The idea behind SECOND HOME was to show what true freestyle means to us. And that can be airtricks, park, and kickers - and in Taíba, that meant wave kickers.
Setting up all the park hacks was super demanding, so most of our focus went there. We ended up running out of time to dedicate more days to wave kickers, but we still managed to get two solid sessions in. Here are a couple of clips from those.
SECOND HOME out now on @knotfuture YouTube.
When we started this project, one of the ideas was to build rails straight out of the sand, something that hadn’t been done in kiting before. Way harder than it sounds. Riding sand already makes ollies tricky, and carrying enough grip to really commit to a rail wasn’t easy.
The sand-kicker-to-rail combo ended up being the key. You scrub just enough sand on the kicker, get a proper pop, and suddenly you have the speed and lift that’s almost impossible to find from a pure sand ollie.
Managing to land this trick on it was the cherry on top.
SECOND HOME with @nicolasgilomen out now on @knotfuture YouTube.
Shot by @martinamarcet
After many years, we’re finally releasing a short film that we’re super stoked about.
Second Home — full film on YouTube @knotfuture
This one took a lot of work. At that time (end of July), it was basically just the two of us in Taíba riding. We managed to set up a different feature almost every day, with the help of friends who joined us to move heavy metal rails and build some hacks we were genuinely pumped to ride.
We wanted to focus more on the hack than on the trick itself. That’s why we would only ride each hack for a maximum of two days. We had 18 days total, and we needed to keep moving to achieve what we had in mind. That approach forced us to flow, there was no room to get obsessed with a single trick, because you could miss getting clips on that setup altogether.
Huge thanks to @martinamarcet for all the shots and the edit, and to our friends who were there every step of the way — @sandra.rivasb , @tasktastic , @patriciorodriguez_ , @nicoeckert , @amontteiro.designer & @santiicisneros_
And to our most special place in Taíba, @souldrifters.adventures , for hosting us and making this feel like exactly what it’s called: a second home.
Six years have gone by since El Nihuil, but some things stay the same.
After far too long without working together, we met again in Taíba in July 2025, returning to our park roots to create something we’re genuinely proud of.
highlighted our favourite twenty moments of this years KPL Team Battle presented by Knot Future. Time for you to sit back, relax and enjoy the action. Videos online now at kiteparkleague dot com.
🏆 BLUE HORIZON - Ben Hoffman, Sabrina Lutz, Louna Allin, Leo Verrechia, Vladimir Cheganov, Kaya Lehman, Maciej Cichy.
🥈TIMELINE 1 - Matteo Dorotini, Einar Saad, Hanna Twarog, Luca Bronzi and Nikkita Belka.
🥉GREEN - Noe Font, Chris Bobryk, Kimo Mahmoud, Aleksa Sanchez and Wojtek Andrzejewski.
🎁 BOOM BOOM 7 - Gianmaria Coccoluto, Enrico Bolla, Ismael Tudela, Nais Balbinot, Eros Balbinot, Oskar Cholewinski.
Marina Meltdown event hype video now online on the @knotfuture YouTube channel. Get there through the KF profile or use a search engine or something.
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Video: @le_tranq
Event Organiser: @ewanjaspan
Enter to win one of three Limited Edition VHS copies of FTN @reiderdecker and @michaeldavis.duh latest film collab out of @hisswaves surf shop!
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Answer the questions below and send them via DM to the @hisswaves message box!
1 - What’s Reider’s favorite trick from FTN?
2 - What camera was FTN primarily shot with?
3 - What is a Mario jump?
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Head over to the @knotfuture YouTube channel to see the full interview!
