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In the Park with Santa Cruz Has the summer let you ride those cracked, cement waves? Maybe you haven't been able to get out as much as you would like. Maybe you've busted an ankle and are now strapped to crutches and YouTube for the summer. Perhaps you just don't feel like skating today. Either way, we hope your day involves catching the Santa Cruz Squad throw it down in the park. We also hope your day involves smoothies because, well, smoothies. Have you been searching for Santa Cruz boards, G …

UP YOUR GAME with the 2015/16 Naish Kite Collection Whether you're looking to fly higher, travel further, cruise more comfortably, or cut harder, the newest additions to the Naish lineup will take your riding to new heights. With 4 new kites, ergonomic harnesses, a sporty board, and a refined control system, Naish has plenty of gear to help you up your game. Thoughtfully designed with heightened durability, performance, and convenience in mind, the Naish's newly refined shapes are a must try for …

MACkite Compares the Liquid Force Edge, the Best Spin, and the Best Spark Kiteboards "It's dangerous to go alone, take this!" says the rather decrepit-looking older gentleman. You stare at the board thinking, Why did I choose to buy a kiteboard from a wizard? I should have just called MACkite. We've been there before, trying to scour for the latest and greatest while maintaining a price point (sans the creepy old wizards). Thankfully, if you're in the market for a kiteboard, we have lined …

Extreme Kitesurfing - Men vs. Ice Spring may be here in Michigan, but in certain areas around the world they're still seeing ice and snow. While we're looking towards the warming waters, Best Kiteboarding visits the United State's northern brother, typically called "Canada". This video is insane! Best Kiteboarding's Alex Arseneault and Antoine Fafard hit up Fleuve St-Laurent, Quebec/Canada to kite those icy conditions. Do we see Best's 2015 Admiral Kiteboard skirting across those ic …

Liquid Force - The WOW Teaser Video Have you checked out Liquid Force's WOW Kiteboarding Kite? Liquid Force will be sending a limited number of WOW kites after April 3, 2015. Liquid Force is expecting their full shipment in June. Until then, Liquid Force has decided to tease us with their latest video on the WOW. The WOW kite focuses on taking riders looking to surf to the next level, while still offering the chance to freeride. The Reduced Diameter Leading Edge on the WOW allows a faster …

On A Ride - Best Kiteboarding 2015 Once upon a time, a group of riders were on search for the best conditions to go 'On a Ride' with their latest 2015 Best Kiteboarding gear. They landed in Paros, Greece and each found their ultimate conditions for freestyle and freeriding. With their  Best Kahoona and Best TS kites ready to ride, see how they all came together for a nice sunset session after spending the day in this beautiful location. Team Riders: Gisela Pulido Sam Medysky Val Garat …

Best Kiteboarding - Slow Mobes Here, we see kiters in their natural habitat. Notice how the riders from Best Kiteboarding become one with the water. As they glide, jump, and show off their talent through a variety of tricks, we see that these riders are more than just the average Joe. They're superheros, honing in on their body to utilize every muscle to perform the ultimate in freestyle kiting. In Portugal, where our specimens reside, we see them sporting the 2015 Best Cabo, a kite set on …

Alex Pastor/Airush - Back to Brazil Alex Pastor, one of the most loved and well-known names in the kiteboarding industry, has recently unleashed his latest raw video of his first couple of sessions after his most recent shoulder injury. This is one kiter that we love seeing time and time again because, even when he's adjusting from his surgery, he still kicks it as big as possible. Pastor undoubtedly shines in this video, just as he does in nearly everything he accomplishes in kiteboarding. Is …

LF's Response Bar Technical Service Bulletin Sometimes, certain things happen that we can't necessarily control. Liquid Force has just released a technical service bulletin about their 2015 Response Control System (part number: 2158089). According to Liquid Force, there have been isolated occurrences of the chicken loop release sticking upon activation. Thankfully, there have been no injuries.  Due to these incidents, however, Liquid Force will be replacing all chicken loop lower assem …

Craig Cunningham - Caera Days This video is just sick! We love watching these North Team Riders as they cruise the waves. Craig Cunningham looks like a wakestyling Superman on his 2015 North Gambler, a board that offers the ultimate in wakestyle performance. Your eyes will thank you for watching this impressive video - our's did!  …

A Ways to Kite - Reider Decker Whoa! Our kiteboarding minds are blown by Reider Decker's video in La Ventana. We see him destroying the waters on his 2015 Slayer V3 and 2015 Varial X. Decker has decided to completely change strapless freestyle kitesurfing. To us, it almost looks like he's performing an Irish Jig on his board. Decker shows us that there's more than one way to kitesurf, and we're completely stoked!  …

Molokoi While "Molokoï" may be translated from French to "snail", Chloé & Lucas from Wainman Hawaii shared this video with us to show that kiteboarding is anything but slow. Shot in Massy Massy, Le Vauclin, Martinique, and the French Caribbean, this video shows the beautiful landscape, sick tricks, and the playful nature that is the essence of kiteboarding. …

shrEdit Film Festival Highlights A mountain of pizza, a copious amount of free swag, and videos highlighting some of West Michigan's most awesome shredders. We had an absolute blast for our 3rd annual shrEdit Film Fest!  What is shrEdit? shrEdit is a film festival sponsored by MACkite Boardsports, Mulligan's Hollow, and our brands, including Rome, Never Summer ThirtyTwo, Switchback, Sandbox, and Airblaster. Shredders submit their videos either through Vimeo or YouTube and are judged by rep …

Best Kiteboarding: Everybody Knows As spring approaches, we're seeing more and more kiteboarding videos that have us longing for those beautiful, blue waters. In this action-packed, over-the-top, one-of-a-kind video, we see a plethora of team riders, like Chris Bobryk, Ruben Lenten, and Gisela Pulido enjoying the arrival of Best's 2015 gear like the Best Profanity and Spark Kiteboards, or the Best GP or TS kites. Watch as some of your favorite team riders show off their insa …

Final Liquid Force Hydrofoil Tutorial: Turning and Jumping You've dominated the waters on your foilboard with the techniques given by the sultry-voiced Siskar and Sensi Graves in their first foilboarding instructional video. You've mastered commanding your board as seen in the second Liquid Force tutorial. Now you, the ever-vigilant-watcher-of-all-things-how-to, can check out Liquid Force's final installment of how to foilboard using the LF Foil Fish (it's sad, we know). This tim …