Ladies Day – Sunday
Ladies – come join the other Sunshine Coast kiter girls in a fun day for progression and socialising at Golden Beach Navy Cadets TS Onslow this Sunday from 11am. The coast top girl kiters will be there to help others progress – beginning with a bit of a catch up and talk about what tricks [...]
Speed Run Video
The Christmas Day Speed Run was a blast. A few crew manned up and had a play with the speed board, but unfortunately the time data on the GPS wasnt recorded, so speed measurements weren’t possible. Next time. The important thing is that we all scared ourselves and strained our smile muscles. The Underground Speed [...]
GromFest Video (December)
Checkout the video we put together from the recent December GromFest. It was shot and edited by Lisa when she wasn’t mentoring the young kiters. It’s not the best quality and there is some windnoise in the interviews but it sums up the vibe of the event. We hope you enjoy it Share this:ShareEmailSharePrintDiggRedditStumbleUpon
GromFest Day 3 – December
The last day of Gromfest saw another fun day down at the beach. We had lighter and gustier winds but that didn’t stop our champs getting amongst it and charging hard. The instructors were blown away by how much the young kiters progressed in such a short, 3 day period of time. After the morning’s progression session, [...]
GromFest Day 1-December
Twenty young, keen kitesurfers decended on Currimundi for the first day of December GromFest. It was fun and enjoyable for all involved, packed with action and laughter! While the wind was light we got to know each other alittle better with some games and touch footy. The sup races provided some belly laughs for all and we were glad [...]
More GromFests announced
After the huge success of the inaugural Kitethrills Gromfest last September, and with the overwhelming positive feedback and interest, Kitethrills is excited to announce two more Gromfests for these summer school holidays. Overview On the 14th-16th December, and on 18th – 20th January, the Kitethrills team will host an affordable skills program for kids under [...]
GromFest Day 2
Another fantastic day for Gromfest with everyone being challenged by a 20 knot seabreeze. There were some excellent progressions, particularly amongst the beginners who, despite having bulk power in their 4m kites, took on downwind body dragging like it was just another day. Channel 7 news came and finished their story from yesterday. It was [...]
Gromfest Day 1
A fantastic day at Currimundi. Nine Groms, aged between nine and fourteen years old enjoyed light but consistent winds from the NE all afternoon. The sun was shining, music pumping, kites flying and grommets smiling all day. Andy, Tom, Mike and Lisa made sure the group was having a god time all day, and learning [...]
Juniors Development Camp
Kitethrills is excited to announce a three day September school holiday program for kids aged from 9 to 16 with any level of experience. On the 19th – 21st September, in the first week of the QLD school holidays, the Kitethrills team will host an affordable skills program for kids under 17. The program will [...]
Slingshot Demo Day Saturday.
The Slingshot 2012 product range will be on display and available for demo today at Golden Beach from 11AM and at Happy Valley after the turn of the tide around 3pm. Some Slingshot national team riders including Chris Wardell and Zebb Peters, will on hand to explain the products and amp you up on the [...]
Keahi and Kari win in Canaries
Keahi Deaboitis and Kari Shibevaag have won the double elimination wave riding world tour in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. This is the same result as in the first stop of the tour in Morocco. Huge congratulations to the both. So now the Sunny Coast is offering the world the top wave rider and the top freestyle [...]
Keahi Smashing the World Tour
Sunny Coast kid Keahi Deaboitis has won the single eliminations of stop 2 on the World Tour. After winning in Morocco, he is now in prime position to take out the 2nd stop in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. In 2nd place after a very close singles final Fabio Nunes from Brazil, followed by another Brazilian Filippe [...]
Sunny Coast topping the world.
Noosa local Keahi Deaboitis has won the first stop on the World tour for wave riding in Morocco. He joins Sunny Coaster Andy Yates to be top performers at the world level for kitesurfing. Andy Yates took 2nd place behind Youri Zoon in the freestyle discipline. Go guys – we are right behind you. Also [...]
Zoon and Pulido win PKRA 1
The PKRA 2011 World Tour is off to flying start with a full double elimination cmpetition being completed in Thailand Hua Hin. In blustery stormy conditions the riders battled it out with the final in the mens being won by dutch rider Youri Zoon over Kiwi Marc Jacobs. In the womens final 2010 champion Gisela [...]
Wave Nats – Kitethrills Cleans Up
Team Kitethrills has collected a host of awards that any major kite brand would be proud of. Three podium finishes – most impressive was Tom with the national title in the juniors – Numero Uno Tommy Grom! Lisa Hickman had a very impressive heat beating all the other top ranked riders to make the winners [...]
Wave Nationals – Day 2
The Wave nationals are going very well with a fantastic setup from the organisers and helpers her in Warnambool. The first day saw competitors from the Juniors, Womens and Masters divisions competing their first rounds in a single elimination draw. The heats are running for 11 minutes in a really tough break with very heavy [...]
Kitethrills goes National
Tom and Mike are heading to the Wave Nationals today to represent the Sunshine Coast and Kitethrills in Warnambool west Victoria. The event starts this Thursday and runs until Monday. The contest is very similar to surfing competitions, 10 or 15 minute heats in which the riders best two or three waves tally to find [...]