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Kitesurfing: Getting Started - Ride with Blake

Kitesurfing: Getting Started - Ride with Blake

This is the first blog of the ultimate beginner guide. This is a series meant to be used as a companion to actual kitesurfing lessons. So give this a watch before, during and after your lesson with a certified school. Do not attempt to use this as your sole source of lessons. We've left a great deal out and nothing beats real professional instruction. You will save yourself time, and most importantly you'll be keeping yourself safe and the local beaches in your area open to kitebo …
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12th Aug 2020 Rygo
Kiteboarding Control Bar Size & tuning your kite

Kiteboarding Control Bar Size & tuning your kite

Kiteboarding Control Bars The first step in tuning your kite is choosing the right size control bar. The standard pairing is 43 - 47 cm bars for 05 - 10m kites 50 - 55 cm bars for 11 - 13m kites 58 - 63 cm bars for 14 - 19m kites These are just guidelines, of course. You can pair any size bar with any kite, but you will change how it flies. If you put a small bar on a large kite, you will slow it down significantly. If you put a large bar on a small kite, you will speed it up grea …
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26th Feb 2020 Rygo
Can I Mix Kiteboarding / Kitesurfing Control Bars

Can I Mix Kiteboarding / Kitesurfing Control Bars

I wanted to cover a topic that comes up all the time. Can, or should, you mix control bars? The short answer is yes. The long answer is... maybe. The last few years, I've used a ton of different brands. Cabrinha, Slingshot, Liquid Force, North, Duotone, Naish, Airush and more. When I started at the shop, I was surprised to see the crew was always mixing control bars. More often than not, you can mix any modern 4-line kite with any 4-line bar. However, there are some things to watch out …
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10th Feb 2020 Rygo
How to choose your first kiteboarding kite size (Kiteboarding Size Chart Included)

How to choose your first kiteboarding kite size (Kiteboarding Size Chart Included)

This is going to be another quick, information-packed blog. I wanted to cover a question we get almost daily: How do I pick the right size kite? This video is aimed at new riders, but I will address intermediate riders at the end of this blog. When picking the correct size kiteboarding kite, there are four things to consider:How much do you weigh?Is this your first kite or are you adding to your quiver?What kind of conditions will you be riding in?What style of kite are you looking at? A …
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29th Jan 2020 Rygo
How to Do an ​Unhooked Back Roll

How to Do an ​Unhooked Back Roll

Unhooked Back RollBasicsDifficulty 2Today we’re going to breakdown a heelside back roll. Learning the back roll is going to open the door to many other more advanced tricks that begin with this rotation. Tricks like the Back to Blind, the KGB or even Back Mobes. Like all sports, it comes down to repetition and practicing the basics. The Back Roll is often a misunderstood trick. Not because it's overly difficult but because people often mistake it for a flip and while you can invert you …
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25th Apr 2019 Rygo
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