We will Kiteboarding, partying, and having a great time at the La Ventana Classic and KiteXpo event in La Ventana, Mexico, January 22-25, 2009.

The Windy Devil crew is going to be hanging at Camp Marky Mark from January 16th to the 25th.  For those of you that don’t know Mark is a legend down there so this is the place to be for this kiting event.
We have people flying into La Paz and Cabo so let us know and we can hook up and share rides to La Ventana.

Also this will be a great chance to see why the Rise is the kite to have for all styles of kitesurfing because you can fly it back to back with other brands.

Below are details I took off the Kiteboaders site.

See the final expo layout and more details here 2009lv_publicinfo.pdf

Final Exhibitors (16 total): Advance, Best, Caution, Eclipse, F-One, Freak Dog, Isle Surboards (SUPs), Liquid Force, Mystic, Naish (Sol Kiteboarding), North, Ocean Rodeo, RRD, Slingshot, Underground and Wainman HI (Kite Naked)

Treasure Hunt! All entrants in the Island Crossing will have the option to participate in a treasure hunt. Grand prize is a 2009 Naish kite and size of your choice, courtesy of Sol Kiteboarding! www.solkiteboarding.com

Rider Clinics: Details are being worked out by so far we have a freestyle clinic with F-One’s Etienne Lhote and a wave clinic with Caution’s Brendan Richards.

Top Raffle Prizes: Stuff is still coming up but you could win a 2009 BEST 12m Waroo, 2009 WAINMAN HI 12m Boss courtesy of www.KiteNaked.com, MYSTIC Kiteboarding gift certificates, board bags/luggage from NORTH and F-ONE and tons of other cool swag! Raffle tickets are $1 each and are good for day of raffle only. ALL tickets will go back into drawing for grand prizes on last day. Also just in, thanks to Transcend for donating a bunch of their new kiteboarding clothing designs to the cause! Raffle held under registration tent around 5p daily. Must be present to win.

Rescue Boats: Thanks to Ventana Windsports for sponsoring the ponga boats to get participants to and from the island safely! As we do every year, boat captains get a refresher  on how to rescue and pick up downed kiters.

Supporting Sponsors: Special thanks to Kitemasters, paddlesurf.net, Captain Kirk’s, Downwinder Inn, El Cardon Restaurant, La Ventana Builders, Dakine, iKitesurf.com and Transcend Apparel for their various support levels for the event!