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Eleveight have added a brand-new Big Air kite to their range, the Stratos+. We got in touch to find out more about where this fits in with their existing Big Air kites.
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With a legacy of over 20 years, the Switchblade is one of the longest-running kites on the market. We spoke to Designer Pat Goodman to find out more about the latest iteration. Photos James Boulding
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Matt Maxwell, one of Cape Town’s talented riders, has competed at a number of GKA events in the Kite-Surf discipline. He joined the Airush team last year and tells us about their newest kite, the Ultra Team DS, which he enjoys for lightwind wave riding and foiling. Photos Mitchell Doyle Markgraaff
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Rafa from southern Spain, and a team rider for Eleveight, is a relatively young face on the kiting scene but has already won the Spanish Championship and is 2x Junior Freestyle World Champion. With his eyes set on the Freestyle World Championship we thought we’d find out more about him.
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Hermanus in South Africa is a fickle beast, and as Hannah Whiteley tells us, sometimes you need a bit of patience to score it at its best. But when it’s working, it can be a truly magical spot to kite…
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Bali proved to be a fickle beast for Carl Ferreira on his recent mission there, but he still had a wild ride, caught some epic waves, and put on a good show for the local monkeys.
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Sarah Sadek burst onto the Big Air scene a few years ago, has gone on to win multiple podiums in Egypt, and hit her first international podium earlier this year in Barcarès, France. We got her on the line to find out where it all began for her.
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When it was confirmed that kiting would be part of the Olympics a lot of athletes switched over from sailing, windsurfing or other sports. So it was especially gratifying that Annelous, one of the few competitors who was already an accomplished pro rider in park and freestyle and had frequently featured in this magazine, bagged a place on the podium. We were stoked for her and her achievement.
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JN Kites was founded by Bernd Jochum and Michael Nesler in 2003, and they’ve been producing some innovative gear ever since. We got Bernd on the line to find out a bit more about them and how the company started, and took a deep dive into their current product range.
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We talk a lot about product design and designers, but rarely stop to think about who is actually making the gear we all ride every session. CORE’s CEO, Philip Schinnagel, and Head of Marketing, Philip Janke, give us some insight into the factory they’ve just celebrated working with for 20 years: Aqua Dynamics in Sri Lanka.
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Luxury hotel C Mauritius Palmar, situated on the east coast of Mauritius, hosts the annual C Kite Festival, in conjunction with former World Champion Antoine Auriol. Our Editor Sarah was invited back for her second year, to the fourth edition of the festival, and had the best time, bumping into old friends and new, kiting all day, and dancing the night away…
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If you’re going to drive into the Australian Outback, with no civilization for 200 kilometers, you need to get your prior preparation and planning sorted. After countless trips to the remote northwest, Gabi Steindl and her husband know the score, and had all the gear on their kite and camping adventure there. It’s not a trip for the faint-hearted, but the rewards are huge and Gabi had the waves to herself…
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Words can’t fully describe scenery this beautiful. But Oswald Smith has done a grand job in this tale of his trip to the Bahamas with adventurer Blake Olsen and young “Jumpin’ Jakey”. Grab yourself a coffee if you haven’t got one already and sit back and enjoy these stunning turquoise colors and fine words from a talented wordsmith.
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