Here we have the rider profile of the Welsh Kitesurfing Legend Kirsty Jones, who has pushed the limits of kitesurfing to deeper levels since she stormed into the kitesurfing scene over 9 years ago! Winning multiple world titles in the waves is not enough for Kirsty and since the beginning of her career as a professional kitesurfer, Kirsty has raised a significant amount of money for various charities through her long distance solo kitesurf crossings and is constantly using her skills and knowledge to help protect our oceans and marine life through various ventures and projects. Since a nasty knee injury last year, Kirsty has been developing and running her KJ Experience courses and retreats combining kiting, surfing, yoga and ocean awareness, while also storming back onto the competitive scene, to prove that injury and obstacles can just make you stronger!

True Kiteboarding - 10 years of North Kiteboarding.
This Episode features Jaime, Steph and finally Tom Bridge. It provides you with interesting details about the history of North, the contribution to True Kiteboarding and the evolution of safety systems. Shot in Portugal and Spain with lots of nice footage from our youngest team ripper! Enjoy!

For the 25th anniversary of one of the biggest sailing competitions in the world, 30 kitesurfers from around the world have been invited to join this major event. Olivier Dansin and Blazej Ozog were representing NKB at the event that took place in Kata beach in Phuket between 2nd and 10th of December.

The first days of competition did not allow kitesurf to compete because of the extremely light off shore conditions. The third day, 2 races have been done in a very gusty off shore wind (5/20 knots). Our rider Olivier Dansin won those two races with an impressive advance, Blazej Ozog however injured his ankle during the first race.
On saturday consistent 20 knots (off-shore as usual) gave the riders a hard time as there was no wind at all on the beach, which made it extremely hard to get on the water. Due to some difficulties with launching his kite, Blazej Ozog did not reach the start line.
After winning the 2 first races of the day, missing out on the third one, Olivier Dansin took home the trophy of the first edition of the King Cup Regatta of Kitesurfing in Thailand.

The highlight of the day, was the closure ceremony with the Kind of Thailand who personally handed over the first place trophy to Olivier.
Congrats from North Kiteboarding !
              

Airton Cozzolino (Italy/North), winner of the first tour stop in Mauritius and second place finisher in Peru stole the crowd’s hearts. In an emotional interview, the native Cape Verdean could not fight back his tears of joy after being carried onto the podium by his local crew and graciously accepting his first ever World Championship trophy in front of his home crowd. “I am so happy. Thank you to everyone. It’s a dream come true,” said the near-speechless Cozzolino.

“We had insane conditions on tour this year,” said KSP rider and Vice President Sky Solbach. “ We scored the most perfect surf ever seen in competition in Mauritius and the longest waves on the planet in Peru. Unfortunately Mother Nature did not cooperate in Cape Verde, but we still had a blast in the Super Sessions here.”

2011 Kite Surfing World Championship Rankings MEN
1st place: Airton Cozzolino (Italy/North)
2nd place: Mitu Monteiro (Cape Verde/F-One)
3rd place: Guilly Brandao (Brazil)
4th place: Mauricio Pedreira (Brazil)
5th place: Sky Solbach (USA/North)