Cover >Jason Slezak gets a Kodak moment in Hawaii Photo >John Bilderback

Contents >Follow the sign to Luderitz, Namibia Photo >Craig Kolesky/SanDisc

regulars 018 > editorial

024 > GALLERY: CHARACTER

036 > MOST WANTED: THREADS AND TREADS ETC. Easy rollers and more

038 > COUNTER CULTURE Ringing the tills of Bracklesham

Boardriders and Kitty Hawk Kites

042 > SPY NETWORK

044 > HARD WORK He may not be Wesley Snipes,

but Yaron is Blade

046 > READERS' GALLERY My, how you've been working

it recently

050 > MARK MY WORDS Mark shuns the half-hearted

application of the one kite quiver

052 > MAYBE TOMORROW Cape Town; Miguel Willis and

Kriss Kinn style, sewing

machine and all

054 > INTRODUCING MIKE BLOMVALL Earlier it was all about the Blade,

now it's about The Knife. We're gonna

cut you up, sucker

102 > TOOL BOX More 2009 gear unveiled

112 > BRAND NEW WHIPS All style and performance, you'll

be pleased to be seen with the Airush

Vapour and Ozone Instinct Sport + model 3s

116 > RESORT REPORT You should be booking trips to the Cape

Verdean island of Sal, now

118 > CHICKS DIG IT Sjoukje Bredenkamp - the world's fastest

wind powered woman over 500 metres

struts her stuff on the KW podium

130 > ASK A PRO We all wipeout, but is there a method

we’re missing?

138 > MOTOR DRIVE PROJECT: 3 The path to one of the best feeling handle

passes starts with the surface pass and

moves onto the unhooked indy grab

146 > SOUL SURVIVORS Tamatoa Gillot lives the life

146 > SKETCHY CLOSEOUT An unreal finish keeps the dream alive

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FEATURES 060 > THE END OF THE LINE Twelve riders and photographers

who've cut their teeth in Hawaii lure

you to its testing waters with their stories

that accompany a stunning gallery, shot by

Manu Morel

072 > THE DAY OF RECKONING The day the surf world came

together. Ben Wilson, Reo Stevens

and Robby Naish stake the

kiteboarding flag of wave accomplishment

deep into enemy territory

082 > GO EAST YOUNG MAN In the second of his Eastern Europe trilogy,

Pavel reaches Turkey. He's safe and sound,

for now...

087 > RIGHTS OF PASSAGE The joys of kiteboarding in the UK and France

095 > THE KW SNOWKITE GUIDE PART 3 KW visits the Snowkite Masters in France

where we realise we're definitely not

Masters, but some of the guys we met

certainly are

120 > LET'S GO FLY A KITE The best way to get more water time

yourself is to get the kids involved. As well

as being a world champion herself, Steph

Bridge is a mother to three little shredders.

Here she explains how to make it work

126 > LABOUR OF LOVE Slide away. Chris Burke with the blueprint

for a slider fit for any wake-style park in

the world

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