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A lot of people seem worried about the longevity of our sports. So we’d like to share a little bit of what we’ve noticed happening in our industry lately:

The initial adoption of wingfoiling has begun to slow, but this new sport isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon. That said, it is still evolving quite rapidly, which does limit a retail stores ability to keep up with the ever changing design evolution. With that in mind, our business model for this sport is going to be changing over the coming months, ready to take on the 2025/26 season. More about that soon…

Now to address the big question we hear most often—Is kiting still going stong? 

Absolutely!

Each year kiters leave the sport (even if it’s only temporarily due to family commitments, health issues or university etc). Usually, every year, another large group of new kiters get amped and join our community to fill that gap, plus some!

During Covid, this didn’t happen like usual. For two full seasons, few new students took up the sport. Since then, locally, we’ve had some exceptionally ordinary teaching conditions. Aligning the wind with students’ availability has been a scheduling nightmare. So all up, we’ve had over four years with very few new locals joining the sport. This means our local kiting community has experienced a little slump.

But there are still hundreds of locals on our text database, and given the right conditions we see them out in force!

It’s our hope 2025/26 is a hot, dry year and we’ll be kiting like crazy. In the meantime, George and Fiona are continuing to travel, uncover new destinations and invite locals to join them along the way. 

This winter, they’ll be heading north again. Fiona is working on a rough itinerary right now so that she can fit in a few author events, visit a couple of long term industry associates and ensure they both get to kite and wing in the best locations in FNQ. 

If you’d like to tag along, join them on location somewhere, or maybe you are in FNQ and are keen on a safety clinic or coaching event (if you have no local school), then reply to this email and we’ll pop you on the list to keep you in the loop. 

If you just want to live vicariously through their winter escape, then follow them on Youtube, Instagram or Facebook. George has a new computer and he’ll be uploading videos regularly. 

Is the kiteshop still open? 

Yes! Definitely. But with a difference…

Running a kiteshop, 5 or 6 days a week, with staff on hand all the time just isn’t a viable option in the current economic climate. The same for carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock, just to be in a price cutting war to clear it at the end of each year. 

These are the things that suck the joy out of this fabulous business, so we simply won’t play the game. Instead, we’re running stock down (so still lots of bargains for you), offering locals absolutely unbeatable pre-order deals on all the latest gear and we’ll carry a small amount of popular stock selected from the new range of gear once it becomes available. 

Moving forward, these are the things to note:

• The store is open by appointment only – If you have our mobiles, text or call before coming over. If you don’t, email us and we’ll make a time to meet you here.

• When George and Fiona are travelling, Simon will be on hand to assist in an emergency and will be available for appointments Monday and Thursday afternoon.

• New Gear! - Pre-order, prepay and get unbeatable discounts on brand new gear.

• Looking for a bargain? We still have clearance kites, harnesses, twin tips and a few surfboards at fabulous prices. 

• Need an impact vest, bar, or harness in a hurry? We’ll have limited stock on hand.

• Trade ins? – Unfortunately, due to limited staffing, we will no longer be taking trades ins. But our preorder discounts make selling your used gear easy. You only need to get a few hundred dollars and you’ll be way in front. 

• Wing Foiling gear—We are working with an Australian manufacturer to supply boards and foils locally. And we will carry a small amount of wing stock in the most popular models and sizes for beginners, starting with the new stock in September. 

• We will continue to teach kiteboarding and wing foiling. However priority will go to local customer referrals, those buying gear and return customers. 

If you have any questions, please let us know. Being part of the local kite/wing community is one of our greatest joys and something we have no intention of giving away anytime soon. 

This new business model aims to strike the perfect balance between serving your needs, being with you on the water and having the freedom to explore other parts of our fabulous country. All while accommodating Fiona’s successful author career. 

See you on the water…

We're making some big changes this year, and with that comes a mega stock clearance

What a year 2023 has been. We don’t usually recap like this, but 2023 was different in so many ways and changes are on the horizon for Adventure Sports Kitesurf Australia.

If you are an online buyer and you’ve never stepped foot in our store, then the only news that might interest you is we are scaling down our business and a huge Boxing Day/New Year Sale is coming your way in January, so keep an eye on your inbox.

But if you are a local, or you visit Noosa often, you’ve likely called in to see our family business over the past 17 years. If this is you, then read on…

This year we’re doing a HUGE Black Friday sale covering our entire store range, every item in stock has an extra 20% off, even on already discounted items!

Combine this discount on run out and clearance items to snag some amazing deals, or use it to pick up the latest and greatest gear at last seasons prices!

We're going to be closed for a week over the Christmas holidays this year to spend some time with family.

We're finishing up today, Friday the 23rd, and will be closed until Monday the 2nd of January when we'll re-open for sales and lessons.

We'll be dispatching any orders placed over this period upon our return and the recommencement of postal services on Tuesday 3rd of Jan.

Over the break phones will be unattended, but you can Contact Us here via the webform or email and we will be available to respond with limited access.

Have a great Christmas, enjoy the wind and waves, and we'll see you all next year! 

Keahi de Aboitiz - local talent, world champion releases his passion on screen with his new movie Tunnel Vision.

Our email boxes are full of Coronavirus updates so we thought we'd fill yours up too.

No seriously, we do need to communicate that we are still open through this crisis and we will still be around long after it is all over. We are not having any Mega Lockdown Sales! But we are continuing to look after our local customers and students as we always have. With that in mind, if you see an item on some crazy sale & we have it in stock, we will match the price, so please let us know. We need your support now, as much as ever.

We've settled in to our little warehouse and finding more time to spend on the water.