KA assistant designer Martin Love got the opportunity to put a 2011 Koyote 7.4 through it,s paces today. In varied conditions from 13-23 knots he was highly impressed with its excellent allround performance.
Melbourne sailor and recent Koyote convert, Michael Green, was kind enough to do a thorough appraisal of his new Koyote and send us his impressions.
We thought you may be interested ...
We are looking to expand our Australian Team and are especially interested in sailors from Sydney, Brisbane, Sunshine and Gold Coasts and North Queensland.
There is some urgency so if you think it may be for you then go to the Ambassador page for full details...
We have some good news from the 3S magazine weekend slalom event which is part of the "World Windsurfing Week" events. Thiseas with a KA 8.3 Koncept took 2nd place in the Men's slalom category with a field of 44 racers. Also Giannis Genimatas with a KA Race 8.9 took 12th place. In the "young blood" category Bill Tabakopoulos (12 years old, first time racing) with a KA Kaos 4.7 took 4th place.
Well done everybody...
April,2010 Koncept gets a rave review from UK Windsurf magazine...
The April edition of UK Windsurf includes a "freerace" sail test. The Koncept received nothing but the highest praise. In summation this is what they said...
"Very manoeuvrable, easy to use and extremely fast. Brings an excellent level of plug & play to competitive speed/slalom sailors and freeracers alike"
Locate your nearest KA Dealer or Ambassador and take one for a spin, you won't be disappointed. Grab a copy of the April Windsurf Magazine while you are at it...
April,2010 Farrah wins bronze at the Formula Worlds...
US KA rider Farrah Hall, USA3, has finished with a podium position at the recent Formula Windsurfing World Championships in Argentina. With the cream of the international Formula sailors present this is a fabulous result both for Farrah and for the KA Team.
Congratulations Farrah....
The Gopro camera's are allowing sailors to take great photos and movies whilst in the thick of the action.
Here a couple of nice "arty" shots of Spotty carving up Woodmans Point, WA
Mar,2010 KA joins the PWA and Jesper Orth joins KA...
KA has taken a great step forward by joining the PWA. This is an exciting move for the KA brand, but far more exciting is the news that the extremely talented and knowledgeable racer and sail developer Jesper Orth has signed up to the Team.
JP van der Wolde, a 15 year old KA racer, reports on the figure 8 slalom racing held in
Curacao on the last weekend in January. All we can say is how exciting it is to have a
bunch of young
sailors sharing the stoke of windsurf racing....
Most Aussie's celebrate Australia Day with a BBQ and a few drinks with friends, but fanatical wind surfers have a much better way of saying happy birthday to Australia, they windsurf with their mates!
Craig Spottiswood,Tim Gourlay and Matthew Robinson cruising the Swan River, Perth on a tandem. Great stuff!!!
Jan,2010 LOC Slalom photos...
Jesper Orth kindly sent us some action photo's from the Slalom racing at Lancelin, Western Australia...
KA riders have performed admirably at the 2010 Lancelin Ocean Classic, Australia's premier Windsurfing event. Jesper Orth who has been testing some KA Koncepts for the last few weeks finished a fantastic 2nd in the Slalom and 7th in the Marathon, a fleet of over 200 containing some of the top European Pro sailors including the legend Bjorn Dunkerbeck.
Annika Gillgren finished 2nd in the Marathon behind Karen Jaggi, an awesome performance.
Other great performances from KA riders were wave sailor Ben Newson finishing 20th in the Marathon, Speed demon Craig Spottiswood 24th and Matthew Robertson 34th, both in their first Ocean classic ever. Spotty also finished 9th in the Slalom. Great effort Guy's.
We will have some detailed reports, comments and photo's of this classic event soon...
Jan,2010 Tony is official GPSSS World Record holder...
KA Team rider Tony Wynhoven has become the first ever GPSSS World record holder for his 10 second run of 47.89 knots set at Sandy Point on Sept 27th last year.
His record was set using a KA Koncept 4.4 and KA McDougall<>Lockwood 21cm Speed Fin on an F2 Missile XS.
Tony's record combined with Craig Spottiswood's all time fastest 5X10 second well and truly confirm KA as the leading brand for speed sails and fins.
Awesome stuff Tony!!
Here is a great video that shows what GPS Speed sailing is all about. No it,s not just Spotty breaking records, but a group of mates enjoying some friendly rivalry and pushing their limits.
Over the Victorian Melbourne Cup weekend the KA Team hit Sandy Point armed with 2010 Koncepts and KaRace prototypes to test. A lot of fun was had and on a serious side much back to back testing was conducted.
What a tough job some people have...
Ka European Importer Peter Weitenberg
had a very nice session trying out his 2010 Koncept 5.7 for the first time. He was suitably impressed.
.
Record
falls
at the
PiT
Sept,2009 GPSSS 5X10 Record is smashed...
In incredibly wild conditions today, Ka Team Rider Craig"Spotty" Spottiswood easily passed Chris Lockwoods previous 5X10 average speed record. Although yet to be made official this record again reinforces the awesome potential of both the Ka Koncept and the Ka Speed fins.
Amazing job Spotty, congratulations.
Tony Wynhoven also realed off a set of PB,s with a near 50 knot peak, making the 2 Ka riders the dominant force on the day. More on their incredible efforts soon...
2010
is up
Sept,2009 2010 sails are on the site...
The full details of the 2010 Sail range are now posted on the site, KaRace withstanding (Full details for the Race later in the year.)
Details of the brilliant new 2010 range will be on the website next month. We are really excited about whats coming and we are sure you will share the stoke...
High
Wind
Alert
Aug,2009 High Wind Alert!! ...
You are invited to another Offical Race Day at the Midwest Speed Quest in Worthington, Minnesota.
The KA Team is sad to announce that we have lost the services of the brilliant Chris Lockwood as a Team rider. KA Chief Andrew McDougall has prepared a statement regarding Chris' departure here....
Everybody
involved with KA wishes Chris well with fulfilling his Speed surfing ambitions...
July,2009 Photo of the week...
KA Ambassador Toon Hermeler absolutely ripping at Kagerplassen in the Netherlands.
Ka's Chris Lockwood spent a really fun week at the beautiful Green Island in Nth Qld.
By all accounts it was a really enjoyable event
Here's what Chris had to say and also a selection of great photograph's from Jodie at Whitecaps Photography.
July,2009 Koyote impresses...
Yesterday while I was rigging a guy approached me and asked if I liked my KA Sails. He then told me how he purchased a Koyote last season and thought it was fabulous. His words were "really nice and easy to sail with and fast!!! It's great to have a sail that makes you a few knots faster than your mates..."
It is really gratifying to get feedback like this.
Go to the Koyote page for full details on this fabulous ,versatile sail range.
Ka,s assistant designer, Martin Love, has an alter ego, that of GM Holden Exterior design manager. On Friday night the Holden VE Sportwagon, a vehicle for which Martin lead the design team, was honoured with an Australian International Design award. Well done Martin and the Holden Team.
A fanatical Windsurfer and designer, Martin spends his "free time" Windsurfing, assisting Andrew with designing the KA range, or designing boards. Wait until you see what he has cooked up for the 2010 Sail range, you won't be disappointed !!!
Just a reminder that Ka,s European Importer PWsurfsport will have a stand at the event. The stand will feature Kaos, Kult, Koyote and Koncept sails for demo as well as Carbon Art boards.
If you plan to be there drop in and say hello to Peter and take some gear for a spin...
May, 2009 Light wind sailing rocks...
SUP boards have opened up a whole new avenue of wave sailing.
Here's a Video of Qld KA reseller Peter Nitschke and KA rider Justin Boland demonstrating how much fun a 6.4 KA Kult and SUP board can be in 5 knots and small waves.
Ka's Kellie Tusler was again the fastest woman at the Annual KA Sail / Caloundra Wind & Surf Speed Challenge at Burrum Heads, QLD. Great effort Kellie. Here's what she had to say...
Apr, 2009 Koncept 7.5 in action...
Here,s a really nice video of Ka Team rider Chris Dimond "cruising" the beautiful flat water ot the Goolwa Channel in South Australia. Great stuff Chris...
Burrum
2009
Apr, 2009 KA Sail Calsurf Speed Challenge
It,s over for another year and I am sure the competitors would be unanimous in giving the event a huge thumbs up. It even got coverage on prime time television Check this out....
Event organiser Justin Boland again did a fabulous job. Here... is his event wrap up.
Apr, 2009 2009 Midwest Speed Quest
Yes it's on again and KA is proud to join a list of great sponsors. Check out the full event details here...
Ka at
Defi
Mar, 2009 KA Stand at Defi Wind
Ka,s European Importer PWsurfsport will have a stand at the Defi Wind in Gruissan, May 21-24. The stand will feature Kaos, Kult, Koyote and Koncept sails for demo as well as Carbon Art boards.
If you plan to be there drop in and say hello to Peter and take some gear for a spin....
April
10th
Mar, 2009 Round Hayling Island Race 09....
Ka is happy to be one of the sponsors assisting in the the revival of this great event.
The Ka team has just competed in the 2009 Calema Midwinters Read more...
New
Team
Rider
Mar, 2009 USA-3 joins KA
KA Sails welcomes Farrah Hall USA-3 as our newest Team Rider Read more...
413k's
in a
day
Feb, 2009 413 km's in a day!!!!
Perth Sailor Steve Schneider set's a record.
Read about it here...
Boom
Cam
Feb, 2009Boom Cam action
Ka Ambassador Alex Koutzoukis strapped a video camera to his boom and went for a session in the waves on his Kult. Very cool vision Alex.
Check it out here...
The first shipment of 09 Ka Sails are now in Europe. More...
KA
Wins
Feb, 2009Ben Newson wins at Margaret River
Ka Ambassador Ben Newson sailed brilliantly against a skilled international field to win the Open Division at the SurfSail Australia Margaret River Wavesailing Competition.
Ben and his Kaos wave sails were "on fire" in the near perfect conditions.
Great sailing Ben, congratulations.
For a full report visit the Windsurfing WA site here.
The 08 event has concluded and been an overwhelming success. For a report from event organiser Ed Sinofsky and full results Read more...
Jan, 200909 Lancelin Ocean Classic
KA,s Chris Lockwood had an amazing battle with Peter Volwater in this years event.
Read all about it here...
Jan, 2009KA Sailor Queen of the "Quicks"
Qld KA Ambassador Kellie Tusler has won the 2008 GPS Team Challenge Ladies division.
Fantastic effort Kellie.
Have a look at Kellies interview with Ozwindsurf here...
KA
in
EU
Jan, 2009KA welcomes our new European Importer...
KA welcomes onboard our new European Sole Importer Peter Weitenburg of PW surfsport.
Peter is a keen surfer and a long time KA ambassador, his experience will be highly valued.
Kuchler sport has been a great supporter of the brand in their role as Importer for the last 5 years and we would like to sincerely thank them for their efforts.
Peter has requested that European Ambassadors contact him at the earliest convenience.
Visit the PW surfsport website here...
Happy
New
Year
Jan, 200909 Welcomes us with Wind....
The Victorian KA Team had a perfect New Years Day being greeted by a very nice South Westerly front. Impressive speeds followed at Sandy Point and currently 7 of the top 10 times on GPS Speedsurfing are held by KA Sailors.
Welcome 2009 and lets hope this trend continues.
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