Kitesoul Magazine #13 English Edition

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Eric Rienstra
KS_Hi Eric tell us something about yourself,
where are you from, where do you
live, what does kiteboarding mean for
you.
ER_I come from the north shore of Lake
Tahoe, high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
of California. I have a very active
family so I would spend all my free time
Snowboarding in winter and Windsurfing
in summer. I did a lot of other board
sports as well, so when kiting came along
it was a perfect way to combine all the
sports into one.
on the market. I have flown a lot of
kites throughout my career and they all
seemed pretty standard and similar, but
when I flew a Core kite I immediately noticed
a difference. The kites are so much
lighter that they fly like a size smaller and
the innovative bar system is one of the
cleanest, most reliable I have seen. Also,
Core has a specialized category of gear
KS_You started with snowboarding and
windsurfing, how did you fall in love in
kiteboarding?
ER_The spot I Windsurfed at became a
popular kite spot in the beginning, so I
saw it very early on. The bars were made
of windsurf booms and had huge fishing
reels so you could reel in the kite when
you crashed it. At that point It didn’t look
all that appealing, but a few years later
the kites evolved and I started seeing
guys jumping huge and riding twin tip
boards. That is when I threw down the
sail and started kiting.
KS_After a very long time, you changed
brand just a month ago, what was it that
impressed you so much about Core brand
to convince you to leave your hystorical
sponsor?
ER_Core basically makes the best kites