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How to Work Remotely and Kiteboard in Brazil's Top Spots
You may have seen some trick tips from North and MACkite Ambassador David Fischer and wondered how he gets to spend so much time at these exotic locations. Perhaps you've even thought about visiting these spots yourself and wondered where to start. MACkite's own Ambassador of Stoke, Aaron, was able to sit down with David to answer these questions and more.How Did You Become a Brand Ambassador?Aaron: Good morning! Joining us from Brazil is Brand Ambassador David Fischer. Welcome, my dude! T
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19th Nov 2024
What are Your Favorite North Sonar Foils for Kite and Wing Foiling?
What are Your Favorite North Sonar Foils for Kite and Wing Foiling?with Matt Aiken from North KiteboardingJake: What is your favorite front wing for winging and kiting?Matt: For kiting I ride this big 1500. It's cool; it goes plenty quick, but it's also got a really low stall speed. For fooling around riding waves and stuff, it can be really fun, so I like it a lot for kiting.For winging, with this being my first season, I started on our giant 2200, and that was really great for learning.
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30th Mar 2023
Navigating the Seas of Change with Brendan Healy, Cabrinha's Sales Manager
Pat: This is Pat with MACkiteboarding.com here this morning with Brendan Healy from Cabrinha.
Brendan: Good to be here. Thanks for having me, man.
Pat: No problem, Brendan. So you came from a background of sailing, right? Is that how you got into wind sports?
Brendan: Yeah, exactly. I grew up in Annapolis, Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay is almost like an inland body of water, more or less, so there are no real waves of any kind, and the breeze is pretty frontal. I grew up sailing; it's a
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24th Jan 2023
The Fred Hope Interview | Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling and Traveling
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
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23rd Nov 2022
Interview with Sensi Graves I Being a Pro kiter & Learning to Wing
Hey, what's up guys? I'm Rygo.
I'm Sensi.
And today we're going to do another interview, and we're going to chat with Sensei Graves here. So it's been kind of a big year for you, a lot of change, a lot of things happening. You just got onto Slingshot. Do you mind sharing about that experience?
Represent, yes! I actually was on Liquid Force for eight years prior to this. They went out of business, I broke my wrist shortly thereafter, and so I wasn't stressed at all about finding a new sponsor b
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17th Nov 2021