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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 …

12 Days of interviews with 12 awesome specials. Bookmark this page to save December 8th-20thThanks for haveing a little fun with us this holiday season! For a little extra cheer, our brands are giving away a piece of free swag! Simply like and comment on any or all the Brandmas Youtube Full Length videos. The videos featured brand is picking the best comment to win some swag. We will be dropping full interviews daily on Youtube at 11am Starting Monday,12/8. Be sure to subscribe and follow us t …

Fred Hope from Slingshot Sports takes us step-by-step through the setup of the new RTS Kit system, now standard with all Slingshot One Lock masts. This tool-free connection system is designed to make life easier for riders, both on the beach and at the boat, saving time and maximizing performance. In this guide, you’ll learn how to properly install and dial in the RTS Kit on your foil mast, as well as how to enjoy a quick and secure setup for future sessions. What’s in the Sl …

The Slingshot One Lock Hydrofoil System represents a major step forward in hydrofoil design, engineered to make it easier for riders to select the right equipment for their level and style. Fred Hope from Slingshot shares insights into the new system, highlighting the changes made to ensure seamless progression and improved performance across various disciplines, including kite foiling, wing foiling, and wake foiling. Three Years of Development | The Slingshot One Lock Hydrofoil System …

How to Enter the Slingshot Code V1 Giveaway Download Video Here Post on Instagram and/or Facebook Running from April 17th to May 15th Tag and follow @slingshotkite Use the hashtag #CrackTheCode for your chance to win. Then tag @mackiteboarding What Stoke Bot 5000 has to say about the Slingshot Code V1 Hi there, Slingshot Kiteboarding and Instagram fans! My name is [insert customer name], and I am absolutely stoked to tell you about my favorite kite on the market, the Slingsh …

  Fred Hope is among the most talented kite foilers we've ever seen. He's also a Product Test Administrator for Slingshot Sports, in Hood River, Oregon.  This offseason, he'll be traveling between Barbuda, in the Caribbean and the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. Along with kite foiling, Fred is an amazing freeride kiteboarder, kitesurfer, and wing foiler. The Fred Hope Interview - Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling and Traveling Pat: This is Pat with MACkiteboarding.com, here with Fred Hope. What …

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 …

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 …

Our friends over at Slingshot have nailed it once again with the introduction of their “ Wing Foil Academy”. For those of you who are looking to get into wing foiling and wing surfing, this is a really awesome place to get started. The Slingshot Wing Foil Academy will cover everything from a glossary of terms, to equipment, handling, assembly, on-water basics and fundamentals, all the way to advanced maneuvers. JOIN FOIL ACADEMY Foil Academy is a free comprehensive online instru …

When the family made plans to head to Florida for Spring Break, the first thing that popped into my head was "winging!!!!". This past Michigan winter was especially brutal and it had been since the Fall that I had been on foil with my wing. This Spring Break however, I had a new set of challenges. In previous years we drove and I could finagle a board in the car somehow. This year we chose to fly and I knew getting a board down there was going to be almost impossible. This is where the amaz …

The new Sentry bar is a welcomed upgrade for Slingshot. I’ve been using their bars since 2013 and while they were making welcomed changes, like above the bar depower and a functional swivel the core design of the bar hasn’t changed all that much. So What's New? Softer Bar The new bar is soft. This really stood out to me. We now have soft molded ends, a soft grip, coated center lines. The older bar was cool because it was so simple but there was a lot of hard plastic. I found …

Is it an airplane, jet, or weather balloon? To many conspiracists’ delight, what we are looking at is a real UFO. Rather than an “Unidentified Flying Object” that you would see at Area 51, we are looking at Slingshots strutless kite known as the “Unlimited Foiling Object.” This is Slingshot’s only strutless kite in their lineup, and one of the few strutless kites in the market today. Due to the fact that it is so light and completely dedicated to foiling, it …

Strut-less kites require some special techniques and finesse to re-launch.  This quick walk through experience will help you explore some options for re-launch if you are struggling.  As we have said before, we recommend playing with these kites in shallow water before embarking on any offshore routes so you can get comfortable and experienced with their re-launch. Malcolm Crennell,  an experienced foiler passed his thoughts along to us and we thought it was well written and true …

Slingshot was awesome enough to send us the new Slingwing V2. Being on quarantine I had plenty of time to session the beaches near my house. Lucky for me I live in a quiet beach town up north and it's still so cold, our beaches are empty. Like hydrofoiling, foil wings are evolving fast! We’ve had a lot of time on all the different styles and we’re very excited about the new developments on this second generation wing from Slingshot.   The 5.4 is my choice at 200 pounds&n …

Muskegon Michigan, a very special place for me as it's where grew up and learned to kite. It's always amazing to come back and share sessions with all my old friends. When the conditions line up the sessions are all time! The flat water in Muskegon Pier for free-style and endless amounts of fun on the dunes; I always have the best time and have a hardest time leaving. Thanks to all the homies that made it so fun! Marc Hoeksema, Blake Olsen, Tye Kowalski, Sarah Dunick, Ryan Goloversic ext. …