Mike B

Ha ha ha, Packing now... Looking forward to a weekend of good banter. Look for big airush tent and lots of shinn flags, you'll find lots of toys to play with underneath. :-)

I'll be there with a mountain of Airush and Shinn demo kit, we've contributed to supporting the event. looking forward to it. All our team will be there, think 6-7 of us in total.. some entered some not.. Forecast looks reasonable.. what more could we want for? lol

directionals it makes an enormous difference, even cant angle and profile, never mind size.. but on twins? assuming that you are not talking about handling, the upwind performance is better without any fins, and the bigger you get the more drag they produce and the slower you go, and less you point upwind. handling is a completely different discussion, and one that's settled according to your riding style..

We tested it with 3 identical tt boards The board that has no fins goes upwind best for every rider On directionals it's a whole different story

It's true that we can all learn, but for now maybe we should just wait, offer our respects and condolences. It's not a silly thing to test your own safety systems every now and then. I'm not proud to say that I've had to call on mine three times in the last year, we all make mistakes. I lost an old friend windsurfing last year and we didn't know the full details until some significant time after. The truth was significantly different to the first hand reports we had, so for now I think we should just offer our support, if it can be of any use..

Kite safety systems have come a long way (as proven by the number we saw pulled in that spike), though the Airush star tent safety systems less so. If your not strong enough to drag that central pole out, then you are in for an interesting time! Was a fun weekend, thanks so much to Mark, Sarah, Richie for all their help, and the army of people helping me get kit down and back from the beach - I never underestimate just how much effort it is to move all that stuff around! Looking forward to the Summer Jam. :-)

Thanks to all who came, good to meet you. Was a great 2 days.. Windy, and I had a cracking hour myself on a 10m last night.

Hi All, Just to let anyone who rides around the south east that we will be at a pretty big demo this weekend at Camber with the entire ranges from Airush and Shinn. Forecast is excellent, tides are best for a morning / early afternoon session, so if you are in the area, get yourself down. As I understand there will be a number of other manufacturers there as well, so it would be a shame to miss it! Mike

Hi All, Mark Shinn is over in the UK for three days next week, and seeing as it's a Bank holiday we're running a demo at the CBK beach at Hayling. It will be a chance to try some of the latest boards, and chat to the designer (who has a fair bit of knowledge under his belt so it's been said). It will also be a chance to try a few boards that have not yet been released.. There are a couple of new designs that Mark will have with him that are due for release in the next few weeks (no one has seen or heard of them yet) so a point of interest if you want a preview of what's coming. The tides are good, but the wind is not forecast to be that strong, yet we all know forecasts can be wrong. Fear not though, for if it is very light I'll have all the Airush light wind kit with me, including Monaro Slalom, Sectors, Lithium zero 18, VXR 18, Slayer, and a good few other toys, so if the wind hits 5 knots, we are in business ;-) Come and join us, have a chat, and a poke around the kit that's pushing the boundaries of the sport and at the very least expand your knowledge, and see if you can indeed get going in 5 knots plus (airush say 6, but in the UK I think we can do 5 - we have better air than they do, ha ha) hopefully see a few of you there...

Sun broke out on the north east coast this morning and this vid makes me want to go to the beach right now! Beautiful...

conditions are good.. just picked up to 17 kts, tide falling - an epic evening session awaits, and tomorrow supposed to be windier with tide low and riding through the morning - come and grab a session on 2014's finest! http://www.kiteboarder.co.uk/kitesurfing/download/file.php?id=1306

Hi All, Tom and myself are calling one of our rolling demo weekends this weekend. It's a decent forecast for Camber, so we are on it! Further location details to follow, but if you are local to this spot keep your eye on the forecast and we will see you there. Tom and I both have a healthy selection of 2014 kit already, so there should be plenty of booty for you to play with. We'll be well tooled with lightwind kit as well should the forecast prove inaccurate. Tides are high mid day so it looks like the best sessions will be morning and late afternoon.. From my side of things, I'll have a lot of this seasons regular kit, Monks, dundee's etc, but also; Speedball, Slayers, Sectors, New 2014 VX (very interesting kite) New 2014 Lithium New 2014 Wave New Apex twin from Airush, New Livewire twin from Airush and the new AFT Team pads Tom will have Ozone, Flysurfer, Brunotti... looks like being a good weekend :-)

Agreed with Dan above, the Livewire is a great freestyle board with plenty of freeride - (same board as alex pastor) and the new Apex - on release on the 15th, is also very light and well balanced underfoor. The airush boards have come on leaps and bounds for 2014...

@ 12 stone 4, I would go either Monk forever if you like to ride hard and fast (nothing else like it for this) @ 132x41 or Dundee - if you like a more involving ride with more reward at medium power levels @ 133x42 or Red if you want something very easy and super smooth with excellent range.. @ 135x41 most people go for the monk, as it's no real compromise for what is the best board on the market to ride at full power. I'd say that the 132 comes with 43mm fins, and I would personally be tempted to ask for 53mm fins so it makes it feel more like your 555 in terms of directional stability.. The new boards have come a long way since Mark was designing the old nobile's...

Here is a picture to wet your appetite, New kite uses Technoforce D2 cloth (tested at 20% stronger by independents) together with the aramid load frame. Tom, your new kite awaits, you never did use the aramid versions. It's a lot tighter and more direct.. http://ktwodistribution.com/Ktwo/misc/razor.jpg