News / Kiteboarding

After four years of development from REAL teamrider, Brandon Scheid, the Liquid Force Echo remains one of the best boards on the market. Liquid Force and Brandon made a great board from the start, but slight improvements each year have...

Winter Storm Grayson rolled through the Outer Banks Wednesday and Thursday, January 3rd and 4th. Here’s a gallery to see how beautiful it looks with snow on the ground in Cape Hatteras. Watermen’s Retreat is OPEN year ‘round, with 50%...

REAL’s Ryan Osmond claimed “First Tracks” in 2018 today. Half ice, half water and fully litt on a Slingshot Rally 14m and a Slingshot Asylum 142cm kiteboard (iceboard?), wearing the O’Neill Psycho 1 4/3mm wetsuit. Follow along for the icy...

The hype is REAL.  Surf foiling is here to stay, and it is a lot more attainable than you might think.  You won’t be ripping third reef Pipe with Kai Lenny on your first day but with the right plan...

Happy Three Kings Day! THANK YOU everyone who made donations during our Puerto Rico Waves For Water Fundraiser. Together we raised $19,610 for Waves For Water Puerto Rico Relief! 3,752 raffle tickets were purchased during this fundraiser. Here are the...

It’s undeniable, Ride Engine changed the harness market forever when they released the 2016 hard shell series. For the 2017 harness, Ride Engine built upon the same great design with subtle refinements to solidify it as the worlds best harness,...

Light winds and good waves meant the whole crew was back on the beach to enjoy the warm water, blue sky, and take sessions.  Three feet of wind swell, and light and variable winds provided optimal conditions for an evening...

The 2017 Cape Hatteras Wave Classic presented by Patagonia lined up with what some have been calling a “perfect storm”. Hurricane Jose posted up just offshore of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, sending pumping swell and strong wind for conditions that...

We’ve completed Round 1 of the Cape Hatteras Wave Classic presented by Patagonia. This was a non-elimination round with the winning riders moving directly to round 3 and 2nd and 3rd place finishers moving to Round 2 to fight for...