Kitesurf Magazine

July/August 2010 issue (Issue 60)

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Contents

(Shredders Dial Zero)

Features:

Made in Taiwan: We're not entirely sure who encountered the biggest culture shock, though my money is on the gentle Taiwanese when the man mountain Hosp paid a visit to East Asia to spread a little Teutonic Tutelage and effect a downwind dash from the rozzers.

To Phuket, or not to Phuket?: KS Mag has been to Thailand, and we scored for all the wrong reasons. Seb Bubmann explains here though that you need to get away from Hua Hin and seek out the rivermouths and all you need to exploit are the constant NE trade winds.

Borocay for runaways: Quite how Jo Wilson managed to find Borocay beyond us; it's one of the smallest of the 7,000 odd islands in the Philippines and you need to take about 17 forms of transport to get there. Still, those NE trades rake across it from dawn till dusk.

Swing Low: St Martin, located in the North East Caribbean is an island divided between the Dutch and the French. Can you imagine a more volatile mix? In Europe, they've got Belgium to separate them, but on St Martin it's all naked gourmet tours and gambling. How will Jeremie Tronet and Linn Svendsen get out alive?

Regulars:

Editorial: Tickle, tease, taunt and titter at your friends, it may just save a life.

The Launch: What happens to old kitesurfers? Suggest religions for kiters; KS debt busting tip and something that might make milk come out of your nose.

Monkey Tricks: To be announced

Ride Guide: Sam Light takes us around his second home in souped up golf cart: Woodman's Point in Western Australia. Read this so you don't stink the place up when you make the pilgrimage.

Future Freestyle: Tom Court delivers a discourse on what it means to pop, and those first tentative forays into building your own obstacles. Complete with quick tips, rich and compelling!

Test Reports: We found wind, somewhere. Kites: Airush Lithium; North Rebel, North Evo, Best Bullaroo. Boards: Slingshot Celeritas; Xelerator Kick; North Jaime; Best Spark; North X Ride

Word Up:

Letters and WIN WIN WIN!: A slamming hot Liquid Force Envy kite - too easy!!

News: 'Wish thou were here' and other correspondence from those we love that we cannot be with right now.

Products: You've read our debt busting tip in The Launch? Now rack up that plastic!

S'Lightly Interesting Topics: Hayling's finest, Sam Light, launches his own column with advice to young hopefuls wanting to make a career out of this kiting game.

Open All Hours: Good ol' Alex Fishpool at Fleetwood, flying the flag for NW UK bricks and mortar.

Ghetto Kite: Don't purchase that expensive MP4 editing software, with our guide, dear old Windies Movie Maker can edit your GoPro footage!

You Must Be Trippin': Kenya. It's not all about monkey's piddling from trees onto your pizza as Marcus Hohmann discovers.

Pro File: Jason Stone speaks about his wakeskate involvement at Cabrinha.

The Safety Pages: And where's your flouro jacket? Andy Gratwick returns with the safest launching and landing methods.

The Money Shot: We've been in court over this lately so you better bloody well enjoy it.

Ends.

Photo: Susi Mai, 50/50 in a particularly verdant La Bocca, DR. Did you know high chlorophyll levels can lower your heart rate? Handy if you're hitting obstacles. Susi's running about 85bpm in this photo.

Credit: Tom Court

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