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How to launch and land a kite from a boat
If you closely adhere to these steps, kiting sans beach becomes a safe, easy and fun alternative, and opens the world of offshore wind kiting which is often the best. We’ve never had a single incident (well, one slightly torn kite, but that doesn’t count!). Continue reading
So you want to buy a sailboat?
Many people have the dream of sailing off into the sunset. But the reality is a LOT different than the perception. Herein lies the advice of someone who’s spent 13 years circumnavigating on the pitfalls to avoid. Continue reading
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Tagged business, charter, circumnavigation, discovery, making money with a boat, offshore sailing, sailing, saoirse, the best odyssey, time share, yacht purchase, yacht share
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2010 Best Odyssey Expedition Highlights – A Year in Photos
We’ve put together this 2010 highlight reel for all our owners, guests and well- anyone who has ever had interest in playing in the Indian Ocean as we covered just about all of it this past season. This will be mostly a slideshow from the field but I’ll give you a little run-down as well. Don’t miss the slideshow at the end! Continue reading
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Tagged andaman islands, bazaruto, ben wilson, burma, cargados, chagos, eddie bauer, jamie mitchell, kiteboarding, Kristin Boese, madagascar, maldives, mozambique, myanmar, paragliding, reo stevens, sailing, Sky Solbach, SUP, Surf
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How to Get Sponsored, Part III
In this 3rd part series I want to cover how you go about getting the two most likely things you’re after- GEAR and/or MONEY. I’m going to admit something right off the bat here so you don’t waste any time. To be honest, I’m not at all sure what the best way is to get money. We’ve been incredibly successful at getting gear- from watches, to clothing, kites, surfboards, paragliders and a lot more- some of it worth thousands and thousands of dollars. Continue reading
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Tagged athlete, best kites, best odyssey, corporate, event, gear, idea, kiteboarding, money, paragliding, sponsors, Sponsorship
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How to Get Sponsored, Part II
So now you’ve got your ducks in a row. You’ve got a solid mission, you’ve done your homework on your industry, you’ve maybe put together a budget. Now it’s time to get into the nitty gritty. This entry (Part II) is going to discuss the next three major elements of getting sponsored. Continue reading
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Tagged Best Kiteboarding, best odyssey, eddie bauer, event sponsorship, how to get sponsored, jamie mitchell, kiteboarding, money sponsorship, paragliding, Sponsorship
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How to get Sponsored, Part I
We recently completed two incredible sponsorship deals. One for Eddie Bauer/First Ascent which was sealed up this week and includes some very cool future video dispatches for Outside TV. The other with well-respected Niviuk Paragliders, who are now supplying the expedition with freestyle and acro wings for our upcoming flying expedition in Namibia, as well as planned future flying missions on The Best Odyssey. These two events made me realize two things. 1) We’ve come a long way from wandering around tradeshows disguised as magazine editors trying to get anyone with a pulse to talk to us and 2) we’ve learned a few things about not only getting sponsored, but creating a great relationship that is beneficial to both parties. Continue reading
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Tagged ben wilson, Best Kiteboarding, best odyssey, bill kraft, eddie bauer, first ascent, gopro, jamie mitchell, kiteboarding, niviuk, OutsideTV, paragliding, quiksilver, sponsor, Sponsorship, teva
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The Top Ten Places to Kiteboard on Earth
Every two weeks or so I have to sit down for many hours and craft a story of our most recent adventure. Sometimes they write themselves, other times they are a real grind. Jody (our photographer and my partner) has to spend hours getting all the photos ready. After over a decade of traveling the world by sail seeking out wind and waves we realized we’ve got a lot of information stored away that might be of interest to fellow adventure-seekers. But we don’t really have a place to easily share what we’ve learned. Well, we’re hoping this new blog is the answer. We’re going to try to make the blog informative, interesting, visually stunning, and our ultimate goal- to inspire and motivate people to get out there. Be it on water, in the air, or somewhere in between- it’s a great big wonderful world out there. So here we go, the top 10 places to kite that we’ve found on our world tour. Thus far 40,000 + miles, 40 countries, 131 locations, over 90 of them virgin. Continue reading
