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Years riding: 8
Years teaching: 6
Kites: Slingshot Fuels 9, 13, 17
Boards: Boards: 140 Liquid Force Element, 157 Slingshot
SX, Custom Jimmy Gillume 4' Strapless.
Favorite Move: Kite loops.
Favorite riding spots: Tawas, Harsens Island, Kettle
Pointe on big NW winds, Anchor Bay (shub shack).
Hobbies: Kiteboarding, Snow Kiting, Land Boarding,
Snowboarding, Running, Hockey, hanging with my son
Quinn Valentino.
If you haven't seen it on TV or read it in any of
the major magazines, kiteboarding is the fastest growing
extreme sport in the world. They say it is growing
faster than skateboarding, surfing or any other extreme
sport out there.
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Years riding: 7
Years teaching: 5
Kites: Slingshot 8m Octane, 12m Octane, 17.5 Machine
Boards: 134 Misfit, 128 Misfit
Favorite Move: unhooked front roll to blind, anything
powered and fast.
Favorite riding spots: Strawberry Island.
Hobbies: Kiteboarding, Wakeboarding, Skiing, Snowboarding,
Hockey and Bingo
Chris Landis is one of my favorite riders to watch;
he rides fast with raw power and has been pushing
the sport in this area for over 7 years!
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Years Riding: 3
Kites: Slingshot 11m Diesel, 13m Fuel, 15m Diesel,
17 Fuel
Boards: Slingshot Glide, 128 Misfit
Favorite move: Tweaked out 360 grab, dead man, going
big.
Favorite riding spots: Tawas, Metro, Anchor Bay,
Strawberry Island, Harsens Island.
Hobbies: Kiteboarding, Snow Kiting, Skateboarding,
Wakeboarding, Fishing, Hockey.
Eric loves to go big and can tweak his body out like
no other, he is very stylish and lands fast and smooth.
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Years riding: 2
Kites: Slingshot Fuel 9, 13, 17.
Boards: 128 Brunotti, 123 Slingshot Misfit, 134 North
Jaime, 148 Jarvis
Favorite Move: Riding blind, S bend
Hobbies: Kiteboarding, Snowkiting, Snowboarding,
Surfing, Hockey, photography, rock climbing.
Ryan pushes himself every year and is trying unhooked
power moves.
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Years Riding: 2
Kites: Slingshot Fuel 9, 13, 17.
Boards: LF Mission 138
Favorite Move: Back roll to revert, unhooked indy
back roll.
Hobbies: Kiteboarding, Wakeboarding, Snowboarding,
diving, sailing, art, ceramics, film, photography.
Bryan is currently working for Real Kiteboarding
and riding everyday.
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Years riding: 5
Kites: 12m Flexifoil Atom, 16m North Rhino.
Boards: 141 Hana Crew, 128 Stretch Custom, Nobile
Skim.
Favorite Move: Huge Slow Grabbed Rotations. Anything
that looks smooth
Favorite Riding Spots: Tawas Baby!! Harsens and Palm
Beach, FL
Hobbies: Kiteboarding, Wakesurfing, Hockey, Poker,
and checking the computer for wind.
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10 years old
Fifth grade
Equipment: 6m Assault 2, 4m Ozone Access 2, 135 Litewave,
MBS Mountain Board
Favorite Move: Anything in the water
Favorite Riding Spots: Tawas of course!
Hobbies: Kiteboarding, Kiting with mountain board,
Snowboarding (5yrs), Wakeboarding (3yrs), Competitive
Swimming, Video Games, Hanging out with friends
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