Tech Shots: What is a fast kite?
We’ve all heard the conversation, “Kite X is the fastest kite I’ve ever flown!” Before you switch out your current quiver in search of the fastest kite available,...
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Summer Kiteboarding & Surfing With Your Family
When the summer holidays set in you may be tricked into thinking that’s the end of your sessions for a while… However, Cape Hatteras is here to help...
Tech Shots: Why Control Bars Are Not Made Of Carbon
10 years ago, kite brands, shops and local riders claimed that carbon control bars were stronger, stiffer and lighter than aluminum. Fast forward to 2014 and you will...
4 Ways To Up Your Game With REAL
Have you reached a plateau? Does your progression feel stuck in a rut? Here are 4 ways we can help! 1. Foilboarding Lessons: Foilboarding is sweeping the nation...
Top 10 Tips For Kitesurfing Domination
This past weekend we were lucky enough to have Ben Wilson and the BWS pro team here for the weekend to take sessions and run a kite surf...
How Can A 19m Kite Fly Like a 12m?
Reviewing the Core Riot Light Wind Edition: What we like: While rigging up to test out the light wind version of the Core Riot XR3 we were reliably...
Foilboarding For Beginners
Call REAL at 252.987.6000 or email REALpro@realwatersports.com to book your Foilboarding Lessons. There isn’t a lot of information out there about foilboarding especially for beginners. I thought that...
How To Maximize Your Spring Kiteboarding Sessions
Here are some top tips from the REAL Lesson Center to help keep you safe and stoked this spring. Chris Stellato (REAL Lesson Center Manager): 1. Cold air...
Introducing The Kite Hole Day Use Area
March 31st, 2014 / For Immediate Release In a winter where the National Park Service purchased the Frisco Pier back from private ownership and Spa Koru then purchased...
Need To Know: Hydrofoil Kiteboarding
What is Foiling? A boat whose hull is fitted underneath with shaped vanes (foils) that lift the hull clear of the water to increase the boat’s speed. Invented...
Rob’s “Big Boy” North Shore Quiver
Whether you call him the world’s nicest shaper or “Rob the Mega-Grom Action Figure”, Surfing Magazine’s Shaper of the Year winner Robert Weiner of Roberts Surfboards has more...
Brandon's Travels: Kiteboarding In Argentina
When you think of Argentina I’m sure your mind conjures images of wine grapes, the Andes Mountains, a big juicy steak, or beautiful brunettes. However it is now...
Why We Love Spring In Cape Hatteras (And You Should, Too!)
Epic conditions, cheap accommodation and a guaranteed good time come as standard with Spring in Cape Hatteras so here are 5 more reasons we’re head over heels for...
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