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One of our favorite photographers, Andre Magarao, spent time in Brazil recently snapping some of the top freestyle pros who go there to train and compete in the butter-flat lagoons. Andre, as well as riders Carlos Mario, Erick Anderson, Gianmaria Coccoluto, Mikaili Sol, Noè Font and Ramiro Gallart, gave us a roundup of their season there.
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Bula Vinaka roughly translates as ‘the good life’, and is used as a welcome greeting in Fiji. Gabi Steindl found both a warm welcome and a taste of the good life on her trip there, experiencing the generous hospitality of the local people and ripping some of the world-class waves Cloudbreak has to offer, happily sharing the lineup with renowned pro surfers and kite-surfers like Kai Lenny.
Photos: Josh Bystrom, Camara Sailing, Kalani Muller, Creative 7 FIJI and Gabi Steindl
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If you’ve seen the series Top Gear on the BBC then you’ll know all about The Stig: a professional racing driver who always wears his helmet so remains anonymous, and gets behind the wheel of test cars to put them through their paces. Sharing his name with the infamous character, Stig Hoefnagel knew it would make a great premise for a video project. So he headed to Ireland to do some shooting and racing to see which Stig would come out victorious…
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We love to catch up with brands when they reach an anniversary. It’s been 10 years since Airush Kiteboarding started their Team Series, featuring high performance products for their elite kiters like Alex Pastor and Bruna Kajiya, but also suitable for the everyday kiter who strives to be at the top of their game…
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What can you do if the wind dies on you and your kite falls out of the air? Check out these tips for self rescuing.
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As the largest country in South America, and with more kiteable coastline and more kitesurfers than anywhere else in the southern hemisphere, if there was going to be a kitesurfing event in Brazil it would have to be the biggest. Such was the challenge set for the XP Sertões Kitesurf downwinder: come up with the longest, toughest, most brutal kitesurfing event on the planet… Editor-in-chief Alex was (kind of) stoked to get an invite…
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Kiko Roig Torres is a talented strapless freestyle rider and recently came third in the Surfboard category of the GKA Big Air Kite World Championships in Tarifa. Although he currently lives in Tarifa, he’s originally from Oliva, a small town near Valencia on the east coast of Spain. We found out how both spots helped shaped his riding style.
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These stunning photos of iconic Rio nearly had us booking the next flight over there. It might normally be northeast Brazil that kiters head to, but as Reno Romeu shows, his home spot provides some good kiting conditions too, plus some fine scenery to admire when you’re out on the water. Reno tells us about the beautiful city where kiting started for him.
We had the great pleasure of meeting up with professional photographer Harry Winnington on Rhodos, Greece during our holidays this summer. Photoshoots are always a process, with many things to be considered and if needed adjusted during the photo session. Together with Harry’s experience and input, and our implementation, we have put together a winning formula of how to get the best results for your kite photos even if you don’t have a camera that’s worth $10k+! Let’s look at camera and shooting equipment, location, time of day, trick selection and posture during the trick, distance to the photographer, and creativity.
Riders: Andrea Zust and Peer Schnyder
If, like us, you love kiting in tropical, turquoise waters, then read on to find out more about the beautiful beach in the Caribbean that Theo Demanez hails from, where he honed his skills that helped him come fourth at the recent GKA Kite-Surf World Cup in Sylt, Germany.
Carl Ferreira gives us a quick round up of his time in Italy and Spain earlier this year. It was all going well until sadly he had a déjà vu of last year’s trip and once again had to head home early due to an injury. Fear not though, he’s already on the road to recovery. Better luck next year…
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When we recently went on the XP Sertões downwinder in Brazil – check it out on our Instagram – we met a Brazilian who has perhaps done more in her life than the rest of us put together. Not only does Karina Oliani spend time doing the sport we all love, she is also a doctor, adventure athlete and philanthropist who wins trophies, breaks world records, climbs the world’s highest mountains, and enables medical care for isolated communities. After many years traveling the globe, when she needed a relatively quiet holiday, she visited the beautiful lagoons of Lençóis Maranhenses, northeastern Brazil.
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What would you do if you had a world class kite spot on your doorstep which you really wanted to bring to the attention of the kitesurfing world? You could spend some cash on digital advertising, maybe take some space in esteemed publications such as this… Or you could focus on your social media channels and showcase your spot in the best possible light… Or… You could get a bunch of pro kiters, a Masterchef winner, some insane live musicians, a massive marquee, and have a huge kite festival over three days. That should do it. The guys at C Mauritius tried that last year and it was such a success they decided to do it all over again. TheKiteMag’s editor-in-chief Alex Hapgood took the hit and headed over to cover the event…
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