Best has been signing a lot of big names to their team lately and today announced the addition of wild man mega loop king Ruben Lenten.

This will be the first full service snowkite freeride event that provides its athletes with the most comfortable snowkiting experience in what many believe is best location in the world for snowkiting, Alaska!

The 2013 PKRA season will be one of the most exciting in recent years. With over thirteen stops and three disciplines being represented; freestyle, wave and slalom there will be no shortage of action on this year's tour.

With strong ties to the island of Oahu Pete Cabrinha, Twig Baker, Keahi de Aboitiz, and Reo Stevens kick it up a notch with some great riding at the birth place of surfing.

Cabrinha's Twin Tip Product Manager Dave Kay (DK) gives us a peek inside the Cabrinha board factory and tells us what is so special about the Palownia wood cores.

For the 2013 Freeride Gear Test TKB trucked 28 kite models and 12 board models to La Ventana, Mexico, one of the best locations for reliable wind in North America during the winter months.

Want to learn to snowkite in Tahoe? Come join the Sierra Snowkite crew for an action packed weekend of snowkiting, lessons, clinics, free gear demos, shredding at Sugar Bowl and more....

The IKA class meeting held last weekend in Rome has resulted in some important decisions for the 2013 season.

Heading to Burning Bush? Come join the fun at the Slingshot Modelo Pre-Funk party at Joe's Garage before!

A few changes to where companies will be demoing for the rest of this week. Demos times dates are subject to change according to weather.

The 2013 RPM Crossover kite is a powerful combination of aggressive freestyle characteristics and progressive crossover performance.

Johnny Heineken has been named the 2012 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year for his dominating performances in competitive kiteboarding, including the Kiteboarding Course Racing World Championship in Cagliari, Italy, where he topped 148 competitors to claim the world title for a second consecutive year.

The Kiteboarder Magazine Volume 9, Number 4 (Winter 2013) is now mailing to subscribers and kiteboarding schools and retail shops.

For its Spring 2013 product release, Slingshot has updated the RPM, Z, and Turbine kites. Also being released are the Glide, Crisis, and Darko boards.

We've heard about the Patagonia wetsuits for quite some time and see a lot of them on the water in our area, so we were excited to receive a Patagonia R2 Front-Zip wetsuit to test for kitesurfing.