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First Impressions with the 2016 Best RocaRygo's Riding Conditions & GearIt was a cold 40-degree morning, with the water ranking in at a not so balmy 30 degrees. Not exactly what comes to mind when you think of a quality session. Of course, this is a reality for most of us during the winter months. A quick session before work, in frigid water. Whatever it takes to get it in right?Rider weight: 179 lbs.Wind Speed: 16-17 mphKiteboard: Cabrinha Custom CBL - 144 cm with Rad BindingsKite: 20 …

Extreme Kiteboarding in the Netherlands - Red Bull Megaloop Challenge There's a reason it's not called the Miniloop. The Red Bull Megaloop Challenge only happens when the winds are ripping through at 30+ knots and riders can go BIG. Needless to say, the world's top 16 kiteboarders went huge in this year's Megaloop Challenge. Big crashes and bigger loops made for an exciting show, check out the best action from the sky! (Quite honestly, right about the one-minute mark is where we started to ge …

Best Kiteboarding: Everybody KnowsAs spring approaches, we're seeing more and more kiteboarding videos that have us longing for those beautiful, blue waters. In this action-packed, over-the-top, one-of-a-kind video, we see a plethora of team riders, like Chris Bobryk, Ruben Lenten, and Gisela Pulido enjoying the arrival of Best's 2015 gear like the Best Profanity and Spark Kiteboards, or the Best GP or TS kites. Watch as some of your favorite team riders show off their insane …

Lew Crathern's World Tour: VietnamLew Crathern has hit China, Taiwan, and now he's seeing if Mũi Né, Vietnam will deliver the ultimate kiteboarding experience. Watch as Crathern experiences some of the most breath-taking sites and the friendliest people, all while playing ping pong, futball (soccer), and shreds on his 2015 Profanity and the TS and GP kites. Lew's video was interesting, relaxed, and made us want to hit up Vietnam for that water. …

We were lucky enough to receive almost the full line of 2015 Boards and Kites prior to launch, and many of the guys had a chance to ride them all before we had to send them out to Best team rider Rich Sabo! For the second year in a row, Best has really stepped up their game and is producing gear that is now competing with some of the other top tier brands brands like Cabrinha and North in terms of build quality and performance. Almost half of the MACkiteboarding.com full time staff will be ex …