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This is Pat from MACkiteboarding.com talking about the new Code Zero from North Kiteboarding. What is it? What are you going to get out of it? Who's it for? And why should you consider buying this kite this year?What is the Code Zero? It's a single-strut leading edge inflatable foiling kite. It's also surprisingly good in the waves, but that being said, it is designed for light wind foiling. Looking at single-strut versus strutless or three-strut, they opted for some weight savings with …

In this review, Cam, Ryan and Cole are going to give you a brief overview of each wing that Slingshot produces for wake foiling. Gamma 68 Wing Cole: The first wing in the lineup is the Gamma wing. This is a super fun little wing. It's got a lot of speed on it. The low end isn't great, so you do have to get the boat up to speed in order to get it up and out of the water. However, out of all of the wings, this one's going to be able to go the fastest. If you're looking to do airs, 360s, backf …

The Intermediate Wing Foiler's Syndrome All extreme sports have a risk of this stage, and accidents are almost always a result of human error, not equipment failure. In snow skiing and snowboarding, it would be skipping ahead to the terrain park after just mastering the bunny hill. Recently I’ve talked with several advanced and expert-level kiteboarders who learned to wing foil this summer. Naturally, they progressed faster than the average beginner since wings are basically kites without …

Hey everybody, welcome back to MACkiteboarding.com Wing Wednesdays. I'm Tucker and today I'm going to talk with you about the Mystic Wingman harness. I've been riding a lot of different harnesses the past few years. You might have seen in my videos that I almost always have one on, and the Mystic Wingman has been my favorite so far, so two big thumbs up. I'll talk to you about some of the cool features on this harness and my review of it here. We actually helped develop the Mystic Wingma …

Hey, what's up guys? Blake from MACkite here, and today we're going to learn a really fun trick: a board-off beach landing. Step number one for this trick is to simply loosen your feet in the straps. You don't want your feet to be tight in the straps because you want to be able to take it off. If you come into the beach and you're jumping and your feet get stuck in the straps, you're going to land on the beach with your board on, which then causes more issues, and that's not …

Kiteboarding Upwind Is Your First Beginner Milestone If you’re a beginner kiteboarder, going upwind means not walking back up the beach after each ride. If you’re jumping, you need to march upwind easily because every flight takes you downwind fast. Back in the stone age, with 2-line kites, riders would pressure their back foot edging hard to slow their board speed allowing the kite to move to the edge of the window so they could ride upwind. We even used the pickle fork tail like ski brake …

Make Your Kiteboarding Jumps Even Higher With the J-Hook TechniqueI've been coaching some friends on how to boost higher while kiteboarding. Most people use a J-Hook (carving upwind to load the rail) to pop. I find that the Lazy-S (carving upwind, but instead of popping, you carve downwind using the increased power to accelerate) makes much more power.But first, let's talk about using the J-Hook to transition to the Lazy-S.The first thing I say is that you are not being pulled by a kite—you ar …

Hey guys, this is Pat from MACkiteboarding.com here to talk to you about the new Waydoo Flyer One Plus power unit. A neat feature this year is that it's mostly tool-less now for swapping out props. They are coming out with two props for this year for the Flyer One Plus: they're doing the speed prop, which is installed on there right now, and the power prop, which gives you a little more low-end torque. I'll show you how to swap these out. It's a quick and easy process that takes all of a minut …

Exciting NEW gear from Cabrinha for Fall 2022/23. A new line of foils and two new foilboard models landing soon.Cabrinha Fusion X-Series MKII Foil SetThe Cabrinha Fusion MKII foils are an adaptation of the Fusion design we've come to know and love, with an injection of speed and glide which makes them better suited for high performance riding. They added a horizontal fuselage screw to really lock in the fuselage for maximum stiffness. Not sure that was needed on this model but can't hurt, right? …

The hooked-in raley is one of the gateway tricks toward all of your future load-and-pop style kiteboarding tricks. Learning this one will help you to develop a more aggressive, intermediate bag of tricks to your arsenal. Let’s get after it!   Weekly DEALS   Weekly VIDEOS   800.622.4655   Connect via EMAIL   Chat with Us LIVE …

The 2022 Duotone Jaime SLS is one of those magic kiteboards that just about anyone who rides it, loves it. The Jaime SLS has a light and snappy feel that translates to performance freeride and freestyle kiting.   Weekly DEALS   Weekly VIDEOS   800.622.4655   Connect via EMAIL   Chat with Us LIVE …

MACkite ambassador, and  Wake Thief YouTube creator, Devon Manz, absolutely CRUSHES it with this on-water breakdown of the Slingshot hydrofoil line for wakefoiling. Watch as he gives us the play-by-play from behind the boat and helps us to get the best possible idea of which Slingshot foil we might like best for wake foiling.   Weekly DEALS   Weekly VIDEOS   800.622.4655   Connect via EMAIL   Chat with Us LIVE …

Inflatable wing board sizing by volume differs from standard, rigid wing foil boards. Check-in with Tucker as he covers all of the important details to consider when choosing an inflatable wing foil board.   Weekly DEALS   Weekly VIDEOS   800.622.4655   Connect via EMAIL   Chat with Us LIVE …

What's up, guys? I'm Rygo. I'm Kristen. And we're back in Michigan. We've been on tour in the RV for a while now, and then we've been kiting down south in West Michigan, getting so many good freestyle sessions. We've had the most ridiculously smooth south winds here, like 16.7 to 17.7, just perfect big kite freestyle. We've got some stronger days lining up, but about three hours north in northwest Michigan. It's kind of like going to another world up there. Yeah, the water up there is …

Hey, Aaron and Jeff here at MACkite. We just got off the water and we had a good session this morning. Jeff experienced his first go with the Duotone Click bar, and I just wanted to get his unscripted feedback on that bar. What are your thoughts? I'm not a fan, but I've never ridden it until this morning. I thought the Click was just a gadget, and I'm used to above-the-bar tuning. Yeah, you know, way back during the development on the Click bar when we were first getting the concept ide …