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INSIDE: WE RIDE SEVEN HOT KITE SURFBOARDS IN IRELAND

UNDERTHEINFLUENCE•TEAHUPOO•TESTED:SEVENSURFBOARDS•PROJECT:DOWNLOOP

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THE MOST INFLUENTIAL

PEOPLE IN KITEBOARDING

IN YOUR OPINION!

AGAINST THE WALL

AGAINST THE WALL

THREE RIDERS SET THE STANDARD FOR KITING AT MASSIVE TEAHUPOO

THREE RIDERS SET THE STANDARD FOR KITING AT MASSIVE TEAHUPOO

“I WAS RUNNING FOR MY LIFE. THE SPEED OF TH E SWELL THERE IS INCREDIBLE AND THE CLOSER IT GETS TO THE REEF THE

“I WAS RUNNING FOR MY LIFE. THE SPEED OF TH E SWELL THERE IS INCREDIBLE AND THE CLOSER IT GETS TO THE REEF THE

MORE INSANE ITS SHAPE BECOMES. THE WATER AHEAD RAPIDLY DRAINED TOWARDS ME, CLEARLY REVEALING THE REEF.

MORE INSANE ITS SHAPE BECOMES. THE WATER AHEAD RAPIDLY DRAINED TOWARDS ME, CLEARLY REVEALING THE REEF.

I WAS UNHOOKED, RIDING SWITCH AND GOING SO FAST I'D LOST ALL TENSION IN MY LINES. BEHIND ME A MASSIVE TUBE

I WAS UNHOOKED, RIDING SWITCH AND GOING SO FAST I'D LOST ALL TENSION IN MY LINES. BEHIND ME A MASSIVE TUBE

OPENED UP AND I HEARD A CRACK OF THUNDER.. .” JULIAN SUDRAT, TEAHUPOO, 14 SEPTEMBER 2 006

OPENED UP AND I HEARD A CRACK OF THUNDER.. .” JULIAN SUDRAT, TEAHUPOO, 14 SEPTEMBER 2 006

UNDERGROUND COMPOSITIONS NORWAY, THROUGH THE LENS OF CHRISTIAN NERDRUM NORWAY, THROUGH THE LENS OF CHRISTIAN NERDRUM

PLUS: AARON HADLOW BECOMES THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION KITEBOARDER EVER WAVE QUEEN KIRSTYJONES SLAYS HER HOME BREAKS IN WALES PROJECT: DOWN LOOP • SNOWKITE TIPS • MORE KIT FOR 2007

PLUS: AARON HADLOW BECOMES THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION KITEBOARDER EVER WAVE QUEEN KIRSTYJONES SLAYS HER HOME BREAKS IN WALES PROJECT: DOWN LOOP • SNOWKITE TIPS • MORE KIT FOR 2007

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