23 year old Dan Frewin is from Poole in Dorset and has been flying kites since he was 12 then two years ago he decided get on a mountain board with his Kite and has never looked back, Dan can be found at his favorite Kiting spot Baiter Park in Poole, you cant miss him with blond dreadlocks. Dan prefers grass to sand and regards Middle Wallop as a truly awesome for Kiteboarding "it's a pity it's only open twice a year".


On land Dan really admires what Gabe Shortman is doing in the sport right now "he's doing some cool (and high) stuff". He is also watching what the guys are doing on the snowkiting scene "They aren't jumping, they are properly flying, it's just crazy" and on the water Dan has a lot of respect for guys like Mauricio Abreu and Lou Wainman and has recently started Kitesurfing himself.


With more and more people starting to kite, Dan thinks better kite safety systems are going to be needed. "I think there needs to be a universal standard of quality and safety that all companies are required to meet".
Dan would like to see kites with even more lift and hang time. Also slightly more consistency in the flying characteristics between sizes. Either that or one kite for all wind conditions.
As for kite-atb, I think the future will bring more high and floaty jumps, with the possibility of big hill jumps and stuff like that. On the flip side to that I think people will start doing more flatland skate style tricks like Ollie, flips and grinds.


I reckon the boards will get lighter, hopefully the weight of kite surf boards so they can really be thrown around, Dan's favorite trick at the moment is a 'Deadman', it takes skill and balls to let go with both hands, not for the faint hearted!
Sponsor wise Dan is also with Extremekiteshop, Surface Tension and Kitedeck and appreciates the support they continue to give him. He uses the latest Ozone Frenzy that seems to be the freestyle weapon of most big air merchants and strapped to his feet is a prototype DEX Genesis.


Look out for those blonde dreads, you going to be seeing a lot of them.

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