Please don’t call it free race. The RAVE is a light wind board: 50% race amateur and 50% wave that will bring back your smile by allowing you to ride when you used to stand on the shore and wait.

This is Royal’s one choice for freestyle. Surprised you didn’t have to choose through endless amounts of twin tip models all looking pretty much the same?

Serious kite-surfers will appreciate the improvements and the upgrades of the 2012 board, which is intended to make the board more effective when ridden strapless in serious surf.

Anyone who has followed course and slalom races this year knows how fast this discipline is evolving. Anyone who has entered races this year knows that equipment is a big percentage of the game and to be able to race a clean race is crucial.