Welcome to the R&D Team – Theo de Ramecourt

Welcome to the R&D Team – Theo de Ramecourt

Theo de Ramecourt is the reigning World Champion in the Formula Kite class and belongs to the French kite foil elite. In spring 2017 he signed his first contract as FLYSURFER Ambassador. He flies with our team to Chile for the video production of STOKE1 and becomes...
Everyday is a kiteday with Ernst Novak

Everyday is a kiteday with Ernst Novak

In 2009 the Skywalk Gmbh & co. KG advertised a position as “Head of Sales & Marketing FLYSURFER Kiteboarding”. Ernst Novak followed the call and shaped the FLYSURFER world with his team for almost 8 years. He led the innovation-driven German brand...
Max nailed it again

Max nailed it again

Max Maeder wins Youth Kite Foil World Championships in Oman! Male Kiteboarding FormulaKite Although the week had started inauspiciously for Max Maeder (SGP), once he’d revved his engines there was no stopping the Flying Fifteen Year Old from Singapore. Maeder won 14...
Was the PEAK initially built as a water kite?

Was the PEAK initially built as a water kite?

Reinhart Paelinck – FLYSURFER Kiteboarding R&D 2011-2016 Our former colleague Reinhart Paelinck is a mindful and creative character, a person who inspired my personal thinking. He graduated with a Master in Product Development with his thesis on the conceptual...
Get to know the new PEAK

Get to know the new PEAK

Right at the start of the fifth generation of the PEAK, we took the time to collect everything worth knowing from our clients. Preparation is the key to a successful expedition and is very important before your daily session. We give you the chance to know your...
The biggest mystery in the history of FLYSURFER

The biggest mystery in the history of FLYSURFER

Let’s pretend we have the best-hidden secret in the kite industry! Imagine our beloved logo-icon, the “FS Button” has an important meaning?! Yes, we are talking about an evolution that started exactly 20 years ago. Meet the creator Rolf Rinklin: a...
Peter Müller – from FLYSURFER athlete to harness designer

Peter Müller – from FLYSURFER athlete to harness designer

What Peter starts, he does excessively. After the adventure of being a professional kiter, he joins the development department of skywalk paragliders. Then for years, you could only find him in the air mastering his paragliding skills to perfection. Just a few weeks...
Catharina takes 3rd place overall in Dakhla

Catharina takes 3rd place overall in Dakhla

It was a long wait, but Dakhla delivered once again and on the finals day by 4.30pm the wind kicked in, and the remainder of the competition was completed, allowing the riders to finish the event in Dakhla. For the women, both Semi-Finals were completed before the...
The new World Champions Daniela & Théo

The new World Champions Daniela & Théo

The edge-of-the-seat drama of the finals came after 138 athletes—89 men and 49 women from 34 countries and six continents—lined up to fight for the IKA world titles after a two-year break because of the pandemic. It is the biggest kitefoil fleet assembled, courtesy of...