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068 > INTRODUCING SÜNNE ELBEL

The German national freestyle champion on why she's keeping it local

070 > ALL AT SEA

Gavin's regular column gets blown up as he takes the troops to the Tuamotos islands

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TALES FOR NEW SEASON STOKE FROM:

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048 > SPY NETWORK

News and views from the global kite pond

114 > TESTS

KITES: North Rebel, F-One Bandit 3, Naish Helix and Ozone C4; TWINS: Liquid Force Recoil and Nobile 50Fifty; SURFBOARDS: North Kontact and Airush Converse

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Cover > Nicollo Porcella bending the laws of gravity Photo > Tracy Kraft

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064 > READERS' GALLERY

You, 'avin' it

066 > MARK MY WORDS

The shoulders are the key to surfing success, according to Shinny

130 > RESORT REPORT

We take a spin round far north Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef

136 > ALL THE GEAR, NO IDEA?

Dave Samuels explains how not to go about the early stages

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142 > SPLITTING THE PACK

Technique revealed on a race course essential; the tack

146 > MOTOR DRIVE PROJECT: TRANSITIONS

Seb Garat breaks down the up and down

162 > THESE THINGS I KNOW: BRUNA KAJIYA

The Brazilian world champion puts us straight on a few things

FEATUREs078>SESSIONS

Three lessons in why it's important to always be on high alert for a drop-and-go session

086 > simple, CLEAN AND GREEN

Stunning images and tales from Ryan Coote's Rhinos Charge events in Ireland last year

096 > SIMONE VANUCCI

It would be strange if an Italian designer didn't talk about passions

104 > NOWHERE TO RUN

Jim Gaunt has an inner experience in out of the way places on the UK North dealer trip to Boa Vista in the Cape Verdes

128 > MACHINED GUN TRADER

John Amundson on the changing face of his surfboard business

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