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2016 Buyer’s Guide: CrazyFly
From factory worker to factory owner, Jozef Bokovcak represents a true success story showcasing how hard work and innovation pay off. For 2016, the family-owned and operated company has curtailed its...
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2016 Buyer’s Guide: Firewire
Daniel Thomson (Tomo) is a young surfboard shaper from Australia who is at the forefront of modern surfboard design. The man behind the Modern Planing Hull (MPH) concept, his designs have been embraced...
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2016 Buyer’s Guide: Liquid Force
This year, foil fever took over the Liquid Force’s headquarters and for 2016, the company has added three new models to its foilboard program. The brand also launched its first dedicated surf kite and...
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2016 Buyer’s Guide: Mystic
Breaking out on their own to fill a gap for what they believed to be insufficient equipment, a group of passionate kiters and windsurfers established Mystic in 2003. Upholding their mission, “why...
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2016 Buyer’s Guide: Naish
Fusing the talent of top engineers and athletes and producing products with cutting edge technology and premium materials, Naish has helped make memories on the water since 1979. For 2016, Naish...
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2016 Buyer’s Guide: NPSurf
For over 40 years, NP Surf has invested in finding new ways to improve their relationship with water on every level so that watersports enthusiasts can ultimately have more time with it, on it and in...
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2016 Buyer’s Guide: Patagonia
Headquartered in Ventura, California, Patagonia’s founder, Yvon Chouinard, chose the company’s location for its proximity to one of California’s most consistent point breaks so he and his employees...
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2016 Buyer’s Guide: PKS
Since the beginning of our sport, PKS has helped kiters keep their gear in top shape by providing kite repairs and difficult to find replacement parts. Alongside kiteboarding’s evolution, PKS has grown...
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2016 Buyer’s Guide: RRD
With a passion for combining Italian artistry and craftsmanship with Hawaiian-inspired performance in each of his products, Roberto Ricci started hand-shaping windsurf boards in the mid 1980s and...
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2016 Buyer’s Guide: Slingshot
Slingshot releases products in two cycles per year. For 2016, the brand is rolling out its first surf-specific kite which now has an above-the-bar depower option with the company’s new Sentinel...
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2017 Buyer’s Guide: Naish
2017 is a big year for Naish Kiteboarding with the introduction of an exclusive new canopy fabric, significant changes to the kite lineup and Naish’s first hydrofoil product. We caught up with Damien...
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2017 Buyer’s Guide: Nobile
After eight years of selling Nobile boards at retail, Boardsports California is now the Nobile distributor for the US and Caribbean markets. Nobile was the original manufacturer/designer to bring wood...
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2017 Buyer’s Guide: North
A company that needs no introduction, North Kiteboarding entered the market in 2001 and quickly climbed the ladder to the top, becoming one of the industry’s leading brands. Blending their visions for...
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2017 Buyer’s Guide: NP
2017 marks NP’s 25th anniversary as a leading manufacturer of highly technical waterwear and accessories. The company has a deep line of windsport-specific products with exclusive materials like...
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2017 Buyer’s Guide: Ozone
Ozone is one of the only companies in the kiteboarding industry that produces paragliding foils in addition to a full line of kites. Technology from each sport has crossed over to the other, such as...
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2017 Buyer’s Guide: WMFG
WMFG has the cliché garage innovator turned accessory brand background story: A kiteboarder can’t find good kiteboard traction for his board, figures out how to make his own, kiteboarder’s friends...
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2017 Buyer’s Guide: Patagonia
Patagonia is a global action sports apparel brand based in Ventura, California. With strong roots in surfing, many of its employees take advantage of its location next to one of California’s most...
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2017 Buyer’s Guide: Slingshot
Slingshot releases products in two cycles per year. For this installment, Slingshot’s dedicated light wind Turbine line of kites gets a full quiver of sizes, we learn about the latest in Slingshot’s...
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2017 Buyer’s Guide: Ride Engine
Ride Engine launched into the kiteboarding accessory market last year with great success. Now in its second year, the brand features a wider selection of production harness sizes, new spreader bar...
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2017 Buyer’s Guide: Prolimit
Prolimit started out as a windsurfing accessory company making booms, bases and harnesses and has since evolved into a full line of waterwear, yet harnesses for windsports remains at the heart of...
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