily understandable manner. So anyone looking to master carving turns, toeside riding, jumping, lightwind riding, Strong Wind riding, understanding riding in waves, chop, tide & current along with tuning of your kite, lines, bar and board, we’ll you’ll just have to wait until January 2010. Sorry but it will be worth the wait.

Also to clear up a little bit of confusion – this new Intermediate Volume 1 DVD is not a replacement for the current Intermediate DVD. It sits perfectly between the New Beginner 2nd Edition and the current Intermediate, which will later be re-branded Intermediate Volume 2 – so there is no reason to hold off buying either of these DVDs in time for Christmas ;-)

by Rob on November 17th, 2009

Its taken a little longer than planned but you can now check out the event video from the Kiteboard Tour Asia (KTA) event in China.

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We got some great wind at the event, the KTA did an amazing job organising it all and the riders were a great group of guys and gals. There is definitely a huge amount of potential in the Asian riders and I think that this tour will give these guys the opportunity to really focus and we’ll see their standard increase dramatically over the next year.

Overall the vibe at the event was all about making it professional but alot of fun , ensuring that everyone had a great time on and off the water. So if you’re a kitesurfer based in Asian then you should get along to one of the future stops, hang out and give it ago! We’ll be at all the events so hope to see you there…

by Rob on November 13th, 2009

Twitter List widget - Kitesurfing MagazinesWhether you are into twitter or thing its a waste of time, a new feature they added recently makes it far more interesting to a wider range of people – that feature is twitter lists. Basically they allow anyone to pick a smaller number of people to follow and then anyone else can follow that list or just see any web page with the updates from those people.

So we’ve setup a couple of lists of people you might find interesting:

To be honest the manufacturers list is a little light on updates – not many of the kite brands seems to get twitter at the moment but the Pro Riders and Magazine lists get updates regularly and are probably the quickest way to find out what is new in the kitesurfing world.

We’ll be adding some more lists for News sites, schools & shops over the next few days so keep an eye out on our twitter page. If any riders, magazines or manufactures have been missed off then let us know…

by Rob on November 10th, 2009

Picture 2Todays videos are for the all the advanced riders looking to add a little something more to an existing trick.

Starting with a Krypt – a cool name for what is simply a raley landing toeside!

Then we have a Toeside hop to blind, its technical and the full backside 360 without an airpass makes it look fast and stylish.

Finally we a Raley to blind with a pop out – not as easy at looks, but pop outs are getting added to all types of tricks by the pro’s and it’s definitely a cool addition to your repertoire.

What tricks do you want to see next? We’ve got a couple more waiting in the wings but we are open to suggestions…

by Rob on November 8th, 2009

Screen shot 2009-11-08 at 08.06.32The next trick definition videos are for those of you looking to add something to your jumps, and a simple grab is the next option and there are plenty to choose from!

Tail Grab during a sent jump

Roast Beef Grab during a sent jump

Crail Grab during a sent jump

And a new series of trick definition videos are for those you trying out skimboards, a great lightwind board and fun alternative. We’ll start with two of the more basic techniques:

Upwind tack on a Skimboard

Shuvit on a skimboard

More videos coming on Tuesday….

by Rob on November 5th, 2009

Unfortunately with myself in China and Will away in Brazil our plans for daily video updates got a little scuppered! But I’m back now and here’s several videos to get you all amped for whatever wind is heading in you direction over the next few days.

First up we have the next two parts of the Jame Boulding Interview, following on Part 1 two weeks ago:

Part 2: James explains about adding Shifty tweaks to your unhooked tricks
Part 3: Some insight into the Pros & Cons of riding with bindings

    Then we have half a dozen trick definition videos:

    Back Roll Transition with a Hand Plant
    Back Roll Transition with a Mute Grab
    Back Roll Transition with a Lien Grab
    Back Roll to Toeside (Unhooked)
    Shifty Back Roll
    Front 2 Wrapped

      Next up with bit another batch of grabs for both powered and sent jumps.

      by Rob on October 23rd, 2009

      Aaron Hadlow GrabOver the past couple of weeks we’ve been compiling a list of every tricks we can imagine, with every possible grab, tweak, pop, pass combination. The list currently runs at just over 200 tricks and I’m sure we’ve still got a way to go! As we started to show in our last few videos there is so many things you can do to make any basic trick a little more interest, just by throwing one of the many grabs, and that goes for riders of any level, whether your doing a straight jump or powered handle pass.

      So we hope to have a constant barrage of trick definition videos to show you from this point onwards and to kick things off we’ve taken a dip in our archive and found some footage we shot nearly 3 years ago with Aaron Hadlow when we were making the Kiteboarding Professional DVD – here are 4 tricks all based around the Back roll to blind with an Airpass but each has a different grab that adds a little something different to each one:

      Back 2 Blind with an Airpass and a Back Hand nose grab

      Back 2 Blind with an Airpass and an Indie Grab

      Back 2 Blind with an Airpass and a Nose Grab

      Back 2 Blind with an Airpass and a Tail Grab

      In a couple of days will have some video for the Intermediates out there with some more grabbed transition…