In light of MACkiteboarding now offering Slingshot Wakeboards, here are some of their best tearing up Hydrous Wake Park in Texas.
In this episode of Viva La Texica members of the Slingshot team hit the ShredTown Park and Hydrous Wake Park for a little fun.
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While kiteboarding already has a huge lightwind advantage over sports like windsurfing, everyone always wants to get the most riding time possible. For most kiteboarders on a standard setup (12m Kite &140cm board for 175lb rider) rideable wind begins at about 15 mph. This amount of wind is apparent because whitecaps become easily seen and prevalent on the water around 15 mph. With this same setup jumping and powered riding will begin at around 17 mph.
2013 Cabrinha Crossbow LW Kiteboard Kite and Cabrinha Stylus kiteboard
One of the best things you can do to improve your lightwind riding is to become a better kite flyer. Accomplished kite flyers can lose as much as 3 mph of wind and still be riding because they keep the kite moving in the power zone. A good way to become a better kite flyer is simply flying in light-winds. You can learn more in an hour of flying your kite in sub 12 winds than all your previous experience combined. It is much more difficult to fly the kite in these winds and it is necessary to keep the kite moving.
Remember to pull in for more power when turning, then let the bar out to allow the kite to become more aerodynamic and rise in the sky.
The answer to this question will vary based on what kind of riding you enjoy as well as your skill level. For instance, most riders enjoy flatwater riding, but wakestyle and kitesurfers often enjoy waves to use for jumps and surfing. There are, however, a few attributes that can be applied to all riding styles.
Snowkiting at easmanville farm
Tucker and Jeff made it out for a morning snowkite session today at our new favorite spot and scored some fun powder. Tucker was riding the Rome Garage Rocker 154 with Rome Mob Boss bindings while flying a Slingshot RPM 14m kite. Jeff opted for a Flow Era that was lying around the shop and a 2013 Cabrinha Switchblade 12m kite. With knee deep powder in spots it made for some fun riding and an excellent time to test our our new snow kiteboarding spot at Eastmanville Farm that offers a large area with enough elevation fun to mix things up a bit. While the hike back is rather long in deep snow, it is well worth the reward. Be sure to keep your eye out for the obstacles at this spot. It has trees, fence posts, and a large ditch that might posses a threat to beginners or an unsuspecting rider but most of the large riding area is clear of major obstacles.
