Limnos island from Dan Sweeney on Vimeo.

A Family has just Kitesurfed Across the English Channel.

Ralph Crathorne says: “My daughters Lucy (21), Polly (16) and I (51!) made it across in 3 hours 40 minutes on 21^st July. We think this breaks three records; as far as we can tell they are the first women to kitesurf across the channel; Polly is the youngest person to do so; and I think I am the oldest!”

Jason Stone Joins Cabrinha: First ever kiter sponsored exclusively for wakeskating

Cabrinha and Jason Stone are proud to announce their sponsor partnership in wake skate development. Jason, who has been riding Cabrinha gear for the past few years, has taken the inevitable step and signed on to the Cabrinha international team. Cabrinha will be giving Jason, one of the premiere wakeskate kiters, free reign to test and design the next level of Cabrinha wakeskate equipment including a Jason Stone pro model.

Picture By Tracy Kraft

Help us get our NPX Wetsuit National Team Rider Jo Wilson to the Number One Spot!!!

IKSURFMAG! is trying to see who their readers want as the top female kitesurfer for 2009....Its a public vote, so please join in and help Jo get to the number one sport.

The link is www.iksurfmag.com

If you wanna check out Jo's Website then click here, we believe she rocks

Dan Sweeney Wins Junior British Kitesurfing Championships.

16 Year Old Cabrinha Team Rider and 2008 Youth Empire Winner Dan Sweeney takes the overall win for the Juniors 2009 British Kitesurfing Surfing Freestyle Championships.

The British Kitesurfing Association (BKSA) hold 6 events across the UK were kitesurfers show off their skills by jumping over 40-ft in the air with a combination of spins, twists and tricks that involve looping the kite in the air which generates an amazing amount of power.  Truly a sport thats not for the faint hearted.  Dan was awarded the title at the end of year championships in Redcar on October 10th 2009. 

Last year Dan won the ‘Youth Empire’ support by showing that he had the dedication and motivate in becoming a professional kitesurfer beating 25 other talented young kitesurfers under 18 in the UK.  Dan won a full years support on Cabrinha Kitesurfing Products as well as help with mentoring and training.  Since then Dan has been involved in moving the Youth Empire program forward and helping other young people reach their goals and dreams in kitesurfing.

This year Dan travelled to Barbados with the new 2009 Cabrinha Nomad kites to get a little training in and test ride the new Cabrinha 2010 kites.  Since then Dan has been asked to go back with the support of Virgin Airlines to help promote the other islands.  Dan has become a international star.

For 2010 Dan has secured national sponsorship from Cabrinha UK as a team rider and I’m sure as he now moves into the UK professional circuit container for the 2010 professional title.

For More on Dan Sweeney and his Travels Check Out www.dansweeneyuk.co.uk

Cabrinha Wins Big at Wales Slider Jam

Cabrinha's Team Rider Dan Sweeney Reports Back After The Rhosniger Rail Jam!!

So after an awesome event up North for the British nationals round three I was keen to follow up my first place in the juniors to having some chilled out riding and hitting some obstacles and meeting up with the Hastilow’s!

The New Cabrinha Nomad:

The kite everyone will be talking about is the all new Nomad IDS Freestyle Wave kite. The non-bow hybrid IDS kite combines the best of both worlds…a moderate C shaped arc and an IDS bridle to deliver our fastest turning kite yet. The Nomad crates the type of kite turns that increase in power throughout the turning arc by pivoting off of the wing tip. This makes for powered kite loops unlike anything on the market.

The Nomad IDS comes with two distinct turning options. The freeride bridle setting is aimed squarely at the professional freestyle rider and is balanced to fly perfectly while unhooked. This setting is ideal for intermediate to pro level freestyle tricks or un-hooked surfing.

The wave bridle setting allows a greater level of depower for hooked in surfing. The fast turning speed of the Nomad combined with the quick and short depower throw, make for a finely tuned, predictable surfing kite like no other.

For more on this kite go to www.cabrinhakites.com

Enjoy the Video!!

Dan Sweeney Hits Barbados with his new Cabrinha Nomad Kites and gives us the low down!

On the 26th June I headed out with Pat from Virgin Holidays and Craig from Blue Juice Multimedia to Barbados for a long weekend kite surfing and put the new Cabrinha Nomad kite through it's paces - what an awesome weekend! Watch the Cabrinha review below, and check out the next Kitesurf Magazine for the full lowdown of the trip. Loads of pics to follow soon, and a massive thanks to Cabrinha, NPX, Blue Juice, Virgin Holidays and Monster Energy Drink for making the trip possible.

Cabrinha Have Launched The New 2010 Website

Cabrinha Kitesurfing have now launched the new 2010 website show caseing the new Nomad and Crossbow 2010 kites.

World Record Holder To Come To Battle For The Bay

May 30-31, 2009, Dublin

This June bank holiday sees the 3rd annual Battle for the Bay windfestival get under way, featuring the very best of Irish and international kitesurfers and windsurfers on Dollymount Strand in Dublin.

Round 1 BKSA Kiteival Series at Swansea

Check out Cabrinha's National team Riders Mike Marsh and Dan Sweeney at the UK First Kitesurfing Comp this Year.  Can Mike storm the Pro Division like he did in the Ams last year and can Dan become the youngest kitesurfer to win the British Men's Open fleet?  It's sure going to be an exciting year on the British Kitesurfing tour!!

If you fancy joing in the action then visit WWW.KITESURFING.ORG or WWW.SWANSEABAYFESTIVAL.COM

Cabrinha's UK Team Rider Smiley and the Cornish Connection Hit it Big Time on the North Shore!

Dom Moore from Kitesurf Magazine talks us through the events of the day.  For more on this and other story's please check out Kitesurf Magazine in all good Kitesurfing Stores NOW!!

You know when the day is going to be a bit special some time the night before. The Horlick’s wasn’t going down as smoothly as usual, and I seemed to have developed a mild OCD by wayof F5’ing Windguru every five minutes and checking my wetsuit was indeed drying out. Yep, that was 4.5m of swell, and yes the wind did look to go off the scale sometime after 3 o’clock. That meant we had a two hour window between the tide getting low enough and the wind going nuts to get out and ride the biggest swell we’d yet attempted in Britain.