Choose your kitesurf board?

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17 march 2021 0

We provide the keys to help you choose from a wide range of twin tips, surf kite boards, and kite foil boards.

Start by determining your intended use, as it's the usage that determines the choice of equipment! You could be interested in initiation gear, freeride, freestyle, wave riding, strapless, big air, or even foiling. There are many disciplines with highly specialized boards on offer, or conversely, boards that combine multiple styles of riding. Let's explore this together!

Kitesurfer: Airton, GONG team rider, with a Catch and a Fatal FSP 2X.

Three types of boards are offered:

Twin tips: Versatile and suitable for both beginners and experts, these bi-directional boards are designed for freeride, freestyle, big air, or wake style. They are ideally used in flat conditions but not exclusively.

In our range, we have the Sway, Steez WF, Steez CP, and Sizzle.

Surf Kite Boards: These are "directional" boards designed for kitesurfing in waves but also for freestyle or freeride on flat water. Available with footstrap inserts in the FSP 2X range, including the Matata, Pie, Fatal, Catch, Alu, and Lethal. In strapless HDCC technology, the available models are the Pie, Catch, and Chemical "Novo".

In our range, we have the Matata, Pie, Fatal, Catch, Alu, and Lethal.

Kite Foil Boards: Equipped with boxes to mount a foil, these boards are like flying carpets that offer unique gliding sensations and optimal performance in light wind conditions due to a significant reduction in drag.

In our range, we have the Catch, Kiwii, and Fronteira.

Kitesurfer: Airton, GONG team rider, with a Fronteira HDCC and a Fluid H V3 foil setup.

Twin Tips

Sway Wood Flex: The easy and versatile board for stress free sessions. It's the perfect board for kiteboarders who prioritize comfort above all. It's smooooooth. This twin tip is also ideal for beginner to intermediate riders who are looking for quick and easy progress, no matter the conditions.
Steez Wood Flex: A forgiving freestyle/freeride shape. This is the twin tip for riders looking for the best pop for boosting big airs and for unhooked freestyle but with super smooth landings. It will also satisfy hot freeriders, for whom a board with responsiveness and an incisive feeling transforms an average spot into a real skatepark with a bowl!
Steez Carbon Pro: By choosing the Pro edition of the Steez you are looking for uncompromising performance. This high-end construction provides the best balance of pop and nervousness, while lightening the board for limitless jumps!
Sizzle Carbon Pro: The shape for Freestyle / Wakestyle and high performance flat water big air. it’s the board for wakestylers looking for the most explosive pop when unhooked. Freestylers who need maximum speed and power will also love the Sizzle for loops and big air sessions on the flat!

Kitesurfer: Rider on a twin tip Steez Wood Flex, Vertigo kite, and FeelX bar.

Surf Kite Boards (with or without straps)

We offer 6 surf kite boards that cater to all your desires on the water. They are all equipped with footstrap inserts, giving you the choice of strapless or strapped sessions. Offered in a true full sandwich technology that covers the deck, rails, and hull, they are lightweight, robust, and dynamic.

Three categories stand out in our Surf Kite range:

Boards for lighter winds:

When riding in low end conditions, you especially need grip and speed to ride upwind. Choosing a surf kite with a quad setup (with two front and two rear fins, all placed near the rails) helps a lot. These often more voluminous boards are also perfect for beginners: they offer more buoyancy and provide more confidence to the kiter, whether strapped or strapless.

Matata: The ideal board for speeding in light wind. Its unique shape allows for more power and to go upwind almost like you’re on a kite foil. Its planing starts very early.

Kitesurfer: Francesco, GONG team rider, on a Matata FSP 2X.

Pie: More versatile and maneuverable than the Matata, it’s also great at freestyle if asked. The Pie is great for learning maneuvers, changing direction, and surfing in soft waves, and more if needed.

Kitesurfer: Francesco, GONG team rider, with the Pie FSP 2X.

Pie “Novo” : This board enhances every session. Effortless to ride and fluid in turns, it adapts to your style—smooth or aggressive. With its generous surface, you can surf with minimal kite traction, allowing you to focus on your maneuvers and immerse yourself in the pure joy of surfing.

Kitesurfer: Patrice Guénolé, boss and shaper GONG, with a Pie “Novo” HDCC.

Boards for Stylish Surfing:

Short and narrow, these boards offer maximum radicality, and their thruster setup guarantees maneuverability and control. They are designed to perform multiple tricks in a row and do it very well.

Fatal: This board is great for mixing tricks with wave riding. Notably, because its rocker is more pronounced than that of the Catch or the Matata. The result? It offers more maneuverability and allows for faster turns. Its diamond round nose provides lift during tricks. It’s the perfect combo for mixing surfing and freestyle.

Kitesurfer: Airton, GONG team rider, on a Fatal FSP 2X with an Ayto Aramid DP.

Catch: Its nearly rectangular shape—reminiscent of a twin tip—is ideal for freestyle. The stance is maximized, and its tail provides a massive pop. Its lower rocker generates more speed, allowing for higher jumps and big tricks!! Certainly the most versatile shape in the range.

Kitesurfer: Airton, GONG team rider, on a Catch FSP 2X with an Ayto Aramid DP.

Catch “Novo”: Featuring an innovative no-volume shape (13L), wider at the nose and tail, and a very slim profile, the Catch HDCC delivers explosive pop and flawless control in the air. Perfect for riders in search of precision and extreme sensations, it brings new opportunities to freestyle and wave riding.

Kitesurfer: Francesco, GONG team rider, with a Catch “Novo” HDCC.

Boards for Stylish Surfing:

A kiteboard oriented 100% towards surfing has more length and rocker but less thickness. It’s a perfect compromise for generating great maneuverability and a lot of grip, two very useful elements in the waves.

Alu: When the water surface is choppy… it’s perfect for the Alu! Its dynamism, easy turns, good rocker, and well-balanced volume allow it to turn onshore wind waves into ideal conditions.

Kitesurfer: Béryl, GONG team rider, on an Alu FSP 2X.

Lethal: This board has been pushed to the extreme in its specialty: surfing in great conditions. With the most lifted rocker in our range, it excels in hollow waves and handles the most extreme turns, perfect in side shore conditions. Memorable sessions ahead!

Kitesurfer: Airton, GONG team rider, on a Lethal FSP 2X.

Chemical “Novo”: With a 100% shortboard shape, the Chemical HDCC combines smoothness, precision, and radical performance. Its maneuverability and responsiveness deliver a natural flow, instantly connecting your feet to the wave.

Its outline optimized for performance, combined with the ultra-thin HDCC construction and a hull featuring a wide channel, ensures exceptional control and impressively smooth, instinctive rail-to-rail transitions.

Kitesurfer: Airton, GONG team rider, riding a Chemical “Novo” HDCC.

Kite Foil Boards

We offer three models: the versatile Catch FSP 2X, the ultra-compact Kiwii HDCC, and the Pro format Fronteira HDCC. Note the premium full sandwich construction for the Catch and the innovative HDCC construction for the Kiwii and Fronteira, providing an unprecedented balance of lightness, rigidity, and robustness.

Catch kite foil: A board developed for progression in a wide range of uses in kite foiling. This compact shape is ideal for beginners, but it’s also capable of approaching race performance and giving its best in waves, while also allowing for freestyle. What could be better than such a versatile board capable of high speeds, jumping, surfing, and stringing together freestyle tricks?

Kitesurfer: Mathieu, GONG team rider, on the Catch kite foil FSP 2X.

The Kiwii HDCC was primarily developed for strapless use in kite foiling. It is also available with strap inserts for powerful jumps. Freeride, freestyle, or surf – it can do it all. It’s designed for advanced to expert riders looking for THE magic carpet. It’s ultra-compact, ultra-light, and ultra-stiff.

Kite foiler: Béryl, GONG staff, on a Kiwii HDCC, Elips Aramid DP, and Veloce H V3 foil.

Fronteira HDCC: Allows you to ride at the highest level in kite foiling, regardless of your practice (freeride, surf, freestyle, or big air), with a super solid, lightweight, and responsive construction.