You could be forgiven for thinking that Ram Air kites are difficult and complex beasts used by the small minority of techy minded or advanced riders. However, with the enormous interest in Foil boards, the sight of Ram air kites (funnily enough, also referred to as foil kites) in the skies is becoming less and …
Hey keen kiters, It is certainly shaping up that 2019 is the ‘year of the foil’. It has finally hit critical mass where the regular kiteboarding community is embracing the newest addition to our sport, foilboarding. Foilboarding comes in many flavours and as such, has a very diverse choice of gear to suit the many …
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen a huge increase in the amount of people getting into foilboarding. We hear a lot of misconceptions about what it’s like to ride a foilboard as opposed to riding a twin tip or even a surfboard with a kite. We aim to dispell some of …
Disclosure: I am a retailer and sell this board, you can blindly trust every word I say, and should immediately call me to order this board 😀 OK, jokes aside, being in the privilaged position of being a store owner, I do get to try lots of new kit. As it happened, I dropped into …
Another kitesurfing season is about to kickoff and our single biggest piece of advice is check your gear. Doing this properly and regularly can keep you out of unnecessary trouble, save you from having to perform a self-rescue or worse! Our advice is to check your gear each time you use them. It’s easily and …
In following on from Toddy’s wise words in his updated Lightwind blog Version 2, I’ve been asked to contribute to the blog with the “foil version” of light wind. This is fair dinkum light wind stuff. In this Blog, we will be discussing Lightwind range of 4-10 knots … Yes, not only is it possible, …
Read more Lightwind kiting Pt2 … Riding the “Red Arrows”! (Hydrofoil edition)
Hey fun lovers, As the sun starts to thaw out Perth after a particularly brutal winter, we all start to turn our thoughts to Summer fun. We’ve not been hibernating, in fact, we’ve been super busy this winter and have made loads of changes to Action Sports WA, to give you a better experience, more …
So Light Wind Kiting is it really worth it? As September reaches its midway point, and we are about to start a new season, It’s always good to look over what we did in our past and see where we can update, make changes and ultimately improve. About 2 years ago we wrote a blog …
So, we are just coming out of a cold and miserable winter in Perth, but for me it hasn’t been quite so long, or miserable. I was lucky enough to do another trip to Mauritius in July. Yep, another one! This was my third trip to the sunny and windy island of Mauritius. Mauritius is …
Read more Mauritius – Why is everyone talking about this place?
Although I work in the store it comes as a surprise to many that I only start kiting towards the end of the 2016/2017 kiteboarding season. After years of shying away from the wind due to my background in surfing and wakeboarding I finally decided to try and use the wind to my advantage! Three …
