Mar

30

Set your feet free and your mind will follow…

Category: Sideshow's Blog | 1 Comment

I remember about five years ago riding 16-20m C kites struggling on the lightwind days.  Let’s face it, lightwind was a four letter word and we were all doomed to frustration by riding medium to high wind twin tips with huge kites.  My friend Daryl Drown advised me to get a skimboard so I could start [...]

Mar

28

Why strapless?

Category: Jon's Blog | Leave a Comment

    Kiteboarding is a unique sport in so many ways, but what sets it aside from any other sport i know of is the variety of equipment you can use.  I have ridden every board you could possibly think of, which include; skateboards, wakeboards, standard twintips, skimboards, 2 by 4’s, wakeskates, ski’s…et cetera.  For me, [...]

Mar

18

You can’t do that….

Category: Lonny's Blog | 2 Comments

“You can’t do that…” For the past several weeks I had been thinking about what my first blog entry should be for losethestraps.com. And then whack, it hit me like a kite loop gone bad; a long time kiting friend, who shall remain nameless, told me today that I could not take my [...]