Naish News

For years, competitive kiteboarding has chased bigger tricks, higher scores and tighter formats. The level has never been higher, but somewhere along the way, something else became harder to find:...

A huge congratulations to Andrew for an incredible 8th-place finish against one of the strongest fields in foiling. It's a result that reflects not only countless hours on the water, but the confi...

Part III takes us from the North Sea to Cape Town to a Sicilian lagoon. Three riders, three very different home waters, and three setups dialed in for what they chase. Alex is training for the GKA ...

Every year, KB4C brings the global kiteboarding community together for something bigger than competition. From raising funds for children and families to celebrating the people who make this sport ...

The gear we build gets tested in a lot of places. Few of them are as brutal as the Kaiwi Channel. This July, our foil designer Andrew Gibbons lines up for the Molokai2Oahu, the toughest open-ocean ...

For the second installment of our rider series, we caught up with three athletes from very different corners of the Naish world. From wave foiling on Maui to freestyle in Greece and Brazil to a qui...

Setups, spots, and home shops. We asked our crew what they really ride, and where they ride it.

Alessa Sophia Mensch and Jason van der Spuy push deep into the GKA Big Air World Championship in Mykonos. One ends as vice world champion. Both leave everything on the water.

Closing out the 2026 Foil Tech Talk Series with Noah and Andrew on the new Carbon and HM Carbon masts. Slimmer profile, 13% more torsional stiffness, and a more direct feel under your feet. Which o...

Naish freestyle rider Leo Verrecchia made his first World Cup final. We sat down with Leo to discuss the comp, the gear he rode, his tricks and what's on his horizon.

For 2026, we built two new stabilizers around two new front wings. The S-Series and the E-Series sit at opposite ends of the tuning spectrum. One is built for stability. One is built for efficiency...

In the creation of the new ALU Alpha fuselage, we had 2 main goals: 1) increase the stiffness and 2) decrease the drag. We were able to achieve a 30% increase in stiffness over our legacy system by...

Two new 2026 front wings. Two different shapes. Two different rides. The Siren is mid-aspect. The Excalibur is high-aspect. Both share the same new Aluα connection and the same stabilizer ecosystem...

The Siren is our new mid aspect front wing, designed to be the perfect combination of stability and maneuverability. When we began the development of the Siren we created a performance mid aspect f...

The Excalibur is our brand new high aspect front wing, designed to be the perfect combination between glide and maneuverability. 

From the German Baltic to the GKA World Tour, Alex Middeler grew up on Naish before stepping away - and now he's back. We sat down to talk early years, his approach to wave kiting, the gear he's te...

Hookipa doesn't hand out wins. The reef breaks are fast, the wind shifts without warning, and the pressure of a World Tour event makes every wave count. At the opening stop of the 2026 Windsurf Wor...

She wasn't selected for King of the Air. She didn't feel prepared going into the event. And when the final kicked off, the wind had other plans. None of that mattered. Alessa trusted the process, t...

The Naish RPT is the ultimate freeride twintip kiteboard, combining forgiving handling, durability, and advanced technical features all in one package. Whether you’re just starting or looking for a...

Kite foiling has matured fast, but bar tuning remains one of its most misunderstood elements. Small changes in trim, line length and ergonomics can radically change how a kite behaves on foil – yet...

To help clarify the facts, we sat down with Naish Head Kite Designer, Ewan Jaspan, to discuss the new digital printing process in detail. From how it works to why it matters, Ewan breaks down the k...