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016 > EDITORIAL 022 > GALLERY: GRIT 034 > MOST WANTED Everyone needs toys 040 > SPY NETWORK PKRA round-up, Naish's kite designer on their brand new wing, all the filth from the Triple-S event in Cape Hatteras, news from around the globe and the GPS phenomenon in kite speed 056 > READERS’GALLERY It's all about you 058 > Notes from a north shore RIP Jimmy Hall 062 > CHERYL MEETS... Wild Bill From coal mines to kite lines, William has seen the light 064 > MARK MY WORDS Kiteworld columnist, Mark Shinn, tries to apply a little control to your riding 066 > INTRODUCING Rocky Chatwell With a name like that America is beginning to expect this young Texan to be superstar 108 > ALL THE GEAR, NO IDEA? The basics of riding over-powered and the heel- to toe-side carve 110 > TURBULENT TRIALS Don't get fat on beers and BBQs this summer if the wind drops. Get a balance board. Wahey! 114 > TURn and face A double, double-whammy this issue! Facing you and your stick are a couple of tacks and a pair of airs 124 > MOTOR DRIVE Project: Kite loop. When in doubt, get the guv'nor in... 142 > RIDER UNCOVERED Jason Slezak carries more hats with him than pants. He can't be getting much

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068 > BETWEEN THE LINES A legend in the making 080 > STYLE COUNCIL They're about to or have just finished school, but do these four young British upstarts know it all about freestyle? Sam Light, Ali Barrett, Robin Snuggs and Tom Court confess all in the Kiteworld docks 090 > ROUGH AND READY “You get there and you're like “Bloody hell!” - it's just hardcore. Really windy, crossoffshore and the coastline is just incredible. It's real Africa - totally rough and ready.” Matt Taggart's initial take on the Cape Verdean island of Sal 098 > WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUPERSIZE THAT, SIR? The only way is up. Four kites that have their take-off sequences permanently programmed to stand-by 102 > Lock and load An arsenal of twin-tips for any rider in any liquid battle

Cover>In an issue that shines the spotlight on some important emerging freestyle talent, it's fitting that Californian John Van Malsen popped this one out for Adam Koch to make his debut as a photographer in Kiteworld and ping it right on the cover Photo>Adam Koch

Contents>Another world. John Bilderback snaps a moment we'd all like to have shared during the making of his movie, Lines Photo>John Bilderback

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