Fall finally brings back the strong winds to the Northeast and the last week of October brought exceptional conditions. It is starting to get chilly but that didn’t stop the crew from having fun and exploring a new flat-water spot on Long Island.
Riders: Nikolay Kovalev, Jerome Loman, Eric Rauscher and Nicolas Diener
Marquee Brands, who recently purchased fashion brand Ben Sherman and Italian luxury brand Bruno Magli, has acquired Body Glove; Meistrell family will remain a minority interest
Family-owned for more than 60 years, Body Glove is handing over the reigns to licensing acquisition and development company Marquee Brands, based out of New York and London.
Founded in Redondo Beach, California by the Meistrell family, Body Glove will remain in its home town.
Marquee plans to set up shop on the west coast in order to better manager its newest portfolio member.
So 2016 has seen the rise of the Kite Park League, a series of events that have been united by a common ranking of the worlds best kite park contests throughout the year. This was the 5th event in the series finishing off the year with a bang in Rhosneigr, Wales.
After visitng the Philippines, Cape Hatteras, Hood River in the USA and Blagga in Russia, Wales may seem like an unlikely spot. However the good old british tea power stepped up and delivered! With wind almost every day, visiting the Surf Snowdonia wave garden and shredding the new Winch system. The Rhosneigr Park jam was a perfect finnish to the season.
I drove up from the Isle of Wight to meet a host of international riders that turned out to shred the UK’s first kite park! Here is what happened.
Last summer we hit the road with our camper to spend the summer in Prassonissi , Greece. Besides the beautiful weather and nice roads to ride by bike, there was also plenty of time to kite. With a nice wave spot at the one side and flat watter on the otherside, it doesn’t get much better than that! Our friend and Teammate Rens van der Schoot came by for a week of training.