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It looks like Liquid Force is stepping down from kitesurfing, focusing more on other watersports, with main focus on Foiling from now on.

Here is a message from Liquid Force:

As you’ve heard, a lot of riders are leaving Best kiteboarding, and some have still not announced a new sponsor, one of them being the multiple world champion Gisela Pulido.

The year 2015 has been very turbulent in pro kiteboarding, where the PKRA tour got a new owner and name, VKWC, and a lot of events were canceled. Not to mention the seemingly never-ending fight between VKWC and IKA about the rights to crone a freestyle world champion.

There are some quite big changes in Best kiteboarding pro team this year when 3 of the worlds most known riders are leaving the team.

Another autoupdating table of social kite-data is launched, this time you can find all pro kiteboarders social media links and check their follower count. More kiteboarders are added to the list all the time! Check it: Professional kitesurfers on Facebook and Instagram.

Our all-time favourite Dane Nick Jakobsen got himself a new sponsor in Cabrinha, and kickstarts his season by finishing Red Bull King of the air at a great position, and then immediately after that, launching one of the most epic kite videos this far.

Do not lie. Whatever you say I know that you secretly wish to jump from really high stuff with your kite. Last year Jesse Richman towed himself up to 790 feet and flew down. Now there is one guy that stepped the game up a little and jumped from a mountain that is 909 meters […]

F-one launched a video showing off their product line for 2015. Watch it here:

Also the kiteboard brand Slingshot made a team & gear video for 2015, which is named Nothing Left To Say and can be watched here:

Airush launched the longest team-video for 2015 I think. And it is really worth a watch, check it here: