New Issue of Kiteworld Magazine
ISSUE #22 OUT NOW!
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In kiteboarding, equipment is all important. There are more variables and bits and pieces to match up than for other freeride sports like surfing, skating or snowboarding. Finding the perfect set-up that works for you can elevate your riding to levels you only dreamed of. As for the wrong choices... well, let's not even go down that ugly road. In Feel The Love we interview three people whose recent lives have been dedicated to kiteboarding design excellence. Have you ever felt the redirection of energy as you come out of a turn faster than you went into it on one of Simon Harvey's carbon fibre boards; the smooth flowing lines and contours of Bob Yates's hand-made fins; or the sublime handling of David Pilkington's new flat kite? We take you behind the scenes and find out what goes into their designs, and what we should be looking to get out of our own kit.
Hopefully you've managed plenty of well-earned time on the water this summer and are starting to get to grips with whatever you have on your menu of accomplishments. Issue 22 has technique features for every level.
The IKO continue their beginner and intermediate series; this issue dishing out the secrets of re-launching a bow kite and good self-rescue technique. Motor Drive has morphed into a bigger, bolder and more focussed feature than ever before - over ten pages we introduce the hop to blind and then take you through the next manageable and logical steps that should see you through to landing the style-heavy front to blind in no time. We have dealt with all the stages for land and water riders alike. Don't miss it.
We also got our hands on the ultimate in summer fun; a skimboard. In just ten knots of wind we couldn't wipe the grins off our faces. We roped Mark Shinn in to demonstrate some key moves on Nobile's latest creation.
If boards a little longer in shape with a pointy nose and three thruster fins at the back are more your cup of tea, then Jeff Pfeffer will guide you through four top surfing moves to be executed at various points of the wave to make sure you're keeping everything tidy and looking good. Off-the-lips, snaps, cutbacks and handle-passes off-the-lip are spread out and broken down for your pleasure.
All this and much, much more, including reviews of the North Vegas, Flexifoil Ion and Ozone Instinct.
Under the influence of kiteboarding's leading photographers, the inkjets have been whacked full of the printer's finest, and imagery you'll find hard to believe awaits your poppy-out eyes.
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