Kitesurf Atlas, Kiteboarding Holidays, Kite Surf Lessons

I have had Hifis myself for years now and the Nirvana feels like the 2010 model which is great as the 2011 was a bit of a fall back in performance and not as solid or responsive (I stuck with my 2010 this year), so glad the centre strut is back for 2012! The battens in the wingtips do the job perfectly, keeping the kite rigid for quick response and solid shape, this is going to be particularly beneficial on the 7m as it will stop the super thin leading edge folding when looping and turning hard (had to pump the Hifis seriously hard to stop this). The 2nd and 4th strut have been moved closer to the wingtips to give a larger un-disturbed canopy section in the centre for a more efficient and powerful wing. Moving the struts closer to the wingtips also reduces any flutter and with full dacron from the final strut to LE the Nirvana has maxiumum response.

Sometimes being a girl in an extreme sport is discouraging. When I first started riding in Nicaragua I was ending a 1 1/2 year non-riding streak. I was sure I could get back in the water and within a short period of time get back to where I was but that wasn’t the case. My first few rides ended in disaster. My gear was all new to me and many things were either broken or not working well. The area was completely unridden by anyone else so I had to deal with a lot of unknown debris in the water. After totally eating it and having to swim over 1/2 hour back to shore more then once, I felt mortified. My friends from Brazil I used to ride with kept encouraging me via facebook and reminded me that i’m a professional. In between when I was able to ride I concentrated on the business end of kitesurfing and started applying for sponsorship. I worked hard on getting photo’s, stories and my future plans out there and eventually the sponsors started rolling in.

What a great start of the season!
do you remember the Turtle nest we found at Playa Azul Tulum?
well, we found out that we have 11 nests around our Tulum location, and as well, we found 13 Turtle nests in our HQ Xpu Ha location...
we received some training from the people that is taking care of this nests , and they are assisting us, or better yet, we are assisting them and the turtles to hatch safe!
yesterday, 1st of October, the first Morph Turtles were born! Manolito was great assisting them and taking care of them until the night goes down to be able to release them in the ocean!!!
what a nice experience!!!!

Thank you Manolo!!!

¡Queridos compatriotas!
Reciban un cordial saludo desde Playa del Carmen. Muchísimas gracias por escribirnos y por interesarse en el evento "Viva Mexico en la Playa" cuyo objetivo es promover a Playa del Carmen como corazón de la Riviera Maya e impulsar la zona centro de Playa del Carmen. Les adjuntamos la convocatoria y les solicitamos por favor la envíen a todos sus amigos, compatriotas, y todas las personas que puedan estar interesados en participar en las diversas actividades programadas.
En coolaboración con la AKQR, PDC Kiteboarding e IKARUS Kiteboarding, la ciudad nos ofrece un espacio en frente del club de playa "FUSION", calle 6 y zona federal, en donde se podrán preparar los Kites, entrar al agua y navegar entre los 2 muelles fiscales.
También habrá exhibición de Kites por parte de IKARUS Y PDC Kiteboarding, y la gente interesada podrá volar unos papalotes entrenadores para la gente novata.

Andrés PR, Senior vice President Operations for Mexico, Central América and Aruba For OCCIDENTAL HOTELS, is a true "Groupie" of Morph, he loves to visit and ride along with the Morphsters! this time he had the opportunity to visit our spot in Tulum Hotel Playa Azul, where he had an awesome session, wind was great, waves were fun, and he had the whole Kite Beach Tulum for himself.... this is another of the beauties of our spots, you can kite totally uncrowded...

Andrés said : had a sweet good 3 hour run..... solito, no one else around, IVO showed up after i was done, but it was blowing the whole afternoon... I had a great time! Thank you Morph!

Welcome to what promises to be the most exciting event in the history of Speed Sailing : From the 4th to the 31st of October 2010, the Luderitz Speed Challenge will take place with the best Speed Sailors in the world participating!

For the 1st time, the 3 engines involved in this crazy battle pushing the limits further year after year : HYDROFOIL BOAT, WINDSURF, KITESURF will race together during the same event in Namibia!

To improve our performances this year, a channel of 700 m long, 10 m wide and 1 m deep will be dug in the "Second Lagoon", one of the fastest kiteboarding spot in the world!

Take this golden opportunity!
Together, we can push the limits and beat some other national and world Records going faster than “L’Hydroptère, the Hydrofoil boat” which hold the present record with 51.36 knots.

Holiday review with http://radicalkitesurf.com/

We booked without knowing much about the area – but after some research saw that it would probably be windy.


It was. Above all else the kitesurfing was exceptional. Flat water spots galore. Ankle to knee deep and then waist deep elsewhere. Lots of small coves and crystal clear water spots.






Lots of mudflat/sandbars to kite behind for the flat stuff. We could've kited 6 days out of 6. but on our final day had to give the hire car back so didnt have the time to wait for the wind to kick in.

1 .- you are heading off shore and when you see this monsters forming you just go WAHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

2.- you are facing the monster forming, toe side, ready to turn, and the only thing that is in your mind ...is OH MY GOD!!!!! what am I doing here????

3.- you are thinking----Don´t drop the kite, don´t loose the board....

4.- you are riding down the wave, and the only thing you can hear is NOTHING but complete SILENCE....

these are some pointers to know that you finally are riding BIG WAVES!!!
this is the session we had today, I´m glad I´ve been practicing for the last month ( 1 year but, to prepare for the waves 1 month straight!!!) only strapless to be able and prepared to drop down on this Fun MOnsters!!!!

avid, Jenna, and Dylan,

Thanks again for all your help and hospitality during our recent visit. It was great seeing you and the rest of the Morph crew again. Lauren is so pumped that she is up and riding now! We really appreciate the one-on-one instruction, friendliness, and attention to detail (and safety). It is what sets Morph apart as a World Class organization! It is exciting to watch Morph grow and expand yet maintain a personalized approach. Well, we landed in a blinding snow storm that made the drive home from the airport seem much harder than a kite loop but made it safely. Despite the cold, Lauren couldn't help herself and had to check out her new gear as you can see in the picture. Thanks for getting her set up and outfitted properly-I did explain that I may have to make sure the new 8 meter Beast works ok here in the midwest conditions :) as soon as we are brave enough to break out the wetsuits. I'll send some video of Isla Blanca once I get some editing done.

Another great adventure planned with MORPH Kiteboarding! We are heading up to Isla Blanca to enjoy the first solid North winds of the New Year! So if anyone is interested in joining us for kiteboarding lessons or just great adventures with the worldly MORPH team let us know as soon as possible.

As 2010 begins, so do the kiteboarding adventures on the Mayan Riviera. Slowly the wind is filling in and creating some great kiting, no matter what kind of riding you like to do. Kiteboarding has just begun and been greeted by a lot of excitement and anticipation as we open a school in one of the top rated, five star hotels on the Mayan Riviera. The two young instructors from Belgium and Canada are fitting in just perfectly and showing the Hotel guests what kiteboarding is all about!

on Sunday, we had the most spectacular day in Kite Beach Tulúm!
right on our spot at the Hotel Playa Azul, in Tulúm, the crew down at Morph Kiteboarding, were having a blast! teaching, kiting, just chilling out and having fun, you know, like no other place...that´s our Atmosphere here at Morph!
anyway, the conditions were great, there was a 12 mts ready for me, and I started kiting, to be quite honest, I ´ve been not feeling really inspired to kite for the last month or so, maybe because the season is ending, or I just don´t know.....however this day, I felt inspired and started flying my MORPH BEAST EH v3, and everything was just flowing...

As the season is ending, Morph team decided to explore some news destinations and eventually discover amazing spots where to ride and fly! Cedric and I(Dylan) prepared a trip to Bacalar and Majahual in the Costa Maya and finally, the windy statistics destination, Progresso.
This is the first days in Bacalar, The drive there was rainy but smooth. No wind to ride the amazing spot. But luis showed us the spots around Bacalar and the potential it has.
Either way was super nice and luis showed us a good time.
hope its not to boring for you.

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Cédric taking care of Sebastian, future Team Rider for MOrph, showing the basics of this amazing sport!!! Dylan also doing his thing passing on the knowledge required to become a safe , Independent kiteboarder, in the meantime, David is getting used to the surfboard in the flat waters of Xpu Ha, to be ready to rip the waves in Cabarete..... I must say, I fell in love again with the sport, if such thing is possible!!! anyway, every day, with this sport you discover new things, and strapless riding, definitely opens up a whole new world and frontiers, more technical, more difficult, but at the same time more freedom!!!! thank you for following, enjoy the winds this week, in the Mayan Riviera at our Morph Locations, while we keep you up todate with our Cabarete summer reports!
you know we can always take care of all of your needs here at Morph!

saludos

Buen dia:

Day 1
A las 8:30 del día de hoy abrimos la tienda junto con Manolo (quien ya está un poco mejor de salud), Zoltan y María.
Hubo viento de 14 nudos durante la mañana que luego bajaron a 08 durante la tarde.
Zoltan dio clases a Jolanda Whaling, Suecia/EEUU, quien vino a Tulum para hacer yoga, vio el Kite y quiso aprender el deporte. Hizo dos horas hoy, comenzó con el trainer para luego explicarle como se arma y usa el kite n 6.
La otra clase la dio Pal, a la compañera de joga de Jolanda, Melissa, quién realizo dos horas de clases, una por la mañana y otra por la tarde, también comenzó con el trainer y luego armo y voló el kite n 10.

Day 2

Estuvimos hoy en el negocio a las 07:30 Hs junto con María y Zoltan, quien como es su última semana en México quiere aprovechar para navegar lo mas que pueda. El viento por suerte acompañó por que durante la mañana hubo 15 nudos y pudimos kitear un rato.

Hola Chicos!

well, this is our second week here in the World Mecca of Kiteboarding!
20 knots everyday from 11 am untill 7 pm, this is mainly the reason, why I haven´t been updating the Cabarete report as frequent as I wanted to... we have been kiting, setting up the school, getting settled, meeting with old friends, keeping up with all what is going up here in the Cabarete scenary! we have been busy also taking care of the Adkins, DAvid, Jennifer, Charlotte and Adi!

They started lessons at our Xpu HA center last winter season and they decided to join us in this Cabarete Experience! lucky for them and for all of those who are coming to join the Morph Team! what an experence!