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women-boardsportsSome of the most inspirational women in boardsports, hailing from all over Europe and overseas, will be gathering in Saas-Fee in Switzerland October 28 to 31, 2010 for the second Annual Women in Boardsports retreat.

Last year, guest speakers included Donna Carpenter (co-founder of Burton), Maritxu Darrigrand (co-founder of Roxy), Sam Haddad (editor of Cooler Magazine) and pro snowboarder Anne-Flore Marxer to name a few.

This year Circe Wallace from Wasserman Media Group, Corinne Tache Berther from 7th Sky, pro snowboarders  …  Details

Imagine you’re going to travel five years searching for the perfect kitesurfing session in a paradise island, in the middle of nowhere.

It’s not a dream, it’s reality. Well, at least for the carefully chosen water men and women that have already surfed 132 kite spots of 39 countries.

The Best Odyssey is more than a kiteboarding expedition. It is an unbelievable life experience. The crew of kiteboarders has already travelled 40.000 miles in a Lagoon 570 catamaran  …  Details

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The 2011 Kite Racing World Championships will be held on the well known German island of Sylt from June 28th – July 3rd, 2011.

A price money purse of 15000 Euro is up for grabs for the best kiteboard racers from all around the world then.

“2010 was a successful test by having the European Racing Championships at this very spectacular location which perfectly fits the needs of our growing sport: Excellent wind statistics as well as   …  Details

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Back to Blackpool for the second year in a row – this time on the Northern Beaches, at Bispham. It was the final event of the season and it was everything to play for in many of the fleets especially the Kitesurfing Freestyle. Hannah Whiteley and Sam Light have been crowned.

On Thursday, the Pro Riders arrived and registered – the wind forecast was for no wind – so the heats were drawn and riders spent the day tuning the kit for the forecasted winds of Friday.

Friday, all the other fleets arrived to register and the race crew got ready for the days proceedings. There was a mixture of rain showers early on however these went away to leave   …  Details

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