Kiteworld is essential reading for all kiteboarders, since 2002. Read the best reviews of the latest kites, boards and gear and improve your riding with our technique articles - whatever level you're at. Kiteworld's editorial team includes World Champions Aaron Hadlow and Mark Shinn and top coaches like Brandon Scheid. Each issue is packed with the inspiration and know-how you'll need to fuel your next ride
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SPY NETWORK AIRTON COZZOLINO • BEL OMBRE, SEPTEMBER 11 GKA KITE WORLD CUP MAURITIUS
MARK MY WORDS • A NEW MINI-SERIES WITHIN MARK SHINN’S REGULAR COLUMN, IN WHICH HE COMPARES CERTAIN ITEMS OR CONCEPTS THAT HAVE OFTEN FOXED RIDERS
SESSIONS #01 KEAHI’S BONEYARD BOOGIE • KICKING US OFF FOR SESSIONS THIS ISSUE, PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN BILDERBACK DELIVERS JUST ONE EXAMPLE WHY WE’RE ALL IN AWE OF KEAHI DE ABOITIZ’S WAVE WIZARDRY, BEFORE SEBASTIAN DREWS LEAVES US WITH A FOREVER-SWEET TASTE OF SUMMER
SESSIONS #02 LATE NIGHT TALES • AN EVERLASTING SENSE OF SUMMER
Reserved: THE RIGHT TO RIP AND PROTECT • THE WORLD’S BEST ‘NEW KITE SPOT’ - PUNTA LUNA – LIES SECLUDED AND VERY PRIVATE IN THE ILLESCAS NATIONAL PARK, PERU. TWO-TIME PKRA WORLD CHAMPION. MARTIN VARI, IS HEAD OF THE RANGE WHERE THERE WILL ONLY EVER BE EIGHT RIDERS SHREDDING AT ONCE, DUE TO IT BEING A NATURALLY PROTECTED AREA. REO STEVENS WENT TO VISIT AND EXPLAINS THE VIVID TALE BEHIND ITS CREATION AND HOW VISITORS ARE HELPING SUPPORT THE RESURGENT ECOSYSTEM
RECALIBRATION • North has brought together some of the industry’s most experienced and respected designers, engineers and brand managers to write the next chapter in the brand’s history. Everyone has been energised by the opportunity to step back, look at the industry and ask: “Where should we go from here? How can we improve?”
CAPE TOWN’S ‘ OTHER SIDE’ • ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR KITING LOCATIONS HAS SO MANY AMAZING SPOTS THAT FEW VISITORS EVER BOTHER TO REACH. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE.
DOING BRAZIL – BACKWARDS • ANDRE PENNA LED KW EDITOR JIM ON A GUIDED GROUP DOWNWINDER EXPERIENCE WITH SURFIN SEM FIM IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.IT WAS A HIGHLIGHT KITING MOMENT FOR JIM. ANDRE IS A REALLY INTREPID GUY. LIKE, REALLY – HE’S WILD, CAN LIVE IN A HAMMOCK FOR WEEKS, CATCHES FISH, SURVIVES AND MAKES FRIENDS EVERYWHERE HE GOES. HE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE SAME 280 KILOMETRE DISTANCE, BUT THIS TIME AS AN UPWINDER ON A FOIL, SOLO, GOING FROM ATINS TO PREA. HE THINKS WE’RE AT THE DAWNING OF A NEW ERA IN KITING. HERE’S HOW HE GOT ON
USEFUL CONTACTS:
CEARA’S SEARING HOT SPOTS • HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF BRAZIL’S MORE FAMOUS SPOTS, FROM JERICOACOARA AND HEADING SOUTH. THESE LUSH WARM-WATER LOCATIONS REALLY PUT THIS COUNTRY ON THE MAP FOR KITEBOARDING. LET’S WORK FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, FROM UPWIND TO DOWNWIND, IN KEEPING WITH ANDRE’S SPIRIT IN THE PREVIOUS FEATURE!
USEFUL CONTACT:
HEAD SOUTH: GOSTOSO • WANT TO HIT PERFECT CONDITIONS, BUT AVOID ALL THE HIGH-PROFILE HANDLE-PASSERS? 500 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF FORTALEZA, GOSTOSO COULD BE THE ANSWER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE INTO WAVE RIDING
USEFUL CONTACTS:
2020 ALL-ROUNDERS AND A BRACE OF FOILS • AFTER AN INCREDIBLY WINDY AUGUST HERE IN THE UK, WE HAVE A VARIED BATCH OF REVIEWS THIS ISSUE AFTER STACKS OF TIME IN THE TESTING ‘OFFICE’
THE WING-SURF SITUATION • RARELY HAS AN ACTIVITY COME ALONG AND CAUSED SUCH A STIR. STRIKINGLY DIFFERENT DESIGNS, SUCH AS THE THESE WIND WINGS, SEEM TO STIR IMMEDIATE EMOTIONS OF LOVE AND HATE, OFTEN IN EQUAL MEASURE. IN THESE ONLINE TIMES IT CREATES A LOT OF NOISE, GOOD AND BAD, GENERATING PUBLICITY REGARDLESS. THE HYPE, EXCITEMENT...