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CONTENTS#30 016 > EDITORIAL 022 > GALLERY: PEAK PERFORMANCE 034 > MOST WANTED 040 > SPY NETWORK Hadlow wraps up a fourth world title and we deliver the world news 054 > READERS’GALLERY Guest editor Aaron Hadlow picks the cream of the crop 058 > MAYBE TOMORROW He’s travelled the world and Miguel Willis starts off a new column looking at some of the lesser known, but nevertheless epic spots, he’s come across. He kicks-off this issue by getting his paws dirty in Yemen 062 > MARK MY WORDS After one of the biggest wave events ever staged, Mark comments on the PKRA event in Chile 064 > INTRODUCING JAN STOCKMAN A hard carver from Belgium 066 > INTRODUCING Dreu Beavis This Margaret River surfer’s credibility in wave kiting is climbing almost as fast as his attack on the lip 118 > TURBULENT TRIALS Wind meters, screwing tools and a blow up device called Joe 122 > ALL THE GEAR, NO IDEA? The onshore wind launch 126 > KGB Bible A reading from the chapter on grabbed unhooked front rolls 130 > MOTOR DRIVE - INTERMEDIATE Hop to toe-side and then fang out a wall of spray with a feisty heel-side carve 132 > MOTOR DRIVE - PROJECT: BLIND JUDGE 3 Aaron Hadlow breaks down some of the first handle-pass moves that lead to the blind judge 3 138 > REVIEWS A hands-free waterproof action camera, a couple of the hottest recently released DVDs and a book on wind prediction to keep the brain boggled this Christmas 140 > RESORT REPORT Rip it up in Hatteras and Egypt 150 > RIDER UNCOVERED Hadlow and Shinn break out their tools of the trade

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068 > YOUR MOVES ARE MINE A tale of two world champions 074 > RUBBING SHOULDERS Mark and Aaron remember some of the characters they competed against and comment on a few of the turning points in kiteboarding’s history 082 > FREEDOM UNFILTERED How it was, is and always will be 090 > CROUCH, HOLD AND ENGAGE Bilderback’s barrel-hungry disciples hit Indo and get covered up more times than the truth in politics 100 > Scandinavia Behaviour With more excellent conditions than you might imagine, Sweden is home to some of the most up-for-it kiteboarders around 107 > THE REAL OCEAN CRUISER Anyone fancy a jolly on a new KiteCat? 110 > A HANDY FOUR PACK Going under the Kiteworld test team’s scrutiny this issue are the Slingshot Rev, Flexifoil Atom 08, Airush Flow and the Naish Alliance 114 > ‘08 ON A PLATE (PART TWO) Another heads up on the gear you’ll be riding next year

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