addicted to the wind

15. Dezember 2009

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Interview with Jan Schiegnitz, German kitesurfer and snowkiter

December 14, 2009 4:24 PM, Author: Jonas | Permalink

Some weeks ago we had the chance to interview one of Germanys best kiteboarders, Jan Schiegnitz (”Shigi”). He is a member of the Windfinder Kitesurf Team and is sponsored by Liquid Force, NPX, Schwerelosigkite and Dandie. He has also released a calendar with beautiful shots from Germany’s best kiters – would make a perfect christmas present, go to justkite.de and have a look! click the pic

envy

09. Dezember 2009

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The new Envy is finally available. This kite is so much fun. I have never flown a kite which is so stable, so easy to control and offers so much versatility for easy cruising, wakestyle and freestyle. The Envy is a blast from the first moment on, and will never get in the way of your progress. That’s most importantly, able to enjoy your time on the water. For me thats it, what it is all about. Check out the new Envy. It pays to buy good kites.

Now it’s wintertime

20. November 2009


Last spring I spend a weekend on the Wasserkuppe, which was absolutely unique. We call the highest mountain in Middle Germany tenderly “Waku”.  The name stands for incredible fast weather changes, strong winds and the place to be for snowkiting. We were damned lucky to witness one of these very random perfect days: 20 knots, blue sky and fresh powder. We took photos with three external flashlights. My feet felt like after a marathon. But it made so much fun to do  540s, rodeo flips, inverted rolls… over the kicker, that we continued the session the half night!
So far we are planing the next trip. If you wanna see already one of the sickest photos. check the new Justkite calendar. A few days ago I have been with Jens in the alps, but unfortunatly we had no wind,  so we produced some funny pics of the new LF snowboard.

Sport 2 Interview – Jan Schiegnitz

14. November 2009

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Jan Schiegnitz wurde bei der Kitesurf-Trophy 2009 Dritter und zeigte grandiose Performances. Im Winter geht’s für “Shigi” ins andere Element:  Powder. Ein Kite ist aber natürlich trotzdem immer mit im Gepäck. Er erzählt von dem europaweiten Projekt www.justkite.de und … more www.sport2.de

JUSTKITE Kitesurf Calendar! OUT NOW

01. November 2009

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Hey folks, the new JUSTKITE calendar is out now! It’s been hard weeks. We’ve been working like a dog. It is a project from rider for rider with a deep insight into the perception of the athletes of their sport. The calendar shows kiteboarding in unique photos from spectacular angles and perspectives. I’m proud presenting you the new JUSTKITE calendar. 12 months, jam packed with radical action from Germanies best wakestyle riders with Norwegian guest starring. A special printing process makes for highest image quality. It’s going to be the must-have calendar for 2010! Order your JUSTKITE Kitesurf Calendar at www.justkite.de

taxi, taxi

22. Oktober 2009

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Thanks JD from UNIT_PARKTECH for realizing these monster project.

Thanks Konstantin Reeck for making the photos

A liquid style attack – edge online magazine!

09. Oktober 2009

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Edge is a swedish online funsportmagazine.  check it out!

www.edgemagazine.se

10 questions – funsporting.de

07. Oktober 2009

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Kitesurf-Profi Jan Schiegnitz fühlt sich im Wasser so richtig wohl. Ob auf dem Kiteboard oder Wakeboard – er macht überall eine gute Figur. Im Interview steht er uns Rede und Antwort und gibt uns Einblicke in sein Leben…    …funsporting.de

ISUZU Kite and Windsurf ÖM

29. September 2009

IZUZU Kite OEM

A wonderful weekend drew to an end. With a big delay we finally reached our destination: Podersdorf. Unfortunatly the competition was already over and the wind was gone so we had to party even harder. The event was sensational organised. Mr. Kittag himself from the Liquid Force  ö-division constructed a huge slider and a hefty kicker. With a 400 meter winch we still had much fun even by no wind. Props for the team of stylehunters.at, stick to your guns!

photos by Lina Raue

SCEW calendar available!!!

18. September 2009

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The calendar is the finest collection of one time pictures which emerged because of the passion for photography and funsport. Through these combination the pictures are gainig a deep insight into the perception of the athletes of their sport. One member of the crew behind SCEW is Jens Hogenkamp who created this splashy picture.