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Small interview with Lou Wainman about his collaboration with Flysurfer and some riding of him on the Flysurfer Psycho3 in Lanes, Hawaii. Video shot by Chris Tronolone.

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There is a new online magazine dedicated to snow and landkite, the landkitemag.com It’s a French magazine, totally written in French, but even if you don’t understand it, the photos make up for it!

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Chasta,Titaua and Tamatoa in Moorea.
Action filmed by Titaua and Chasta

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The construction of the new Balance boards will be something new in the kiteboarding industry.

For 2009 they will have the newest aero-space composites and materials.
With this technology, Balance will achieve greater flex-weight-durability ratio than last year model.
So we can expect better performance from the boards.

The materials used in our upcoming line will consist among others of :

• Tri and Cuatri-axial fiberglass (the most durable f-glass available in the market)
• carbon flex control from tip to tip to reach an accurate and responsive flex trim
• honeycomb combined with durable wood core that is placed in the center of the board giving it that lively and nice feel along the whole board length, plus extra durability.
• TITANAL, a new material, never used in the kiteboard industry (lighter than Titanium)
• wood and carbon core

Now, this is high tech.

The final competition of 2008 Irish Kitesurfing Championship was another no wind event, and so the placings are unchanged since Tyrella.

Well done to all competitors, in particular Eamon Armstrong, Nika Kupiw and young Stefan Vance, the final winners of the Pro’s, Ladies and Amateurs.

The winners have been presented with the new IKSA perpetual trophies, created by MandN Furniture Design.

Results:

Pros
1st Eamon Armstrong (LSD Kiteboarding, Flexifoil, Underground, Pro-limit, Sooruz)
2nd Olivier Corbrun (Pure Magic, Best Kiteboarding, ABoards)
3rd Eddie Hawkins / Ross Harte (Wildrover kitesurfing, Ozone / Pure Magic, Cabhrina)

Ladies
1st Dominika Kupciw (Pure Magic, Cabhrina)
2nd Jennifer Kinnear (JK Jewelery)
3rd Aleksandra Bondareva (ABoards)

Amateurs
1st Stefan Vance
2nd Rob Cooper
3rd Neil O’Connor

[Source: Irish Kitesurfing Association]

New For 2009

There are some major exciting changes next year for all 3 models of Instinct. Rob has taken over the Kitesurf design so he has put his all into every aspect of the 09 designs. Due to popular demand all three models are now four line designs but Rob has managed to keep the Ozone feeling you all love and no annoying pulleys required!!! We are over the moon with all the new improvements. We have put all your feedback into the 09’s so you’ll be impressed with the changes, everything from the kite design, handling, safety system through to the bar and new bags. Nothing is left un-touched for the 09’s. The Instincts also show off our new distinctive colour scheme that we now have on all new kites from Ozone.

For 09 we release the following in Jan :

LIGHT XC - The ultimate entry level kite but finding favour with expert riders/wake-stylers/wave riders.

SPORT+ -The All Terrain freestyle kite – our most popular model for intermediate to Expert riders.

EDGE RX - The ultimate high aspect send you crazy high kite that puts smiles on even the most hardened Kite expert. Chip Wasson wins pretty much every race he enters with this kite…

We will post more information within the next few weeks and keep you updated as we enter the final stage of tweaking the designs. One advantages for Ozone is that we have our own factory and do not OEM our products. This means that you get the latest cutting edge designs promptly once all out testing is finished. Thanks to us managing/owning our factory we literally finish the design and the production starts and ships 1 week later. We are proud of our approach to kite design and production as it is also a sustainable approach to kite manufacturing.

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The 2009 Balance boards are almost hitting the market.

The new models will be available in 4 sizes:
Diamond 130×38,5 - recommended for lighter riders and girls (40 to 65 kgs)
Code 133×39 - For riders with weight between 65 and 80 kgs
Onieva Signature 135×39,5 - The version for heavier riders(70 to 90kgs) and wider stance (40-44-48cms) recommended for lighter riders and girls (40 to 65 kgs)
PetrTyushkevich Signature 137×40 : This model will have wider stances (42-46-50cm) and will be perfect for the hardcore frestylers.

Once again Balance boards will be technologically advanced.
Soon we will bring you more details about the boards construction.

For the first time in history, the 2009 kiteboarding world championship title will be sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). This became possible by approving the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) as official class association during the quadrenual ISAF general meeting in Madrid last week. From now on, Kiteboarding is on par with other parts of international sailing as the “Volvo Ocean Race” or the “Americas Cup”.

To Markus Schwendtner, executive secretary of the IKA, this is an important step towards the positive development of this young sport: “Giving the world championship rights to the IKA clarifies the structures in international kiteboarding and ensures same reglementation for national and international kiteboarding competitions. It has now become possible to compete under consistant and recognized rules. Thereby the sport becomes more attractive and transparent to athletes, spectators and the media”. In the past, international kiteboarding competition took mainly place within two private world tours. Thus there have been two world champions, elected by different sets of rules.
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Wainman Hawaii Rabbit Kite Gang’s Eric Rienstra getting high on Blunts and Rabbits.

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This video features local Santa Cruz kiter, Hal Turner, ripping up the north coast. Hal is killing it on the 5′5″ Trespass and the stock Mayhem setup.

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