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Picture-perfect locations, steady winds, warm sunshine and care-free living in highly rated resorts… That's right – travel is firmly back on the cards, and with it comes our 2022 Destination Guide, highlighting the best options available to you and covering a wide range of budgets. It's essential reading for anyone looking to book a trip this year, and it comes free with issue #46 of TheKiteMag!
“It took about two hours of hard work and patience but eventually he found a few waves with promise and chased them down. He also narrowly escaped detonation in the oversized cross-ups backwashing diagonally outward into the swells and survived a couple of warped clamping barrels he pitted himself in.”
Keahi de Aboitiz continues to blur the lines by charging a big day at one of the North Shore's most acclaimed surf spots – Off The Wall – on a kite. Legendary surf photographer John Bilderback got the call from Keahi and knew it wasn't to be missed…
“Morning came, and I was rested and more than ready to get out on the water. We headed to a sand bank called Mathiveri, about 15 minutes from Ukulhas… It was incredible – the water had multiple shades of the brightest blues and the wind was absolute perfection — we were in a freestyler’s paradise.”
There isn't much that the Maldives doesn't have when it comes to the perfect kite trip. Louka Pitot is from Mauritius and even he can't fault it. Time to book those flights…
“When good old Covid hit, I spent my spare time building a board shaping CNC machine from scratch. It took me nearly two years of learning and building, but the first boards to come off the machine were a big success. I was itching to test out my new creations in some proper, consistent conditions.”
Escaping the harsh Vancouver Island winter, Reece Myerscough finds himself in some pretty retro digs on his annual pilgrimage to La Ventana…
“The Ilha do Guajiru river mouth is a beautiful setting, and I was compelled to try and capture a piece of this with Svetlana. Jumping over a boat was the obvious choice. But nothing is ever quite as easy as it seems on a picture…”
When the European summer draws to a close, there's one place where a fairly guaranteed epic season is just getting started: Brazil. Hannah Whiteley followed the sunshine…
Reporter Caroline Morris fills us in on all the gravity-defying highlights of the Big Air Kite League's “Final Stop” of 2021 in a very windy Cape Town.
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