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IKSA

Welcome to the latest edition of our IKSA Newsletter. In this

issue we focus on WAVES. Now

is the time when kiters from all over the world, travel to our shores, for the best wind and wave conditions in Europe. As we speak its 25-30 knots outside the door and sunny, so forget those holidays abroad in search of wind and waves, we have it all right here!

For those just starting to kite, never before in kite history has the gear been so safe. But remember to beware of those old kites flogged on ebay. In this issue we check out some of the

latest kites and boards for wave

kiting. We talk to Ryan Coote - the Kerry wave guru and

instructor, and chat to Tereasa

Lynch about kite photography.

Once again, prepare yourselves

for our best ever Irish kite events!

We also encourage you to join IKSA. Not only for its 3rd party insurance should anything happen as a result of your kiting, but also to support IKSA and the Irish Kite Schools in organizing kite events, safety signage on beaches and training RNLI teams. We hope you continue to support us for this next year.

September 2010

SEPT OCT NOV

18-19thRhinoWave

14-26th Cabrinha Tour

21-26thBKSA Wave Event in Kerry

2-3rd Battle for the Lake in Achill

30-31stRhinoWave

LSD Wainman Tour - dates to be decided

Kyra McKennaCiaran GilsenanEDITORS:

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JOIN NOWYou cant afford not to!

New improved Insurance for 3rd party liability insurance to cover you up to

5,000,000

Free IKSA t-shirtFree board sticker

Free copy of KiteWorld magVoting rights at the AGMSupporting IKSA Events

THE IRISH KITESURFING ASSOCIATIONThe official kitesurfing organisation of Ireland

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RHINOWAVECHARGE SEPT 18 Event to be decided on the Thursday before. Keep a check on: www.kitesurfireland.ie

CABRINHA TOURSEPT 14-26th Making its way from DUBLIN/ ACHILL/ KERRY with Susi Mai and Cameron Dietrich traveling around Ireland with all new 2011 CABRINHA gear. You can demo all now at Achill and Dublin!

BKSA WAVE MASTERSSEPT 21-26th Event takes place in DINGLE/CASTLEGREGORY, KERRY. More info on: www.kitesurfing.org/events/bksa-2010-events/wavemasters-2010.html

BATTLE OF THE LAKEOCT 2-3rd BATTLE FOR THE LAKE at Achill with PureMagic. More details at www.puremagic.ie. Again also a chance to try latest 2011 kite gear!

RHINOWAVECHARGE OCT 30-31st Wave lovers come on down and experience a new thrill!

LSD WAINMAN TOURNOV - Try the new 2011 boards and kites from Wainman’s Rabbit series. Also IKSA members get 10% off new gear. Dates to be posted on www.lsdkiteboarding.com/

Francois and his many twins at PureMagic - Achill on Oct 2nd and 3rd

Not to be Missed

photo by: Teresa Lynch

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PROFILERYAN

Ask anyone in the Surf Kite scene in Ireland and they know Ryan as one of the coolest guys in the waves. Recently featured in KiteWorld mag, and also the creator of the RhinoWaveCharge events which take off this month and next. He also runs his kitesurfing school out of Castlegregory in Kerry. He's the man if its waves you want to learn to ride..

Where are you from? 

My Family home is Currcole Wexford  

How long have you been kiting? 

11 years 

Do you have other sports? Surfing and Marshal Arts..

(Ed: so I guess no-one steals your wave)

Why Castlegregory? 

It is one of the best places in the world to kitesurf, I

have traveled a lot and i have never found anywhere

like else like it. 

Your biggest influence?

Scott O Conner, was one of the best wave riders I

have seen in ireland. Then he just stopped. I never

understood why. Maybe I will too one day.

Were you the first kiter in Kerry? 

No but I have been the first in many places around

ireland like my family home Wexford.

Who got you started? 

Ed Hum in Tramore gave me my first ever kite to fly

no lesson just here’s a kite Ryan..go fly. 

When did you move to using the surfboard instead? 

In Hawaii in 2004

When did you start your school? 

Well I’ve been teaching since 2002, but i only started

my school in 2004 and I guess I was one of the first

guys teaching it out there. I’m based in the

wonderful Kingdom of Kerry, mostly Brandon but I

travel all over depending on the weather.

Sponsored? 

Ozone, Underground, O’Neill, Triggernaut, Manna

Organic Shop

Have you competed? 

Yea, for about for 3 years in the Irish circuit. Went to

Chile, in S.America to do a wave comp in 2008 but I

got injured on the first day kitesurfing. 

Whats your favourite gear at the moment? 

My 11m C4 with my 5’4 or 5’8 Kipuna freewaves

Underground wave board.

What surf board would you recommend to a starter? 

It really depends on your weight but a 5’8 is a good

size for strapped or strapless.

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We have seen your weights video,

whats your workout schedule? 

Well my normal training is always

in the morning unless their is surf

then I go surfing. I find it really

hard to train in the evening or

during the day as there’s too

much other stuff going on. I have

a 3 mile road loop that I bike as

fast as I can. Then I do a 2 mile

hill run as fast as I can then I

come home and do a 8 or 10 mins

of kettle bell training. Then 10

mins of stretching, mainly legs

and back. I try my best to do that

3 to 4 times a week.

How did the Rhino Wave start? 

It started because we need to

promote what we have here in

ireland waves and wind. There

was nothing set up for wave

riders. Their are so many amazing

locations for it here in ireland.  

And why the name? 

Because it used to be my nick

name when I was playing when I

was a kid, and it works really well

in the wave riding sense as well. 

What happens at the event? Well

for the last two years it has been

completely about   the riders and

everyone having fun and pushing

themselves and learning new

things and seeing what is possible

i n t h e w a v e s . I t i s a b o u t

connecting people as well making

friends and pushing the sport

forward. 

Can you stay over?  

Do you provide anything?

Is your September event going to

join with the BKSA Wavemasters

event? 

Not really it’s all about the RWC ,

it’s all about the conditions.

Whereas, with the BKSA, it’s

about the competition and it

could be held in crap conditions.

So the RWC will keep true to its

rules, its gotta be good before its

a runner.

Will you or any other Irish kiters

be competing? 

For sure I hope to see a good turn

out of irish riders.

Whats you favourite move? 

Now that’s really hard to say. I

think it’s whatever my newest trick

is. It’s about progression, not

coping for me. I’m looking for my

own style, not following anyone

else.

Can you jump strapless with a

surfboard? 

Oh yea, have a look at my video

Lose the straps http://vimeo.com/

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Strapped or strapless? (Ed:

boards of course)

Depends on conditions but mainly

strapless...I love that freedom in

the waves : )

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crossing donegal bay

The kitesurf crossing from Streedagh, past St. Johns Point into Fintra Strand was inspired by a kitesurf sessions I had in Fuerta Ventura. Myself a local kitesurf enthusiast raced from the beach at Corralejo to Isla Lobos, a short distance but enough to give me the hunger for destination kiting.

At that time St johns hospital in Sligo, where my Dad is being taken care of, was fundraising to build an extension for family and visitors – to be called ‘The garden Room’. The hospital currently cares for aging and physically unable people but currently has no ambient visiting area besides the hospital lobby or the residents bedside. I decided to do the crossing to St. Johns point in Donegal and fundraise in aid of St John’s hospital.

We scoped out the Donegal coast line by car nearly 2 months earlier and identified

Fintra strand as the safest landing spot. I had the names of over 15 kitesurfers across Ireland that were up for it. The crossing was initially set for April and this is when we encountered all the obstacles that come with a first time event.

The difficulty with kitesurfing is that you need wind, unfortunately the wind required to get launched in Streedagh was causing small vessel warnings across Donegal Bay. We set launch dates on 3 occasions but could not make the crossing without RNLI go-ahead. It was starting to seem impossible, as the days the kitesurfers were revved up were the days the small boats we needed to follow us would not brave the ocean.

On the 4th occasion I had nearly given up hope but it all happened very quickly. On the day in question July 12th 2009, I was woken by Paul O’Hare at my bedroom window shouting

sligo adventurers

Le ft to Right: Euge (youtube), Ross Palmer, Paul Rennick, Blaithin, Bart Willams, Eoin Carter, Ross Lapin

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‘Perfect Conditions horse, get up, take a look!’. Although there was little to no wind in Mullaghmore we could see that there was chop offshore caused by a South Easterly wind, perfect!

Due to short notice and equipment failures we had just two kiters fully equipped and ready to go. Myself and Eoin Carter got warmed up and stretched out on the Streedagh shore line, then got harnessed in grabbed our boards and launched off heading north. I was flying 16M Vegas North and Eoin was on 15M Slingshot. Ross Palmer followed us on speed boat with our Camera man Ugi and as luck would have our own Doctor, South African Bart.

After 5 minutes the wind dropped, a bit of an anti-c l imax –Eoin ’s k i te s ta l led completely, I was still getting the odd teasing gust, after about 20 minutes the cameras were about to be switched off and we were ready to admit defeat when an old faithful Atlantic squall whipped round and brought us a km closer to our destination.

At this point in the bay the wind was steadier blowing about 15 knots and carried us at a building pace northeast to St John’s point. With my i-pod

turned all the way up, I was fully entertained for the 1.5 hours it took to cross the main stretch. We were closely visited by some more ominous squalls but they danced around us and let us on our way. Ross palmer and the boat crew reported having to go full throttle to keep up at some stretches. The toughest strain was on the legs, hitting the chop water at high speed. As we neared St John’s point the sky opened up and we were treated to unexpected sunshine. The wind also increased to about 22 knots bringing with it a fresh rush of energy for both of us.

The last stretch into Fintra strand was longer than it had looked from the road but with the wind steadily driving us, it made it the best part of the crossing, the water was sheltered here too so less chop. We ran the final stretch as a race, but had to tack a number of times and navigate around scattered rocks so it was difficult to tell who actually touched sand first – but I’m pretty sure it was me.

After all the elements the day threw at us, from no wind to ‘rain and wind’ squalls to unexpected sunshine – our trip was completed by a heavy scattering of hail stones on Fintra beach. We spotted the

Tower o f the C lock Tower restaurant and the gang of us (7 in total) crossed the dunes and ordered well deserved pints of Guinness.

We got a warm welcome from the surprised bar staff but as we were all still in wet suits and dripping hail stones we decided it was better to sit outside to down the black stuff and again the sun came out to congratulate us.

Paul Rennick

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Kite Shoot

We interview one of our leading Irish Kite Photographers and the source of many of our IKSA Newsletter photos, Treasa Lynch. Here Tereasa gives us some tips on how to photo a kitesurfer...

There used to be a running joke on the

beach when I arrived that if you were

taking photographs you were either

injured or someone's girlfriend. Since

then, though, I know a bunch of people

have thought that looks cool, and

wandered down to the beach to take

kitesurfing photographs. Kitesurfers are

great. They play to the camera.

There are a couple of key things to note

when taking photographs of kitesurfers.

Its kinda stating the obvious really. But if

you’re planning to take photographs,

they’re kinda important.

Kitesurfers move damn fast. This means to avoid BKS and blurry

kitesurfer syndrome, you need a very fast

shutter speed. I'm not going to make this

a basic photography lesson but typically,

anything slower than 1/800 of a second

and you either have BKS or you need to

be panning. Most cameras allow you to

set a shutter speed either on shutter-

speed priority (called Tv on most

cameras, helpfully) or via a fully manual

setting. All the rest of the settings, the

aperture, the ISO, you use to get yourself

there. If its still so dark that you can only

get 1/500, it'll be mildly BKS. Note also,

by the way, that flash isn't a get out

clause here because mostly, you’re not

going to be near enough any kitesurfer

for a flash to bounce off him or her. The

night photographs done with Eamon

Armstrong meant he had to come within

10m of me and they were done with a

detachable flash. The inbuilt flash on a

camera is almost definitely not adequate.

Kitesurfers, although not camera-shy, very frequently have their

back to you. This means you have to skip

over the job of avoiding BKS, and work

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syndrome. As many kitesurfers

a r e v e r y a t t r a c t i v e , i t s

disappointing that there are times

all you can see is a patch of damp

hair. Sometimes thats okay if

they’re upside down hanging in

the air but if they’re just cruising,

it doesn’t give that spectacular a

shot. Wait for a wipeout or a

turnaround. This is more a thing of

watching whats going on than

trying to take the photograph.

If you can kitesurf, you'll have a reasonable idea of what to

look out to catch someone doing

something interesting, in terms of

trying a trick. This is good

because if they nail the trick, you

get it on camera and win 30

mi l l ion brownie points and

possibly a pint or two afterwards,

and if they don’t, you’ve advance

warning of a wipeout. Kitesurfing

wipeouts generally rock.

G e t t i n g both the kitesurfer and the kite in the

photograph is h i t or miss.

Sometimes it works; mostly it

doesn’t. It works mainly if you’ve

a super wide lens on your camera

ñ some of the compacts do go

quite wide enough ñ but the flip-

side is you generally need to be

very near the k i tesurfer in

question. Get someone who’ll

jump over you and not land on

you. Alternatively, push the

kitesurfer out to the distance and

make it a landscape shot rather

than a sports shot.

If you want to do those stylish sequence shots that you

see in the magazine, you’ll need a

camera with continuous shooting

mode. All entry level SLRs give

you at least 3fps but for the

snazzy ones you’ll need at least

6fps and an image processing

package such as Photoshop or

Photoshop Elements or the Gimp.

After that, it’s a question of lining

u p a l l t h e c o m p o n e n t

photographs on different layers

and cleaning out the bits you

don’t need from each photograph.

It can be time consuming so line

up a decent playlist in the iPod

and plenty of tea.

Kite photography is fun. Thanks to it I’ve been to a bunch

of places that I probably wouldn’t

have seen otherwise, met a whole

pile of really great people ñ and I

can’t emphasize how absolutely

cool the kite community is ñ and

seen my photographs turn up in

places I’d never have gotten to

otherwise. It also forced me to

p u s h t h e l i m i t s o n t h e

photographs I take. If you’re

interested in it, it’s worth looking

at some of the really good kite

guys around the world and the

beauty of the internet is that you

can find them easily enough. I like

Bryan Elkus and Tracy Kraft’s

stuff, oh and William Milne. His

stuff is pretty hot too. KiteWorld

do a mail-shot every Monday

called Random Moments which

helpfully arrives around lunch

time. It’s also worth checking out

other related sports. Some of the

lighting stuff that I am interested

in trying, comes from some work

done with wakeboarders, for

example, and I also spend a lot of

time looking at some of the surf

guys like Clark Little.

So get some inspiration from a

day out at ‘Dollymount’ and start

shooting!

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a foreign view

In recent years, after becoming almost completely converted to directional boards, I began a worldwide search for wave-kiting destinations - I needed a kitesurfing and travel adventure of epic proportions. My final decision to choose Ireland was clearly serendipity at work. A former professor had restored an old farmhouse in County Clare - and he had been bothering me for years to visit; plus my sailing partner (and a Continental Airlines Captain) gave me a First Class round-trip ticket to Shannon - so in September 2009 I began my planning and let destiny run her course. I remember telling my professor friend that “while in Ireland I would like to go to Lahinch”…he replied “That’s 15km from the house”…I almost leapt thru the ceiling when he said that!!! For many years, as far back as my serious windsurfing days in the 80’s and 90’s, I had dreamt of a trip to Ireland - to experience the legendary waves and wind, and to travel thru the countryside that always held my interest from the legends and history I had read about.

When I met Warren V (from Belfast) and his boys in Florida a few years ago they

also put a bug in my ear, about the wind

and the waves, that wouldn’t let me stop

thinking about distant Ireland. It turned

out that their words and promises of

savage conditions was true…abundantly

so! I arrived in Shannon at 0700 on a cool October morning, packed my gear into

my small rental car, and headed off

toward Ennistymon. After finding the

farmhouse where I would be staying I set

off immediately to find Lahinch. I missed

the famous turn to Lahinch and

unexpectedly found myself headed

toward Doolin. I picked up a hitchhiker

and, squeezing him in amongst my gear,

hoped he could offer directions - it turns

out he was a surfer and I helped him

fetch his board left overnight in a farmers

field, and then drove him to Doolin Point.

The sight that welcomed me was almost

surreal. With the Cliffs of Moher and

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waves were perfect and dozens of

surfers were scrambling over the

rocky point and into the water.

Smaller, clean waves peeling just

in front and massive steam rollers

pumping into the bay to the

South.

I was absolutely ecstatic as I drove past the Cliffs of Moher and arrived in Lahinch for lunch. The forecast for the coming weeks was spectacular. One low pressure system after another would soon be pounding the West Coast on a regular basis. This was almost too good to be true - I had been dreaming and training for this for the last few years, and a few of the days ahead were to truly test my skills and fulfill my greatest expectations. I had brought 5m, 7.5m, and 9.5m kites and 2 wave boards. Altogether I kited 30 days out of 40, mostly with my 7.5m kite, about 5 times with the 5m, and a handful of times with the 9.5m. My trip was originally planned for 3 weeks but I extended to 6 weeks - there was no way I could get enough of this in 3 weeks, and there was no way I was going to leave as originally scheduled. I rode mostly Lahinch, Doughmore, Hidden Beach, and also rode several t imes at Dol lymount, Belmul let , and Garretstown. I was hoping to ride in the Dingle Peninsula, however the timing of my visit there coincided with the biblical rains and 60 knot winds and 10m swell that hammered Ireland for a week during November 2009. I recall sitting inside the White House B&B in Castlegregory during the gale one night, watching the

infamous footy match between Ireland and France, which was decided by a disgraceful “hand-ball” goal. The next day I had a look around Brandon Bay and Inch Strand, the conditions were tempting but still way out of control. I’ve kited quite a few premium places around the USA/globe. Often times I felt a bit unimpressed or unfulfilled - even if the kiting was good the rest of the experience was often bland or unpleasant in some way. In truthfulness - I was looking forward to visiting Ireland and determined to have an incredible adventure even if the wind turned out to be unfavorable. I would have to say that the people I met, the things I did and saw, learning about the country, all of these things would have satisfied me by themselves. The fact that the kiting was so good made this into the dream trip for me,  life-changing in a way. While many kiters around the world dream of far off tropical places for kiting, where riding in board shorts and bikinis seems alluring, I dream of wild Ireland, putting my thick wetsuit on and riding the 30+ knot winds and 4+ m waves. One day “Wojciech” and I rode 7m waves in Lahinch. It was mind-blowing… s u r r e a l , a b i t s c a r y, a n d unbelievably thrilling. That is a day I will never forget as long as I live. It has been nearly a year since my first visit to Eire and I have been yearning to return, counting the days, day-dreaming about all the brilliant experiences I had in the fall of 2009. So now, as I recover from an involuntary 3 month hiatus from kiting, I am

finally back on the wave boards here in Michigan only as of last week, training again for my return to Ireland in the very near future. There are so many spots I hope to ride the next time around. Under any circumstances it will be great to see the lads and lasses I met while there last time around, to ride with them once again and to share the craic!

Roberto

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C4

C4

C4

C4

kite review

I’ve been kiting for just over 5/6 years

and except for a blip on c-kites at the start I’ve been kiting on ‘bow’ style kites from when they first came onto the market.  The ozone setup incorporating great build quality, NO pulleys and a great safety/bar system appealed to me and when it came round to upgrade time, made me change from another brand of kites.  I now use both the sport + and the C4 depending on the conditions etc, and really rate them both very highly.

Basically the ‘bumpf’ on the C4 from the Ozone website is spot on, i mainly use the C4 in the surf but its also a pretty good all round kite and can be used by anyone from beginner to advanced in flats, chop and waves. 

I must admit, I had my worries moving from a ‘bow’ kite to the ‘C’ type kite as my first experiences on C Kites 5/6 years ago, are still pretty vivid in my mind and not in a good way :-(

The C4 pulls like a truck when you want it too, but has plenty of de-power for when you just want to use the wave.  The big plus in the waves, is that they turn really quickly and don’t fall down to the water too fast when the bar is

sheeted out. It re-launches easier than any other kite I’ve tried to relaunch, including the Sport +.

I’ve flown the 10, 11 and 12m versions and they are really light on the arms, yet you know where the kite is at all times. The speed of turning really makes this kite great in the waves, this combined with easy relaunch and the basic elements which attracted me to ozone in the first place i.e.. build quality, great safety system/

re-ride and No pulleys means I’d recommend it to almost anyone.

If you take a step back, kite design and development is still in its early years, Ozone have a history in designing paragliders and speed wings and have obviously got an excellent understanding of what a wing/foil/kite ‘should’ be doing and what they are ‘actually’ doing.  Coming from a design background myself I put a lot of weight into their experience of all things wind orientated.  I think the C4 is leading the way/direction for the future of kite design. 

My advice, take one for a test drive asap, you’ll love it, I know ill be ordering a new 5m as soon as I get approval from the boss :-

Cheers Alan Bennett

Ozone C4

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board reviewfirewire

Report by: kieron black

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I’ve had a brace of Firewires (6’ KQF and 5’11” KTJ) for my strapless kiting now

for six months and they’re the

first thing I think of when the

wind and swell hit. Having

surfed and windsurfed and

supped and kited now for more

than two decades I think it’s fair

to say I’ve sampled my fair share

of vehicular constructions, and

the firewi res are jus t the

sweetest way I’ve seen a board

put together yet.

Let’s talk about shapes first. My

fav’s can be boiled down into

two categories; the Quad for

slop and the Taj for juice,

although there’s definitely room

for overlap.

Living on the east coast of Ireland we get 80% wind-generated local slop, rarely over

waist to shoulder  (although

occasionally we do get gold).

The 6’ loves this stuff, carving

though the foam l ike the

proverbial knife through a soft

cheese. It’s reasonably low

rocker gives it acceleration and

al lows for easy and early

planing, while the quad set-up in

the fins gives grip where you

want it but lets the tail bust out

when you need it. Plenty of pop

to get the board airborne and

great stability when it’s not.

Gybes without a thought. Turns

average mush into a real stoke-

fuelled session. One east coast

session recently the wind died to

nothing and I got a decent prone

session on the quad, making it

an ideal one-board-quiver travel

solution.

The 5’11” is my go-to board

when it’s throwing top to bottom

or getting above shoulder high.

She just sticks in the groove and

lets you really push it, pulling

proper surf turns at critical

sections with buckets of speed.

The pulled-in tail, thruster fin

set-up and tail rocker mean

she’s got the hold and drive that

the juicier stuff requires. I love

this board in juice. My more

poppier, skate-orientated kite

buddies tell me that she will let

that tail bust out just when you

want it too, but I’m a heavier

surfer and like the big carves

and tight turns of power surfing

and she does these beautifully,

holding the line with tenacity.

You want to float down a

pitching lip? You want to carve a

big bottom turn and watch it

throw out above you?

There’s magic in the way these boards are put together. The strength to weight ratio is fantastic, and the

actual weight of these boards is

perfect for kitesurfing; not too

light that they’re corky, not too

heavy that they’re slow. Spot on.

The balsa rails add a memory to

the flex that I’ve not encountered

before, and they are kite-tough

which is rare enough in the

world of surfboards.

Finally They ride hard, ride

smooth, take the knocks and

keep you grinnin. And that’s it.

Get some!

photo by Alan Bennett

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LSD’swainman tour

The lads in LSD are out to convert you to the Wainman Kite Experience. The new 2011 gear is out now and you might like to have a demo...

Wainman Winter Tour of IrelandLSD Kiteboarding has been working with Wainman Hawaii for the past three years and so far the kites have been getting a great reception from the Irish kiters. Many people have come to Sligo to try out the range of Rabbit kites and they have all left the water with a smile on their faces. Each summer the Wainman Rabbit Gang do a t o u r o f E u r o p e , b u t unfortunately they have missed out on visiting Ireland so far. We are going to work on getting them to visit in 2011, but in the mean time, we are planning our own, smaller Wainman Winter Tour o f Ireland.We will be packing the vans and hitting the road to some of the most popular kitespots around the country. We will have the range of Rabbit kites, the Bunny, Gypsy, Smoke and

Boss. We will also be packing the Blunt and Joke twin tip boards, and we will do our best to get our hands on some of the other new surf sticks!If you would like us to stop by your local kitespot, let us know by dropping us a mail to info@lsdkiteboarding.comThe tour starts in November, so drop us a line to book your demo today!A n d r e m e m b e r , L S D Kiteboarding have a special offer of a 10% discount on any kite or board for all IKSA members!

Check out...

http://vimeo.com/14934646

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puremagic - Events

Here are our special news for the coming months...  we can expect quite an  exciting autumn on the kitesurfing scene!! Pure Magic/Cabrinha demo tour with  some very special guests: Susi Mai and Cameron Dietrich are landing on Green Island to demo the latest gear and kitesurf all around the country.We are very happy to invite Everyone  on Tuesday the 14th of September at 1pm in Pure Magic shop... so that  we can exchange few talks with Cabrinha crew before hitting the beach (Dollymount/Sutton depending on weather conditions), Wednesday and Thursday we continue the road to Achill island. Battle for the Lake in Achill island: 2/3rd of October in Achill Island. Freestyle competition/party/surprises. 

Pure Magic Achill documentary, links available on youtube:h t t p : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m / w a t c h ?v=YYqP3NtQjO0 

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Magic trips: A "Must" experience in a kitesurfer's life!Morocco from the 3rd to the 11th of November. Price €1299 all incl.

Brazil from the 16th of November to the 1st of December. Price €2199 all incl. More info at:www.puremagic.ieinfo@puremagic.iePh: 018054912

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