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Engadinwind'09 : 03-05 July 09
GIN Kiteboarding will be at Silvaplana for the Engadinwind '09 (SEAT-Kitesurf-trophy)...
GIN PHOTO CONTEST : Stage 1
Thank you to all the budding photographers out there that have already entered the GIN Photo Contest !
Here are the first 5 finalists at the end of the initial stage in the competition...
GIN PHOTO CONTEST !
The first deadline is soon there !...
Interview with Sébastien Salerno
Check-out the interview of Sébastien Salerno published on the last online iksurfmag...
NAZCA II in Switzerland
A few days ago the weather conditions were perfect at the small lake of Bienne in Switzerland, one of the best local spots near to GIN Kiteboarding’s headquarters...
NAZCA II user manual available in German
The NAZCA II user manual is available as of now in German...
GIN PHOTO CONTEST !
GIN Kiteboarding organizes a big photo contest, open to all !...
Grand Prix Petit Navire - European race competition
The GIN team was represented by 3 French riders...
Robert Graham's advices
Don't miss the advices from our designer Robert Graham regarding his new baby : the NAZCA II...
NAZCA II user manual
The NAZCA II user manual is ready to be downloaded in English and French on our web pages...
Buggy competitions in France and Germany : ranks 1 and 2 for the GIN riders !
Congtratulations to the GIN riders from Switzerland, Belgium and Germany ! With their TONKAWA, they took the 1rst and 2nd places in the last German and French competitions...
Buggy : UK National Championships : 1rst place for GIN rider
Our GIN rider Graham Steel (on the right on the pict with his GIN TONKAWA) took the first place of the the second round of the UK National Championships. He gives us his report...
New NAZCA II picts !
Here are the picts of the new NAZCA II in their 3 flavours !....
test event Beauduc POSTPONED
Due to bad weather forecasted for South of France over the Easter Weekend we are postponing our test event in Beauduc...
GIN products 09 in test with the New NAZCA II !
The GIN Kiteboarding Team will be on the beach of Beauduc in the South of France over the Easter week-end...
Cortina Snowkite Contest Italy
Martin Florek took the 3rd place of the big air at the last Cortina Snowkite Contest in Italy...
New NAZCA II !
The new NAZCA II is coming !...
Martin Florek on Snowkite Tour...
After the US Open Snowkite Master in Utah, Martin is now in Italy for the Cortina Snowkite Contest....
ESKIMO III bar set-up
For a perfect handling of your ESKIMO III...
GIN Snowkite Happening 09
GIN Snowkite Happening 09 was an excellent edition...
GIN Snowkite Happening and Kite Boarder Cross !
GIN Team will organize this week-end a Kite Boarder Cross competition during the GIN Snowkite Happening...
Pascal Joubert's video
This is a video from Pascal Joubert snowkiting with an onboard camera...
GIN Snowkite Happening 09
Join us to the GIN Snowkite Happening 09...
ESKIMO III pack user manual (video)
Here's a video to show you all the details of the ESKIMO III pack...
Martin's video in Brazil
Check-out the video of Martin with his ZULU in Brazil...
1rst place for TONKAWA !
The GIN rider Joost Pelssers took the first place of the 4 hours solo buggy competition at la Panne (Belgium)...
First rank for the Power Kite movie with GIN kites....
Emmanuel (Manu) de Schlinchting reached the 1rst place of the "Festival du Film de Kite Amateur 2008" organized by Flysurf.com...
ESKIMO III user manual
The ESKIMO III user manual is available...
SnowkiteMasters 09
The SnowkiteMasters 09 ended on last Friday (16th)...
GIN greatest (teenage) fans ;)
The new generation of GIN riders is training very hard...
SnowkiteMasters 09 !
The SnowkiteMasters 2009 (France) starts on the 10th of January !
ZULU and warm water
While snowkiting season is in full activity, some GIN people prefer warm waters for riding their ZULU...
Snow and ESKIMO III
The snowkite season started in very good conditions with lot’s of snow on the main snowkite spots ...
Best Wishes from Team GIN Kiteboarding !
European Buggy Championships in Gravelines (France)
Our GIN Team rider Graham Steel ride the new TONKAWA and he took the 9th place overall of the European Buggy Championships in Gravelines (France, 6th-11th of September).
Colgate kitesurf World Cup 2008
Tomorrow will start the Colgate Kitesurf Worldcup in St. Peter-Ording (Germany) http://www.kitesurfworldcup.de/ The GIN Kiteboarding German distributor will be there
Test Event in Beauduc / South of France
We are back from Beauduc, where we had our test event during 4 days over the ascention weekend.
Test Weekend in France !!!
Spring is finally here and we are going to hold our Test Weekend in Beauduc from May 1 to 4. You'll be able to test our new ZULU, as well as the foil kites INUIT and ESKIMO - and of course have drinks and chats with designer and riders. See U!
Pierre-Alain's Racing Achievements
Our Snowkite racer and Buggy Race Kite tester had a great winter with a series of successful events. The greatest success of his work is yet to come...
White Easter in Switzerland
The heavy snowfalls in Europe during the last week allowed some very unexpected snowkite sessions! Here some impressions from the spots around the GIN Kiteboarding headquarters in Switzerland.
Sebastien Salerno took 3rd in Dakhla with ZULU !
Seb is a Team Rider of ours from the South of France. He just came back from Dakhla where he took his first trip with the all new ZULU he just got.
Test Weekend in France POSTPONED !
Due to bad weather and arctic conditions forecasted for Europe over the Easter Weekend we are postponing our test event in Beauduc. It might be happening on the weekend of Ascension beginning of May, but we'll confirm that beforehand. Happy Snowkiting instead (at least in Switzerland).
ZULU - Our new 4line SLE tube kite !
The ZULU is our new 4line SLE kite. It offers an amazing low-end with lots of ground pull and combines fluid turning performancess with a high depower SLE setup. Great kite for everybody, from Beginners to commited Free- or Wakestylers.
Find more info in the product section.
Test Weekend in France
The GIN Kiteboarding Team will be on the beach of Beauduc in the South of France over the Easter weekend. Look out for our flashy tent and come by to hang out, test our kites and flavours.. See you there !
German Snowkite Event 15. - 17. February Hochfilzen/AUT
Aerosport is organzing a great event in Hochfilzen, which is situated in the Austrian Alps, close to the german border. We'll all be there, so come and join us for lots of fun on and off the snow. For more info on the event please go here.
Unofficial GIN Support Webpage
Darren Stone, a fellow GIN kite flyer from the UK, has put together some really useful information about how to tune our ESKIMO, as well as how to set it up with a 5th line. If you are looking for such kind of information check-out his site, it's very well done. Find the link here.
Snowkite Video with Eskimo Kites
Check-out the video of the Kitesnow.ch Team from the Col du Petit St. Bernard in Switzerland. Find it here.
Snowkite on Col du Lautaret
After the first snowfalls of the winter the French GIN Kites team couldn't hold itself back to welcome the first snow with their new INUIT snowkites on Col du Lautaret.
German Snowkite Open
Our German Snowkiting friends have a big happening coming up next weekend. After no luck with snow last winter, the German Snowkite Open are finally taking place. This time there is plenty of snow lying and it looks like a promising weekend is coming up. Go and check-it out. Of course GIN Kiteboarding will be there..
Getting Ready for the Winter...
Robert Graham, GIN kite designer, can't wait for the winter in order to be able to use his new foil kite INUIT. So why not already take a few laps with it on the water...?
INUIT - Our new intermediate foil kite !
Introducing our new intermediate foil kite called INUIT. It's a kite that comes setup with a 4line bar and makes a great compromise between the high performance Eskimo and the stable and smooth Zig.
Find more info in the product section.
Greetings from Martin with his NAZCA in Greece !
Martin, our Gin team rider from CZ spends the Summer season at Prasonisis Beach, Rhodos.
Lot's of fun on the water with his NAZCA, and as IKO teacher he also works a little sometimes... .)
Martin, see you very soon for the snowkiting season !
FINALLY THE WINTER IS HERE..!!!
After we've almost gave up on the winter this year, we've been blessed with some heavy snowfalls right at the door of our Headquarters in Switzerland. This weekend it's on!! Join us for some long awaited snowkite sessions around here in the Jura.. Contact us and we'll let you know where it's going to happen. Great opportunity to test our ESKIMO kites.
NEW NAZCA HYBRID KITE
We are stoked to present the new NAZCA 07, which will be available in April. We are stoked with the final product and the characteristics the kite is offering.
Our new ADVANCED PERFORMANCE 5th line bridle together with other features is providing incredible turning characteristics and low-end performance. for more info click here
'ADVANCED PERFORMANCE' 5TH-LINE-BRIDLE
GIN KITEBOARDING has developed an innovative 5th line bridle system, which will be introduced with our new NAZCA freeride kite.
A new level of turning performance is reached..!!
WEBSITE IS UP AND RUNNING
Here comes our updated website! It has all the basic functions running now. We will keep it up to date with news, infos, pics, videos, new product releases etc..
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