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Congratulations to Bruna Kajiya who won the PKRA in Fuerteventura on her 5.5 Ion! Here’s her thoughts… After a full day waiting for the challenges of the double elimination, today the time came and I felt ready for it, the wind was not as strong as the other days and it felt good not to be overpowered on my Ion 5.5m. My challenger was the polish rider Karolina Winskowska, she defeated Gisela Pulido with solid and powerful riding giving her a 5X0 decision. But today I had my game on and... (more...)

The final event of the Kitesurf Tour Europe was held last week in Swinoujscie, Poland. It is the first year that the KTE has run and it has proved to be a fabulous intermediary between National and World Tour competitions. The atmosphere at the events is just fabulous with a total sense of fun and love for kitesurfing. It has introduced a whole new range of European riders to International competition and they are loving it! We were lucky to get some windy, if a little gusty, conditions for the Single... (more...)

Global watersports icon and celebrity Laird Hamilton has been confirmed as a Flexifoil rider for the upcoming Virgin Active channel crossing by Sir Richard Branson in celebration of his 60th birthday last month. Laird will support Sir Richard along with Sir Richard’s friends and family and our very own Aaron Hadlow. For those of you who don’t know Laird’s history (shame on you! ed.) Laird is synonymous with surfing and crossover board sports in general. Since first learning to surf... (more...)

Congratulations to Christian Winkenjohann who has done Flexifoil proud in Germany, freestyling his way to 6th in the National competition! Christian has this to say about the event…. This years german championships had 3 tourstops across the North of the country. It started in May, where I got 4th in Dahme in really gusty and offshore conditions. Also in May was the comp in Büsum. There I was totally underpowered and only got 13th. The wind is pretty bad here in this summer. So I escaped to... (more...)

In celebration of his 60th Birthday, Sir Richard Branson has today announced that he will be kitesurfing the English channel along with his friends and family with the support of Virgin Active and Flexifoil. Richard, never one to shy away from a challenge has thrown down the gauntlet to the big six zero by setting himself up to become the oldest person to kitesurf the English Channel, from Dungeness to the French coast. Being an extremely competent kitesurfer, Richard is already really excited by... (more...)

“The wind forecast for the week looked perfect. Monday, Thursday and Friday were spot on and Tuesday and Wednesday were lighter than expected so I got the chance to fly our brand new Ion 10.5m, 8.5m and Proton 7.0m. The local people claim there is wind more than 300 days a year, so if you love kitesurfing, this is almost a ‘certain bet’. It was my first time in the Western Sahara and I will definitely go back one day. A thoroughly enjoyable week and the kiting was second-to-none. Now back at... (more...)

Forest Bakker is staying way ahead of the pack for his age. He is remaining the top ranked junior on the PKRA World Tour and is currently ranked 11th overall after the event in Germany. Forest’s utter determination and dedication to the sport at such a young age is paying off for him! A massive congratulations from everyone at Flexifoil. Keep your eyes pealed for this young ripper!  Read More →

Team Rider Bruna Kajiya headed over to Fuerteventura before the PKRA event for training, and it paid off!! She took the win in the freestyle Single Eliminations on her Ion 5.5!! Flexifoil would like say a massive congratulations to Bruna and wish her luck for the Double Eliminations. For Bruna’s thoughts on her trip and the competition go to her website.  Read More →

The latest movie is out by Bruna Kajiya from Perth, Australia. You will see the most powerful women’s freestyle action out there!  Read More →

The latest PKRA event for 2010 held in Essaouira, Morocco, was blessed with heaps of wind and just enough waves. The event had both freestyle and wave disciplines held on Essaouira main beach and nearby wave spot Moulay. Forest Bakker had a fantastic run in the freestyle, fighting is way up in the super gusty difficult conditions on his 7m AH Pro to 9th place with a close heat against Seb Garat. Forest’s riding is coming on leaps and bounds with his consistency in the strong winds so impressive.... (more...)