The KiteFest Alaska 2011 will be held in Homer, Alaska, on The Spit at Mariner Park, between May 27-29.
KiteFest Alaska is an annual gathering of kiteboarders from around the Alaska. Every year, over 100 kiters descend on Homer to kite, learn to kite, trade or buy gear, meet other Alaskan kiters and to just generally have an amazing time … Details
The 2011 PKRA World Tour is finally out. This year, the official world kiteboarding competition will be crowning kings and queens in three categories: Freestyle, Wave and Racing.
The 2011 PKRA World Tour calendar is a busy one. Pro kiteboarders will travel a lot, as the global competition promises to visit five continents. There will be with nine Freestyle events, six Wave events and six Racing events. The season kicks off on  … Details
Enjoy the winter at full speed at Oravi, Saimaa, Finland
Kites, sails and wings on snow or ice, slalom and course, champions and beginners, racing and playing around. Best sails in the World in one place for entire week, now for 31st time.
10 days, 7 sports, over 100 competitors.
At the end of February the small village Oravi in the heart of Finland’s Lake District Saimaa will turn into the meeting place for ice and snow sailors from all over the world. The reason for the gathering is the annual World Championship, WISSA (World Ice and Snow Sailing Association), which now is arranged for the 31st time. There, over 100 of the World’s best winter sailors, women and men, will compete and show their skills on skies and on snowboard.
Competition will take place in different classes and disciplines. The classes are: kites, sails and hand held wings. The disciplines for kite are: course race and the new discipline kite cross, which consists of three parts: speed race, quick downwind track and a freestyle race. The disciplines for the other classes are: course race and short track slalom.
Kitewing, the hand held sail, will be strongly present in Oravi. Kitewing is one of the main sponsors of the event, Kitewing dealers from different countries will meet and talk about their passion for Kitewing and skillful riders will show how you have fun with the sail.  www.kitewing.com/
The competitions are held between 25th of February until 6th of March. For further information, go to www.wissa2011.org.
Kristin Boese has announced the ten venues that will be part of the 2011 KB4Girls World Tour. After the success of the first season, the kiteboarding champion wants to step up the project to a whole new level.
The KB4Girls Foundation, a non-profit organization registered in Hood River/Oregon, will be the support of the kiteboarding clinics. “The year 2010 has truly been amazing and extremely motivating for me. Seeing all the happy faces in our events and feeling the support from all the local communities and female kiters around the world has shown me that there really is an objective and a future to KB4Girls.”, says Kristin Boese  … Details