Kiteboarding

One slightly battered Caution Spitfire, one massive slingshot twin-tip board, and 750 dollars cash. This is what surf photographer Jason Wolcott negotiated as payment for his first kite photography assignment: follow the Schiebel brothers into sketchy Baja surf south of the border. To Wolcott, it was a huge deal. Not long before, on a cold spring day, he'd seen Peter Trow killing it on a kite in huge swell and 35-knot wind. “This guy was out there riding wave after wave on a day when you could not spot a wave to surf,” he says. He knew from that moment on that he had to learn how to kiteboard. OFTEN I FEEL LIKE I AM LEFT OUT BY STANDING ON THE BEACH WITH A BIG LENS His passion for photography…

LIQUID FORCE CPR CONTROL SYSTEM When we asked our testers what they were looking for in a bar, one thing in common was a clean design with simple functionality. The LF bar did this by offering a below-the-bar depower system, which was a bonus for riders who prefer not to reach above the bar to depower (good for short-armed riders). The LF bar offered a quick release that is both easy to eject and put back on in the water. F-ONE AIRLITE BAR The Airlite is constructed out of a single piece of aluminum, which means strong and lightweight. Testers liked the thin diameter grip with comfortable EVA for the hands. The depower system uses the clam cleat also used by many manufacturers, but it was the simple “sand free”…