KITE REVIEWS

Duotone Dice SLS 2022

The Dice stopped rolling to the top

We bought every version of the Dice for the last 7 years. Why? Because it is big fun to ride. It combines an agile...
Harlem Go V5

Growing confidence on the Harlem Go v5

Finding your perfect kite requires looking into the mirror. Knowing your needs is step one. Step two is understanding what a certain kite can...
Ten Pinna v2

Ten Pinna v2; low-hanging fruit

When the wind really picked up -close to 30knots- our biggest test rider came back to the beach within 5 minutes of riding the...
Best TS v8 and Roca v3

Best Kiteboarding; don’t call it a comeback

A frequent reaction when we were testing the latest Best kites: "Do they still exist?". So yes, they do. Best is still around. But...
Duotone Dice 2021

Duotone Dice 2021 poppycock details

The Dice is around for 7 years now and most people will know its nature just by watching any kite video from Lasse Walker. ...
Dice 2021

Duotone Dice ’21 on a (small) diet.

As requested some insights on the changes from a '20 to '21 Dice. In short it has been on a diet. But not on...
Switch Nano 9m

The nervous Switch Nano

As we are getting closer to the 1500 Euro mark for the latest A-brand 9m there is a growing request on a serious answer...
Decathlon Orao

Crash for less; the Decathlon Orao

The 750 Euro Decathlon kite is probably the cheapest kite you physically can get in a shop and very attractive for beginners on a...
Naish Pivot 2020

Naish Pivot 2020. The crown without the king.

With a warm feeling we give the Pivot the biggest compliment it can dream of; the chance that this is a perfect kite for...

BOARD REVIEWS

The big small brand twin tip test

The big small brands twin tip test

Nowadays 600 Euro's is a bargain. Small brands beat bigger ones much more on twin tips than over kites. Put those two together and...

The transformable twintip: inobo

Fresh and out of the box thinking gives the kite industry a push in new directions with new opportunities. So we are proud to...
Spleene RS38

Spleene RS 38 (138*42,5cm twin tip) 2017

The German designed Spleene 2017 RS 38 twin tip has been marketed as their freeride&freestyle board. The figures of the RS 38, with 42,5 cm...

Encore Inferno and Paradise, custom twin tips

Numerous shiny, outstanding colors to style your board from the -friendly prized- new brand Encore. We took two twin tips of them out for a test,...

Decathlon Tribord Zeruko twin tip

The cheapest board we have ever seen. Just 300 Euro's, including pads, straps, handle and fins. Is it just for beginners? Is it crappy...

Lieuwe, Dutch handcrafted twin tips

Recognisable by the wooden look and -of course - the orange logo, the Dutch brand Lieuwe delivers handcrafted custom boards. We see more and more people riding with...

Unlimited designs by Saul Custom

"A board must be my friend, my partner, not the one I have to fight with. I want to trust my board and be sure...

Twin tip F-one Acid and Trax 2016

Carbon or no carbon? That is a relevant question when it comes to the twin tips of F-one. Both the Acid and the Trax...

Impression Airush Livewire Reefer 140 * 42 cm 2016 (with Reefer boots)

Massive, deep multiple channels, surprising big rocker, extremely wide: made to shred some kickers and sliders. This, in combination with the stylish wooden colours of...

DIRECTIONAL REVIEWS

ACCESSORY REVIEWS

SafeTrx: one small step for safety. One giant leap for mankite?

What is the value of safety? Kitesurfing isn't a very affordable sport. But not because we spend our money on risks reduction systems. A...
SHFIX; fit any shoe on your twin tip

SHFIX; take your sneakers to the next level

Kitboarding wouldn't exist without crazy people. Marco Zavalloni -the wicked man behind SHFIX- could have been one of those persons. By thinking outside the...
Surfr app case

Surfr. The poor or the smart man’s WOO?

Since a few months there is another option next to WOO and PIQ: The Surfr app. Why would you choose for another new device...
Surf eye

An eye for an eye

You don´t know what you got until it´s gone. That applies to many things in live but especially to our eyes. They make us...
3 woos en 1 surfr

The WOO, the Surfr app, the youngster and some stunning data

14 years old, flying 30m+, living 2 hours from a kite spot and touches the 100 km/h mark during a kite loop. Crazy! If...
Harness stress test; the naked truth

Independent harness stress test – the naked truth

What a feeling to deliberately abuse and demolish half a dozen brand new harnesses. For a good cause though; make kiting another step safer....
Top view

Harness stress test – how we did it

July 2020 we finally performed our stress test on six different major brands of harness hooks on a test bench. Although the test was...
broken Ion Apex hook

Is your harness weaker than your lines?

Angry. Disappointed. Hurt. Feelings that are hard to mix with a fun sport like kiteboarding. But when you come down the hard way -literally-...
WOO 3.0 error

WOO 3.0 issue solving suggestions

We love the WOO game (although it needs the 3.0 versions to make sure you are not set back about 25%). Each time we...

OTHER REVIEWS

Leaking Duotone inflate

Duotone’s ‘leaking’ inflate

SLS owner please read our other post! If the start of something beautiful -inflating a kite- is overthrown by the sound of a leak it...
Surf eye

An eye for an eye

You don´t know what you got until it´s gone. That applies to many things in live but especially to our eyes. They make us...

Tracer Sky Mount (holder for an action cam in your kite)

It seems something very useful and easy; your own personal camera hanging above you, so you and your buddies get filmed on the water. But...

Comparing line strengths

A nightmare for every kiter is a broken line. To make things worse it happens often right in the middle of a perfect session. Then...

Pre-review: The WEZR Sensor. A device for a better wind forecast.

A key impact on our kite sport; the weather. More precisely: the wind. Every kiteboarder has its way to get his wind prediction information; either...

Review Woo Sports: tracking of jump height and air time -part 2-

After our first test of the Woo we were left with some questions; we found a good relation between 2 Woo's on one board, but...

Review WOO Sports: tracking of jump height and air time -part 1-

It is just for sale for a few months. The Woo Sports is a small waterproof device which measures and records automatically the height and...

Why testing North Dices & F-one Bandits?

We think the type of kites like, Bandit and the Dice (but also similar on-can-do-it-all kites like the Rpm of many others) cover 90%...