Dear Subscribers,
Spring is here and it is windy and warm + daylight savings kicked in early. What a fantastic combination and just what we needed.
Quite a lot of riders have been out riding all winter. Not me, I've had the longest lay-off from Kiteboarding I have ever experienced. Ok I had a great excuse with such a nasty winter and also the birth of our wee boy, Quinn.
I really had no desire to freeze myself at the beach in one of the best winters for snow ever recorded. Choosing instead to spend the winter weekends at home with the new family.
With the arrival this week of daylight savings and warm winds I headed out with the new 09 kites for a short session at Shakers.
The wind was all over the place and I was so rusty, it was not funny. But man it felt so good to get back on the water and have the adrenaline pumping again.
So if your a bit like me and have been sheltering from the Winter, I know what it feels like. But I can assure you it's awesome out there.
So get back into it before summer arrives and the beaches fill up with those annoying swimmers again.
See you out there!
The first group of riders to grab the Nemesis have all been raving about their new kites. It is always good to hear feedback like this from riders with so many years of riding experience.
Discovering the kites new levels of performance and agility like never before (Twister Tech). This has impressed a lot of people. I have a couple of DEMO kites out at the beaches, so grab one if you can, and go ride it hard.
Everyone agrees there has never been a kite as good as this on the market before. BEST Kiteboarding has redefined quality and performance. It's boosting so much higher you have to experience it to believe it. Racing up wind never felt this easy and it just eats the gusty NZ spring weather. Looks like the Nemesis has much more lift in the airfoil than we expected, great for airs and also means you can ride a 12m in light winds. So a Nemesis 12m + 8m would be the perfect 2 kite quiver.
The Twister tech makes the kite super fast turning, so it's very precise to ride and easy to control. The Double Depower system combined with the thin high pressure Cuben Fibre leading edge deliver a kite capable of amazing speed for racing, jumping and eating gusts. Double depower also allows for double power up when going for a jump, sheet in slowly and just keep going up high, very high! Only BEST kites ride like this.
Grab a brand new kite for $1 or highest bidder.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=180118452
Closes on Saturday, get in quick.
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