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The Brazilian Brothers are on the beach in Mykonos for the 2026 GKA Big Air Kite World Cup, and the conditions are absolutely firing. With massive gusts coming through and sand moving everywhere across the beach, the stage is set for an epic competition. Let's dive right into the Round 1 heats and hear directly from the riders coming off the water. Men's Round 1 Action Heat 4: Leonardo Casati Advances Heat 4 featured Max Tullett, Hugo Wigglesworth, and Leonardo Casati. Leo has a real chance to …

The Brazilian Brothers caught up with the Casati family on the beach at the GKA Kite World Cup in Mykonos. The Casatis have established themselves as an absolute powerhouse in the sport of kiteboarding. With Lorenzo already throwing down in the biggest competitions, his younger brother Leo is now stepping up with real odds of taking home a World Championship. Renato Casati — the father and coach of Lorenzo and Leo — is incredibly proud to have two sons competing at the highest stag …

The Brazilian Brothers are on the ground for Day 1 of the GKA Big Air Kite World Cup competition in Mykonos, Greece. Walking down to the event site at 8:30 in the morning, the wind is absolutely nuclear. It's an onshore spot blowing 40 knots, and the sand is flying everywhere. The riders are ready to perform, and everyone is eager to see who is going to take home the world title in both the male and female big air competitions. The Event Draw The Men's Division Looking at the male draw, it's a …

The Brazilian Brothers just finished editing videos, and the wind is absolutely howling. The trees are moving, and it has to be blowing 35 to 40 knots. Word on the street is that the pros are already on the water, throwing it down and warming up for tomorrow's competition. There's 60,000 Euros on the line, so these guys are livid to get out there and win this competition. After finding a roadblock and walking through some grass past sunbathing locals, the brothers make it to the event site. Th …

The Brazilian Brothers are back on the beach in Mykonos, Greece, for the GKA Big Air Kite World Cup. They caught up with some of the biggest legends in the sport to talk about the local conditions, their gear setups, and their mindset going into the competition. Jeremy Burlando on the Slingshot NXT V2 First up is Jeremy Burlando, a Slingshot pro rider who helped develop the NXT — a dedicated big air machine. The V2 has just come out, and Jeremy is excited about how it suits the local con …

The Brazilian Brothers sat down with special guest Lana Herman in Hermanus, South Africa. Fresh off an amazing session on the water, they dive into her journey. Lana is an international rider representing Harlem who recently secured a podium finish on kiteboarding's biggest stage: King of the Air. From Slovenia to Kiteboarding Lana is originally from Slovenia. Her kiteboarding journey started when her parents divorced and her mom began dating a kite surfer and windsurfer with over 20 years of …

A story of nerves, resilience, progression, and the mindset required to perform on kiteboarding’s biggest stage The Arrival: Energy, Expectations, and the Calm Before the Storm The opening moments of the Red Bull King of the Air 2025 carried a unique kind of electricity. Strong wind pulsed through the beach, conditions looked promising, and for the Slingshot Sports riders, the stage was finally set. For one rider in particular, the mindset was surprisingly calm—arguably the calme …

The Brazilian Brothers covered an exciting strapless big air competition in Prea, Brazil. It was organized by strapless pioneer and 2008 World Champion Mitu Monteiro. The weather could hardly have been better, with the wind pumping at 25-30 knots. The brothers were especially stoked that their friend Baby Shark would be participating in his first strapless competition, and they felt he had a good shot at placing, if not outright winning. Ready... Set... Go! First up was the racing compet …

With Andrea Principi back on the water to defend his crown and the first-ever Women's Division being added to the event, the 2024 Red Bull King of the Air in Cape Town was one for the history books. A crowd of 7,000 lined the beach, with thousands more joining the livestream to watch the event unfold. Day 1 brought light morning conditions, but that all changed in the afternoon. Epic wind ushered the competitors onto the water, where they displayed some incredible tricks. In a bid for a bac …

The third and final stop of the GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup tour in 2024 could hardly have been more exciting. Maxime Chabloz from Switzerland was leading the rankings, but not by much and faced stiff competition from the other board leaders. Adding to the uncertainty was a less-than-perfect wind forecast for the normally reliably steady spot. The finals were held at Fuwairit Kite Beach on a lagoon that opens to the Arabian Sea in Qatar. Typical conditions offer mirror-flat waters an …

Two of F-One's youngest riders made an impressive showing at a recent GWA Wing Foil Events in Dakhla, Morocco and Ibiraquera, Brazil. Leon Schiel from the UK is only 14 but placed 3rd in the Wave category in Dakhla, and 17-year-old Liam Coralle advanced to the quarterfinals in his first-ever GWA event.Dakhla sits at the edge of the Sahara Desert and has a shallow, flatwater lagoon. The side-offshore wind is just right with consistent speeds of 20 to 30 knots. Air temps in the fall rise to a …

The 2024 Qatar Airways GKA Big Air Kite World Championships, Gran Canaria, was met with 35-plus knots of wind, ready to help boost the women and men who were competing to impressive heights. Jamie Overbeek and Pippa van Iersel had just won the title in France... would they be able to find their way to the top again? They'd been training hard, but so had the other competitors.Jeremy Burlando, a local, set the tone with an impressive altitude of 15.3 meters. But it wasn't just about the big …

We love to share the wingfoil stoke with today's youth, and F-ONE's Next Generation Team is an inspiration to us all. They recently competed at the GWA Youth Wingfoil World Championships in La Palma, Spain, and ALL SIX came home with world titles or medals. They were among 35 riders in three age groups in both the Surf-Freestyle and FreeFly-Slalom events, so it was a particularly impressive showing by F-ONE's young team! Christopher Macdonald: defended his World Champion Surf-Freestyle tit …

This is Ryan, Jeff and Cado with MACkite, and we're checking out all the latest and greatest gear for the upcoming season at AWSI in Hood River. As always, if you've got any questions, give us a call at the shop. We'd love to talk to you about the gear.Ben, Duotone and Boards and MoreThe Neo D/Lab is a very anticipated kite. It is the D/Lab material, which is the Aluula leading edge. The newest innovation in it is that we have a different flex strut pattern for each size of the kite. The bi …

In this interview:   Kevin, who grew up in St. Martin, got introduced to watersports like sailing and kiteboarding at a young age. He discovered kiteboarding after moving back to the Netherlands and was thrilled by the combination of surfing and flying kites. He became part of the competitive kiteboarding scene during the PKRA era, alongside notable names like Aaron and Sam. The competitive side of the sport has since declined in terms of prize money and support from organiz …