Features

Saved the Day

The first event of this year’s Kite Park League tour recently took place in remote Patagonia, an ambitious location to hold a competition that involves impressive rails and features. The event very nearly had to be cancelled but organizer and competitor Ramiro Gallart wouldn’t let that happen, and called in all the favors to ensure it went ahead.

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TELL ME ABOUT IT: Naish Psycho Nvision

Take a closer look at this issue’s cover and you’ll spot the brand-new kite in Naish’s range, the Psycho Nvision, dedicated to Big Air and incorporating Aluula material. Ewan Jaspan tells us all about it.

Photos Andy Troy and Samuel Cardenas

TELL ME ABOUT IT: Flysurfer Indie

FLYSURFER have just added an all-new, one-strut kite, the INDIE to their LEI range. We got the lowdown from Brand Manager Christoph Hesina.

Photos Miriam Joanna

TELL ME ABOUT IT: Eleveight XS and Stellar

Eleveight recently released their brand-new Stellar Big Air twintip plus the fifth version of their XS kite, two products perfectly paired for Big Air.

Photos James Kameda

Airush Lift Team & Aluula Aeris

Airush has expanded their Team Series Ultra PE platform with the launch of the Lift Team, featuring the next generation of Ultra PE materials in the all-new Aluula Aeris.

Strap In

Wave riding without straps on your surfboard has long been seen as the coolest way to show off your Slater-esque GOAT skills. But RRD founder Roberto Ricci and team rider Carl Ferreira have come back round to the idea that riding with straps has its benefits and could lead to further evolution in wave riding. Team rider Ralf Bachschuster (pictured here by Jurgen Tapp) no doubt agrees.

I’m on it: CORE Era

CORE recently added a brand-new twintip to their range, the Era. Designed for the joy of freeriding and riders of all levels, it marks a breakthrough in sustainable board design. Zara tells us why she’s loving it for fun, relaxed sessions.

Going Nowhere

Combine three of the world’s most established and extreme kiteboarders with three of the world’s latest innovators on the foiling scene, pair this unlikely alliance with a select crew of media specialists, and send them all to the remote latitudes of Patagonia in search of wind and unridden water bodies… This whole trip with the North crew was one big experiment. Photographer Kyle Cabano talked us through the results.

I’m on It: Naish Triad

Ewan Jaspan is no stranger to the podium at park and freestyle events, but is now getting into wave riding more, and as Kite Designer for Naish he has been fully involved in updating the latest Triad with this in mind…