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Rita Arnaus TANGLED LINES • Rita Arnaus has been blazing a trail on the competitive scene for the last few years. She has just competed in one of the few events to take place this year, the GKA Freestyle Super Grand Slam in Brazil, and placed second… Time to put her under the Tangled Lines microscope.

PROVIDENCIALES ISLAND TURKS AND CAICOS • Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean has been on our list for a while now, and after reading this enticing write up from World Class Kiteboarding Academy teacher Polly Crathorne, I think we’ll be booking our tickets as soon as travel restrictions ease…

CORE RIPPER 4 • One Eye, Mauritius is high up on the list for aspiring barrel seekers. We talk to Willow-River Tonkin, who is lucky enough to call it his local. Unless the waves are well overhead, he will generally go out on CORE’s ever-popular Ripper board, recently re-invented to make it more user-friendly in less than perfect conditions.

Den Haag NETHERLANDS • Who would have thought that a coastal maintenance strategy would lead to the happy accident of creating a kiter’s dream flat water lagoon? Stig Hoefnagel was lucky enough to benefit from this, and it probably helped him become one of the most exciting freestyle and Big Air riders on the scene right now, placing third recently in the Cold Hawaii Games.

LEVANTE, AVANTE! • JOHANNA-CATHARINA EDIN

THE CANADIAN SESSIONS • REECE MYERSCOUGH

NUNO FIGUEIREDO • In 2016 Nuno ‘Stru’ Figueiredo became the first kitesurfer to ride the formidable waves of Nazaré. The following year, also in Nazaré, he broke the Guinness World Record for the largest wave ever kitesurfed. Three years on we caught up with him when he again dropped into some giants there, as well as some perfect barrels just down the road at Supertubos.

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TUCKED AWAY IN TAHITI • Four times waveriding World Champion, Keahi de Aboitiz, calls Hawaii home. But even the most highly regarded destinations in the world don’t always deliver waves, and summer in Hawaii generally yields smaller swells. So Keahi missioned it to Tahiti to catch some barrels. Lucky chap…

Through the Porthole • F-ONE usually spend their annual product launch photoshoot in exotic places, but the pandemic meant they hit up Corsica instead, and we’re glad they did as it’s one of the most photogenic places we’ve ever seen. Marcela Witt tells us about the trip. She was also the first woman to kite big Nazaré and the first woman to kite Antarctica, so we asked her about that too…

MAUI Moments • Jesse Richman’s permanent base on Maui meant his North photoshoot potential was unscuppered by the pandemic. He still managed to deliver the eye candy, as well as these mighty fine words reflecting on home, family, life, good vibes, surf gear and the importance of waveriding to him.

THE SCENIC ROUTE • RRD rider and multiple podium placer Kari Schibevaag takes us on a rambling adventure through the stunning Norwegian Fjords. Think camping, bonfires, paddle boarding, cold water swimming, and some kiting of course, but with a bit of a twist…

Sicilian Lemonade • When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. So says CrazyFly team rider, filmmaker and photographer Laci Kobulsky, who gave us the lowdown on the 2021...