2012 TKB Buyer’s Guide: 126 pages, 19 brands, tons of info!

marinaTKB · Post by **marinaTKB** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:12 am

The Kiteboarder Magazine's 2012 Buyer's Guide contains 126 pages of information provided by designers and reps on 2012 kiteboarding gear. This is the largest collection of gear info we've ever published!

We sat down with representatives from the different kiteboarding brands and asked the questions you wanted to know the answers to! This electronic magazine is full of links to videos, product information pages, 2012 catalogs, and more.

Choose your version of the 2012 Buyer's Guide below. You can get a .pdf file for you to view on the device of your choice or you can also download the Buyer's Guide directly to your mobile device through The Kiteboarder App.

Enjoy!

This special issue features in depth information about new 2012 kiteboarding gear from:

Airush - Best - Blade - Core - CrazyFly - Epic - F-One - Firewire - Liquid Force - Mystic
Naish - Nobile - North - Ozone - Promotion - RRD - Slingshot - Switch - Underwave

For a preview of the guide, check out http://issuu.com/the-kiteboarder-magazi ... ar-guide/1

ramsey · Post by **ramsey** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:04 pm

Seems like you missed a couple brands that I see a lot here in the bay area.......

Aloha · Post by **Aloha** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:50 pm

i agree in some respect but #isn'tanentireraceseriesbeingnamedafterthemenough?

sc-surfer · Post by **sc-surfer** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:34 pm

I guess no one kites with caution at TKB?

ramsey · Post by **ramsey** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:57 am

not just talking about cab.

I just get annoyed with these type of gear reviews. "more depower", "faster turning" blah, blah, blah.......god forbid if you say something bad about a kite.

If you want the low-down on a cab kite, I'll tell you straight up. Pros AND cons.....This will be from my experience riding them in different conditions not some marketing BS.

Seems like there are more buyers guides in mags than actual good pics and articles of sick riders pushing the sport. Thats why I stopped buying kitemags a while ago.

kitenaked · Post by **kitenaked** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:46 am

What?!?!

Reviews aren't legit?

le noun · Post by **le noun** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:15 pm

ramsey wrote: I just get annoyed with these type of gear reviews. "more depower", "faster turning" blah, blah, blah.......god forbid if you say something bad about a kite.

=D> =D> =D>
amen.

sc-surfer · Post by **sc-surfer** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:25 pm

Yep. 'gear review' issues have become a way for publishers to give advertisers a full mag of ads. No real objective reviews, just the text straight from the marketing department!

Want a review, give me a kite to ride.

steve · Post by **steve** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 6:41 pm

seems to me sc-surfer is correct. Don't know the details, but I would guess that brands listed paid to be included, and then designers, reps, and or riders of each brand tell you about their stuff...what do you think they are going to say?

go out a demo/test the stuff for yourself...ask friends or other riders at your local spot what they like (not including the bro deal they got) and what they don't particularly like.

steve

Aloha · Post by **Aloha** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:32 pm

"Sometimes it's better to let the feelings speak. It's what I have learned after the first time I got planing on a 1976 windsurfer.

It is far more important to keep this clear in mind than talk for hours about the latest piece of technological edge we have found to be again ahead of time.

It's not about how you ride, it's about how you feel. Ride and feel, it's all that matters."

~Roberto Ricci

BayAreaKiteboarding.com