An often overlooked piece of gear is the harness. Don't impede progress or your sessions with a poorly fitting harness. Get all the tips for properly fitting your hardshell kitesurfing…
Hard Shell Ride Engine is renowned for making the best fitting hard-shell harnesses in kiteboarding and windsurfing. We were the first company to make a hard-shell harness—a revolutionary design change…
Sunrises or Sunsets? Yankees or Red Sox? Red Vines or Twizzlers? You can debate the pros/cons of just about everything—and that includes travel luggage: duffel bags vs wheeled luggage? While…
Ride Engine’s founder, Coleman Buckley, changed the kiteboarding world when he created the very first hard-shell harnesses in his Santa Cruz, California workshop. Immediately, the kiteboarding community realized Coleman’s ingenuity…
Maintaining Your Windsport Harness You’ve just had an epic weekend on the water. Yes! And now, still buzzing from the sessions, you do what you always do: wash your gear,…
Choosing the Right Wetsuit Wetsuits come in a dizzying array of styles, thicknesses, constructions, technologies, and designs, but all of them share the same simple goal: insulate you from the…
How should your wetsuit fit and how tight should it be? The tightness of your clothes is a personal preference—some people like running baggy pants and a loose-fitting shirt, while…
Choosing between a front-zip or a back-zip wetsuit is an integral decision when making a wetsuit purchase. Front zip or back zip? Which Ride Engine wetsuit design is the best?…
Ride Engine Luggage and Bags Adventure ready, weather-resistant, global travel approved. You do it all—kite, surf, SUP, foil—and our all-encompassing line of travel bags and accessories is designed for you,…
What's NEW for Hard Shell Harnesses - The RIDE ENGINE CARBON ELITE | 2020 Ride Engine began as a problem waiting for a solution. Santa Cruz surfer and tinkerer, Coleman…