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As you see it the headline, the professional kiteboard tour PKRA is starting again, 2013 edition. There are some new things to note, a new scoring system for Freestyle, new riders, but most important, wave-riding is now featured in PKRA.

Now Spleene has launched the first pictures for the 2013 SPX-2 kite, a brand new version of the successful SPX. They did not launch any new kites during 2012, so this release feels great!

Everything is great here in Boracay. Tomorrow the Boracay Funboard Cup starts, with competitions in both kitesurfing and windsurfing. I am not going to participate, but I might write a report from it, it is one of Asias most known wind- and kitesurfing events, and a whole bunch of pro’s are going to compete.

25 October 2012 Gin kites announced that they will end their kite-business. Since that I have been waiting and hoping that they would get things fixed, I do not want that “my” kitebrand stops making kites. I have a 6m2 Gin  Uru, and a 9 & 13 Gin Zulu, and they are awesome.

One of the biggest news for 2013 season is that Youri Zoon joins best kiteboarding. Youri Zoon is the world champion 2012, and will probably be a good help for putting Best back on the kitesurf-map.