Kiteboarding Tricktionary — Twintip Supreme Edition
The Kiteboarding Tricktionary is the most comprehensive twintip instruction book ever produced. Created by the Tricktionary team led by Michael Rossmeier, with main authors Julian Hosp and Thomas Burblies, it brings together professional kiteboarders from across countries and disciplines to demonstrate, analyse and describe every significant move in the sport — from first-day fundamentals to complex unhooked handle passes.
424 hardcover pages packed with 500+ high-quality photographs. Every trick is broken down into precise movement sequences with detailed written descriptions, allowing you to study technique away from the water and arrive at your next session with a clearer picture of what your body needs to do. Whether you’re a school student working through your first jumps or an experienced rider trying to land your first Railey, this book is structured to help you progress.
Available in 6 languages, making it the go-to reference for kiteboarding instruction worldwide.
What’s Inside
- Superbasics — the reference section for schools and instructors; covers foundational techniques for all riding levels and styles, from kite control to first water starts
- Airstyle (Oldschool) — hooked-in jumping, flying and sliding; the core progression path for freeriders chasing height and style
- Newschool (Wakestyle) — unhooked moves starting with Raileys and Rolls through to complex handle passes; the complete wakestyle progression ladder
- 500+ photographs — pro kiteboarders demonstrating each move in precise, analysable sequences
- Multi-discipline contributors — riders from different countries and disciplines ensuring every style of riding is authentically covered
Specifications
| Authors | Julian Hosp, Thomas Burblies, Michael Rossmeier (team) |
|---|---|
| Pages | 424 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Photographs | 500+ |
| Languages | 6 (English, German + 4 others) |
| ISBN (English) | 978-3-950277-61-6 |
| Discipline | Twintip kiteboarding |
| Level | All levels — beginner to advanced |
Content Breakdown
The book’s three-category structure mirrors a natural kiteboarding progression. Superbasics is deliberately built as an instructor reference — the kind of section a coach can open to a specific page and hand to a student mid-lesson. Airstyle covers the hooked-in riding that most freeriders spend the majority of their time on: directional jumps, grabs, kite loops and the foundational moves that build confidence in the air. Newschool is the unhooked world — technically demanding moves that require independent kite control and board feel, starting at Raileys and building through back rolls, front rolls, S-bends, KGBs and into the multi-rotation handle passes that define competitive wakestyle. Each move is documented with the same rigour: entry, peak, exit, common mistakes and style notes.
Why We Recommend It
Most kiters plateau because they don’t have a clear picture of what a trick actually looks like from start to finish. Video helps, but you can’t pause a video mid-session on the beach, and you can’t annotate it with your own notes. The Tricktionary solves both problems. It’s the reference we point students toward after their lessons when they ask “what should I learn next?” — and it’s the book we see in the bags of experienced riders who still pull it out before working on a new trick. At $99 it’s also the most affordable coaching tool in kiteboarding. Makes an excellent gift for any level of kiter.
