Just curious if there is any real reasoning why he left ozone. Is he still a RedBull team rider?????or did he have to drop that when he left as well????? There has to be a real reason to drop one of the top foil kite companies that he helped transform over the years.

Here's some info:

http://www.kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2374023&p=73278...

sometimes riders make the decision to jump it happens all the time.

redbull is a hard company to keep happy ... been there done that.

oddly sounds weird but keeping a smaller brand happy is easier than the bigger brand. less demand on you.

I always thought after so many years he get sick of putting on that goofy hat.

They branded EVERYTHING in his videos. I can only imagine what we didn't see behind the scenes.

GO CHASTA.

That dood is so chill, I'm sure he'll stir something great up

"redbull is a hard company to keep happy"...I could see that for sure simply by their underlying philosophy of wanting to go to the extremes and push the limits constantly.

from the ozone website...."We will be sad to see him go but we totally understand that dreams have to be chased."

I find that interesting. Simply using logic, dreams to be chased probably wouldn't involve location and getting out to ride cause ozone and red bull could supply that in spades. It would have to be a 'dreams' that could be supplied by a smaller company. Don't know what it is. Might be more direct involvement in kite design, or simply an opportunity to work together with long time friends? Just some guesses.

So who makes that kite he is flying ?

Interesting thoughts for sure. I was wondering if maybe he was a co-founder of this new company. If he his, I'm sure he must have been like..."why am I giving all my ideas and thoughts to these guys when I can use them to my own advantage " Time will tell us whether he was making a good decision or a bad one. Wish him luck. Can't think of a more outstanding rider, he's like the Jeremy Jones of snowkiting.