State of kiteboarding in 2026

Hello

I started kitebording around 2011. Last 6 or 7 years much less maybe 5 days on average. Basically when me and my friend manage to meet up and do a sesion or two..

Back then when i started the community was full of excitement, new things, brands poping up left and right.... There were different sub cultures like

Big air guys or denglers with Toby and Dimitri.

Dark siders or wake style guys residing on kite scoop mostly. Lots of stuff cumming out from antigua and est bank. Boots were on the rise...Kite loop guys like Ruben oing double 8 loops

Wave guys being chill...

And so on...

Kite brands having atlest 3 kites models for sale each for a dedicated style...

Lots of brands pushing uniq designs and ideas.

Lots of this brands are not around anymore like LF, Blade, Flexfoil, Wainman Hawai... Some have reduced line up to just one model while whiden the wing line up like Epic. So is the kitebording ans whole stagnating or in downward trend? Is winging taking over? Has kiteboarding reach peak and and lost wow factor?