EP 3 | Su Kay - Kite & product designer

EP 3 | Su Kay - Kite & product designer

In this episode, Sasha sits down with Su Kay — kite designer, Big Air record breaker, and co-owner of Lacuna Kites based in South Africa. Su has been in the kitesurfing world for over two decades, starting out in New Zealand sweeping the floor of a kite board workshop, and working her way through brands like Cabrinha, Airush, and eventually Lacuna, where she now leads kite design.

They cover a lot of ground: how Su accidentally fell into product design, what it's like to design a kite with a specific person and brief in mind, and how that approach led to the Alpha V4 — the kite she rode to a 25-metre jump and a Woo Worlds win at 49 years old. The conversation also goes deep on a topic that doesn't get nearly enough airtime: the lack of gear designed for female bodies. From harnesses that ride up to your chin, to wetsuits that only come in one shape, to the first women's harness finally designed by a woman — Su breaks down why this gap exists and what it would take to fix it.

There's also a genuinely brilliant riff on why brands should stop trying to steal each other's customers and start thinking about who isn't kiting yet — and why that's where the real opportunity lies.

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EP 18 | Anne (BroomsShapes) - DIY board shaper & gear maker

EP 18 | Anne (BroomsShapes) - DIY board shaper & gear maker

Anne, the self-taught shaper behind Brooms Shapes, is a Berlin-based biologist and kitesurfer who builds almost all of her own gear: twin tips, surfboards, fins, and a hard shell harness moulded on a ...

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EP 17 | Julia Keller - kite harness design, product engineering & female health

EP 17 | Julia Keller - kite harness design, product engineering & female health

Julia Keller is a mechanical engineer who spent three and a half years designing kitesurfing gear — first a bachelor's thesis project at Duotone, then harnesses and accessories at ION, where she led t...

16 Okt 1h 37min

EP 16 | Michaela Pilkenton - kiting in US, female empowerment & body image

EP 16 | Michaela Pilkenton - kiting in US, female empowerment & body image

Michaela Pilkenton, a Hood River-based kitesurfer and Slingshot rider, was recently voted AWSI Female Wind Sport Athlete of the Year, in the first year the award combined every wind discipline. In thi...

28 Sep 1h 23min

EP 15 | Girls Wake Camp - Copenhagen Cable Park

EP 15 | Girls Wake Camp - Copenhagen Cable Park

This one is different. Instead of an online interview, this episode was recorded live at Copenhagen Cable Park during the Girls Wake Camp — a sold-out two-day wakeboarding event for women, organised b...

16 Sep 1h 10min

EP 14 | Sarah Sadek - big air kitesurfing, sustainability & competition

EP 14 | Sarah Sadek - big air kitesurfing, sustainability & competition

Sarah Sadek is the first and only female Egyptian professional kitesurfer (for now), a Harlem Kite team rider, GKA Big Air competitor, and the woman who went kitesurfing on the morning of her own wedd...

25 Aug 1h 18min

EP 13 | Zara Hoogenraad - kitesurfing, building community and being open online

EP 13 | Zara Hoogenraad - kitesurfing, building community and being open online

Zara Hoogenraad is one of the most recognised names in Big Air kitesurfing — a GKA tour competitor, two-time King of the Air runner-up, world champion, Capital.com and Mystic team rider, and one of th...

18 Aug 1h 29min

EP 12 | Alessa Sophia Mensch - female hormones, mental health & Big Air kitesurfing

EP 12 | Alessa Sophia Mensch - female hormones, mental health & Big Air kitesurfing

Alessa Sophia Mensch is a professional Big Air kitesurfer, GKA tour competitor, Brunotti and Naish team rider, and the co-founder of a women's health app currently in development and launching in Dece...

11 Aug 1h 53min

EP 11 | Lana Herman - Big Air Competitive Kitesurfer

EP 11 | Lana Herman - Big Air Competitive Kitesurfer

Lana Herman is a professional Big Air kitesurfer from Slovenia, a Harlem Kite team rider, and a GKA tour competitor currently based between Brazil, Cape Town and wherever the next competition takes he...

4 Aug 51min

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