Adam Koch Riding ASV Kites after Testing Gear La Ventana, Baja

Adam Koch, an American pro kite racer makes his switch to the ASV Performance kiteboarding team after testing the kites with Paolo Rista and Simone Vanucci in La Ventana. In the past few years, La Ventana has become a place for pro kiters, kite designers, kite brand owners, magazine editors and people who are new to the sport to spend time testing gear, sharing and trying new kite tactics, and giving feedback to each other. Today, Adam Koch, an American pro-kiteracer and former world kiterboard racing champion, has endorsed ASV Performance kites by claiming them as his official kites after giving them a thorough test. During this season, Playa Central Kiteboarding in La Ventana became one of the R&D and networking centers for the kiteracing industry, attracting international kite racers and gear designers from Hawaii and U.S.A., Italy, Mexico, Canada and others.

The occasion of having Paolo Rista from Rista Fins, Simone Vanucci from ASV Performance, and Adam Koch, a pro-kite racer, kite racing together here in Baja lead to valuable time for their gear testing, tuning, and optimal riding for Adam Koch. Paolo Rista is owner/shaper of RistaFins, who works with Adam Koch to provide him with custom fins for his board and kite choices. Besides this trio of kiters, riders like Joey Pasquali (ASV), Brian Kender (Cabrinha), Johnny Heineken (Ozone), Bryan Lake (Cabrinha), Adam Withington (ASV), Catherine Darfur (Ozone), Nuria Goma (Ozone), Cynthia Brown (Ozone, Simone Vanuci (ASV), Alex Aguera (Aguera) and more top riders race at Playa Central and can test their performance in real time and with the right people. 

We interviewed Adam Koch about his decision to ride ASV Performance kites and what looks to be the main reason is that he can now work with a company that focuses all of their resources on kiteracing, and believes this approach already has lead to a quality performance kite that has helped Adam "go faster than he ever has before". Offering an easy platform for kiters who are just getting into kite racing will be a catalyst for riders who are on the edge of making a decision on buying the right gear from the right company. A one-stop place that can sell "race ready set up" to the average rider is the key to promoting the sport and also to putting all your R&D to making the gear the best it can be for ktieracing.

Watch when Adam Koch gets interviewed by Jessica Withington in La Ventana, 

at Playa Central, the place to race. 

Playa Central sells ASV Performance Kites and will have the ASV race boards and race kites available for demo in October 2013, to start out the next kiteboarding season. La Ventana is also a prime spot where people can try racing, as well as where new kite racers will vacation at for weeks or months at time to train and get better at kiteracing. For February 2014 Playa Central and ASV Performance will host  a one month kite race training schedule with races, clinics with pro riders including Adam Koch, morning and evening yoga, daily races, and an overall end of the month kiteracing tournament. If you are a racer or are going to get into kiteracing, make sure to be here in February. To keep updates with the latest on kiteracing in Baja, follow Playa Central´s blog. 

For information on racing, lodging, kite lessons or more, please visit our website. Playa Central is happy to see the kiteracing industry growing at such a great pace and are here to help new racers put on regattas, tournaments, and clincs. You can also book your kiteracing clinic with Adam Koch for February 2014, and more info on the enduro training month my e-mailing us directly. Thank you!