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REGULARS022>EDITORIAL026>GALLERYSUBJECT: IMPULSE 036 > MOST WANTED

Splash out this summer!

038 > SPY NETWORK

Snoops report in

042 > READERS' GALLERY

Best snap wins a Cabrinha goody bag

044 > AARON AIRS

Bolstering the Kiteworld writing army is new regular columnist, Aaron Hadlow. Not a bad summer signing

102 > THE FINAL FRONTIER

Fed up of not riding enough? Check this issue's gear section out then for some serious light wind hardware. A few regular all-round items get thrown in too to round off a rather successful year of 2012 gear tests, even if we do say so ourselves

120 > TACTICAL ENGAGEMENT

After kitesurfing made it into the Olympics, you can expect it to get more and more popular with average riders, so we decided to start a regular racing technique section. This is it, if you hadn't guessed...

124 > MOTOR DRIVE: UNHOOKED

The raley and nuke S-bend technique tips coming in hot from Maui

046 > MARK MY WORDS

Don't worry, Mark Shinn's not done for yet, though. This issue he discusses the effects that kiteboarding's Olympic involvement might have on the future of the racing discipline

128 > WARNING: OXYGEN MASKS

MAY BE REQUIRED Dimitri Maramenides with more advice on improving your big air technique, this issue, looking at the back roll rotation

048 > INTRODUCING LUKE

McGILLEWIEOnceapluckypom, now a South African firecracker, Luke has just landed a spot on the KSP World Tour

056 > SESSIONS

Crazy stunts in Norway and loony kite chasers in India. It's just another dose of Sessions

138 > SUBSCRIBE

Did you win the Flexifoil ID? If not, next issue we could be announcing you as the winner of a Brunotti Youri Zoon Pro Model board! Just give us yer dosh and subscribe!

FEATURES050>SPREADINGTHE LOVE

Three unique individuals that go nice and quietly about some really good work in kiteboarding

062 > IN SEARCH OF GOODNESS

– THE IRREPRESSIBLE STYLE OF ANDRE PHILLIP The man with the most alluring style in kiteboarding. Arise wake-style warriors and salute your hero

074 > BREAKING OUT OF THE

STRIP CLUB Think of the kiting in the Dominican Republic and you probably just picture Cabarete. But away from that strip of incredible kiting history and heritage lie many more mind blowing riding opportunities. Hege Holt leads the charge

084 > JOINED IN UNION

Mallory de la Villemarque joins Jeremie Tronet at his new home in the Grenadines, the most lush kiting island you're about to want to visit

094 > TO KITE, TO LOVE, TO FEAR

The force is strong with this kiting lark. In a feature focussed on the neuroscience of kiteboarding, professor Jason Gallate explains some of the reasons why we are all so obsessed

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ATTRACTION, FEAR, UNION AND IMPULSE

IT'S THE BIG LOVE ISSUE

PLUS: THE IRREPRESSIBLE STYLE OF ANDRE PHILLIP AND IRRESISTIBLE TECHNIQUE TIPS

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