This has been a full summer of paddling for sure, whatever your style: downwinders, flat-water, waves or the Moto X of SUP: SUPCross. I’ve been getting lots of emails from you as you improve your SUP skills and increase your strength. That’s awesome! I’m glad the SUP-specific fitness tips I’ve designed for you are working and will continue to help you each and every session.By now, your core, legs and upper body are getting stronger and you are learning the fine dynamics of building your strength specifically for stand up paddling. So it’s time to go to the level of power here. In these exercises, we’re not only going to engage our core to the highest degree, but I’m going to give you the power to learn how to get the most of each stroke so you can really turn on the juice!

Flexifoil and Aaron Hadlow present, fresh for the 2011 season, the new HADLOW. Building on the exceptional performance of the 2009 Hadlow Pro, the 2011 HADLOW is the next evolution in freestyle kitesurfing. Created following an intense two year development period, the HADLOW builds on the foundation of precision performance and astounding power to create a kite that continues to redefine the boundaries of freestyle kitesurfing. Designed with Aaron’s unprecedented attention to detail and exacting attitude, the 2011 HADLOW aims to offer the complete package for today’s advanced kitesurfer. Traditionally aimed purely at the highly competent and advanced freestyle kitesurfer, the HADLOW continues to be the very purest performance machine on the market; however with a new depowered setting, Aaron has targeted a greater span of ability with his 2011 signature model. With a new focus on the progressive rider, you might be thinking that this year’s model has been scaled down. Far from it, Aaron has maintained his focus throughout the HADLOW’s development to produce the peak of performance in freestyle kitesurfing

Flexifoil strive to meet the demands of all levels of kite flier.  We design and manufacture kites for every area of kite sports, from the sturdy and fun twoline Buzz to our World Championship-winning HadlowPro.  If you already trust in the high quality and performance of our products, the Blurr is the perfect reason to continue flying Flexifoil if you want to go very fast in a bugg

Aaron Hadlow and Flexifoil present the next step in the HADLOW series. Having revolutionised the kite in the sky, Aaron has focused his attention on bringing his skills and expertise to the kiteboard market.Having worked alongside the late, great Colin McCulloch on his way to the achievement of 5 consecutive PKRA World Championships, Aaron has developed a freestyle board with unrivalled proven success

The Blade V is the unrivalled jumping fixed power kite. With the Blade V you will jump higher than ever, and experience the raw power that only this kite can generate, giving pure exhilaration every time you fly the kite. The all new design pushes more raw power and lift, into a legendary powerful canopy, giving all air junkies the ultimate weapon.

The Anarchist is designed for free riders and those who enjoy all aspects of kiting. The board has a very positive driving turn thanks to the fin position being set very in board. This makes it ideal for those looking for that Surfing feel. The Anarchist is also very smooth in even the choppiest of conditions thanks to the flip tips. You’ll find it’ s also very quick to get up on the plane as it has a wide centre, and you will scream upwind as the critical mid section is identical to the Hooligan which was design for both speed and upwind tracking. The Anarchist is all about going anywhere and trying everything. Never say Never. Anything is possible.

Werner introduces the ultimate SUP designed for racing. Our Grand Prix Race Series features Performance Core technology and advanced manufacturing methods to yield the lightest, best performing SUP specifically for racing on the market. We offer the Grand Prix series in both Bent Shaft and Straight Shaft. The Bent Shaft will give you even greater reach at the catch of the stroke and align your wrist to limit fatigue while giving you full five fingers of contact; important in bumpy conditions. The Straight Shaft is lighter in weight and is perfect for those who can use a loose grip style of paddling.

Season 1 of Naish Kiteboarding TV has delivered excitement to your desktop on a regular basis and now it's time to go grab new footage and step it up for Season 2. Thanks to the riders, filmers, and editors who delivered the goods and made us dream. And a special thanks to all the viewers out there who took the time to watch. Your views are making Season 2 possible!

Naish is pleased to announce that it has become an Industry Member of the KSP World Tour.

Have you looked in all the corners of your hometown and explored every single possibile kite spot? Follow along with Davey Blair as he scours Charlestown, SC for new terrain to ride. Nowhere is safe: from the Battery to Ravenel Bridge, it's amazing what you can find in Chucktown. Check it out, y'all!

As the final horn blew this morning, announcing the end of the Maresias Pro in Brazil, it was official: Kai Lenny is the 2011 Stand Up World Tour Champion.

All new totally revamped Cabrinha SA website. www.cabrinha.co.za
Big Bay HD webcam connected to the site
 

The PKRA Racing Kiteboard World Tour & Freestyle Pro 2011 began today in beautiful Riviera Maya, Mexico.

A large number of participants from all around the world made their way to the beach in front of Mamita’s Beach Bar last night to register for a chance to compete against some of the best kiteboarding athletes on the planet.

Last summer, Naish flew Sam Light and Rick Jensen to the Gorge for the Ro-Sham-Throw Down. Being both from Europe, they were blown away by the vastness of the American West so they decided to go on a road trip...American style. They bought an old Dodge party van, named her “Betty” and hit the road.

Naish Team rider, Arnaud Frennet, shares his new definition of the perfect day riding in Punta de Lobos, Chile.

Dakhla, with its open bay on the Atlantic, is fast becoming a hotspot in the world of water sports. For the 5th consecutive year, amateur and professional of windsurfing, kitesurfing, surfing and stand up paddling disciplines met in a festival that creatively mixed sport and culture. Congratulations to Nicole, who placed first in the women’s SUP event!

Bernd Roediger describes his experience at the 2011 Dakhla Festival:

This month, Jenny Kalmbach and Morgan Hoesterey continued their environmental and standup paddleboarding adventures – this time traveling to Costa Rica where Jenny was born and raised. Starting in the capitol of San Jose, the girls and friends, including photographer Shannon Switzer, traveled to the Pacific coast to surf, paddle and raise awareness against plastic contamination in the ocean. Along the way, they paddled on Lake Arenal, around Isla del Ca–o, up rivers through Corcovado National Park and along the beautiful Costa Rican coastline.

Naish France is very happy to welcome Faustine Merret on it’s SUP team. Faustine, whose impressive sports career as a professional windsurfer has been turning heads since 1996, finally succumbed to the joys of SUP.

The UK can be dark, bleak and freezing cold in January and 2011 began with no exception, so Naish UK windsurfing team rider Jan Sleigh took off to Cape Verde in search of warm winter wind and waves and discovered an SUP playground.

Kai Lenny, SUP world champion, came back from the first event of this year’s tour a winner. We got a chance to pick his brain about the challenging conditions the riders faced at the Sunset Beach Pro this year and what Kai’s board choices were for the event.

It seems that with the wide variety of conditions that you guys encountered during the event (ranging from 12 foot waves to slightly over head high), you had to switch between different boards in order to match the conditions. What was your board choice for the big days?

The crowd gathered yesterday on Oahu’s North Shore to watch the finals of the 2011 Stand Up World Tour’s first event.

The Stand Up World Tour’s first event of the year wrapped up with the junior competition today as the competitors took to the water in two exciting heats. Naish was well represented with riders including Bernd Roediger (14), Ridge Lenny (13), Kody Kerbox (16) and Tucker Ingalls (14) who all put in solid performances.