After a long absence from the US market Gaastra returned last year.

The seventh generation of the popular Bandit has been completely redesigned by a new designer and the twin tip line now features HRD rails, a radical new rail shape for kiteboards.

Flexifoil works on a two year release cycle and has a new hybrid kite and wakestyle board for 2014.

With an ever-expanding kitesurf board line, FireWire is introducing their TimberTek construction in 2014.

Epic is getting ready to release their fourth generation (4G) products along with a new bar and a brand new surf-specific kite.

Based in Slovakia, CrazyFly is a family business that distributes kites, boards, and accessories to 60 countries and also has their own factory where they produce their boards and bars in house.

Easily recognizable by the yellow and white color scheme on all their products, CORE has developed a North American following after being introduced to the North American market just a few years ago.

After a big revamp of the entire line in 2013, the 2014 product year sees more improvements from Cabrinha including the return of the light wind Contra kite and the introduction of a very unique adjustable control bar.

While Blankforce may be an unfamiliar brand name to many riders in North America, they have been producing kiteboards since 2006.

For 2014 Blade is particularly excited about the newest addition to their product line, the Mist.

For 2014 the Best kite line has received a big update including the addition of the Extract (Ruben Lenten's kite) and the new Twist Lock valve to make inflating and deflating your kite much easier.

AXIS was a new company in 2013 and for 2014 is releasing an expanded and retuned line of twin tip and directional kiteboards.

For 2014 Airush has released the next edition of the very popular Lithium kite and a completely redesigned Varial X.

Alex Bloechinger and Tony Logoz walk through the 2014 line of kites and the 2014 Compstick control bar from Slingshot Kites.

Mauricio Abreu shows us the 2014 soft goods line from Slingshot Kiteboarding