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014 > EDITORIAL 018 > GALLERY 028 > MOST WANTED 032 > SPY NETWORK Can anyone halt a Hadlow hat-trick? 046 > NOTES FROM A NORTH SHORE The perfect day comes in and Hilder and co invade the park 048 > CHERYL MEETS... DISASTER Cheryl comes a cropper in an offshore wind 052 > AS GOOD AS IT GETS A former self-employed engineer packs it all in and decides to go kiting around the world. Phil Richmond begins his regular column from the road 054 > INTRODUCING MARK CONNELLY We shine the spotlight on a young British rider who can nail it on both land and water 094 > ALL THE GEAR, NO IDEA? Getting it back up... and getting it in. Blimey! 112 > REVIEW This issue, the square eyes come from Spare Change 116 > THESE THINGS I KNOW Felicity Aston is an Arctic Fox

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056 > FEEL THE LOVE Three ex-pats from the north of England are behind some of the best equipment in kiteboarding. In Feel the Love we go on a design journey and discover what kit we should be looking out for in the future

068 > NOT JUST ANOTHER BATCH We ride three of the hottest kites for this year; the North Vegas, Flexifoil Ion and Ozone Instinct

072 > LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND A little something for the weekend sir? The Nobile skimboard will change the way you look at light wind. We test it, and Mark Shinn offers the technique service

074 > HITS “Surfing really is like the blues or punk rock: it uses the same three chords over and over; personal style sets off similar riffs, and each generation and each sport claim it as their own.” Jeff Pfeffer waxes lyrical on where we're at on surfing's high-performance scale. Performances come from Pivec, Wilson and Stephens

088 > WINGNUTS AND WIPEOUTS We found a classic spot just over the Channel. Chocks away chaps!

100 > MOTOR DRIVE'S PROJECT: FRONT TO BLIND This issue we begin a new series for Motor Drive in which we tear away the layers of a complex move and present it to you in its bare bones. Here we guide you towards the front to blind, via the hop to blind, various grabs and front grabs

Cover>Ben Wilson giving it heaps in Fiji Photo>Kottke

Contents>A powerful calm. On the west coast of the US, riders have to stare into the sun in the afternoon. So after almost going blind looking for waves, it's a nice reward - once the sun dips below the horizon - to see the ripples come alive with colour Photo>This shot is from a series by Jason Wolcott, and is being shown in several major galleries in the Los Angeles area

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