Hello Toby, I have heard of some US riders checking with their agents over kiteboarding coverage by their homeowners policy. Their agents have said that they would NOT be covered for kiteboarding related claims. In other cases the coverage did apply, so I would check with your agent. In the USA, lia...

Too true. As this sport grows and our numbers and associated misadventures increase, we need to reassess how we go at this sport. When our numbers were few and we were far from one another it was hard to create much harm for ourselves and the sport. Today it is relatively easy to damage both. The re...

Brett Gibson is both an attorney and active kiteboarder. He has organized the Mid-Atlantic Kiteboarding Association or M-A-K-A. M-A-K-A is intended to represent kiteboarders in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and North Carolina. He recently wrote an interesting and timely art...

I just came across some video sequences of kiteboarding in Hawaii and in Mexico in 1989 and 1988 respectively. The commentary in the Hawaiian video is interesting, full of speculation on what the future will bring. Well the future is here and this sport has grown as predicted in the sequence. You wi...

Don't snooze on this one or you will lose! The AKA is having a raffle with some major kiteboarding gear up for only a $5. USD ticket! These are complete packages kites, boards, bars, etc. up for grabs. You don't even have to be an AKA member to go after this great stuff. The contest is open to parti...

I just heard that Kiteboarding Magazine is planning on closing the voting down soon for the top ten kiteboarders in the world. Folks should have a lot of ideas for the top riders given all the competitions that have occurred worldwide in the last few months. Lots of hot new riders and strong favorit...

Looks like a clean system. Have you used this system for very long? If so, have you had any problems with it like accidental pulling of the release pin on the shackle? That is one potential problem area that comes to mind but perhaps the use experience will prove otherwise. It looks like the shackle...

It can be a bit of a hassle to signup for yahoogroups to access the files there. Of course once it is done, you are there and things become quite easy. I have reproduced the first part of the account below. The radar photo, windgraph and analysis are in a pdf file at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k...

I just received word from Ryan Riccitelli of Kiteboarding Magazine about an upcoming kiteboarding competition to be held in Corpus Christi, Texas on August 2-4, 2002. And ... I understand that the winner of the contest will automatically be entered into the Red Bull King of the Air Competition quali...

I have been mulling over a technique mentioned in this account for helping you to stop if lofted and firing forward at high speed. It is basically flaring, something that is done anytime someone flys airplanes, hang gliders and paragliders. It is relatively easily done with these other aircraft, the...