REGULARS: 016 > editorial: the story of pkra 2008

022 > GALLERY: MIND'S EYE

034 > MOST WANTED THREADS AND TREADS ETC. None of your grandad's thermal vests here

036 > SPY NETWORK The pitfalls of buying used kit, OSKM 08 and custom kites

046 > READERS' GALLERY Find a ripper, get 'em pap'd and send it in

048 > MARK MY WORDS Shinn busts some jargon

050 > MAYBE TOMORROW Miguel dips into the platter of riding opportunities in Greece

054 > iNTRODUCING BORIS JUDIN He'll be powering down the Olympic slopes in 2010. He currently

pushes up a big rooster tail with a kiteboard

080 > CHICKS DIG IT We speak to seven girls who regularly tear up the waters around the

UK and find out the reasons behind what they ride

084 > van vice Tools down as we inspect some of the slickest rides in the beach car park

116 > GETTING SHACKED Pavel Trcala kicks off a new series of features profiling people who

have bitten the bullet, packed up and moved their lives to be close to

the wind. This issue, Dave and Jenny Cooper who moved from

Portland, UK to El Gouna, Egypt

120 > RESORT REPORT Che Chale, Kenya

124 > MOTOR DRIVE INTERMEDIATE The toe-side carve is chopped up and processed into bite-size

instructional chunks

128 > MOTOR DRIVE PROJECT: CLEAN UP Three moves to make you look good

138 > SOUL SURVIVORS Kiteboarding is the ultimate movement that best represents the

freeriding dreams of the 21st century. We celebrate the range of

characters from the beach attracted to the sport in this new series and

begin with Steve Larsson who has an obsession with his 'sex machine',

the F-One XS70

146 > SKETCHY close-out Cut it out, hang it on your wall and keep the dream alive

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FEATURES: 058 > THE JACKPOT Search for long enough and eventually you'll get a lucky strike. Robby

Naish, Ben Meyer and Reo Stevens count their winnings

071 > THE kw SNOWKITE GUIDE pt.1 We herd the hordes to the hills

088 > STUFF OF LIFE Last issue we got our hands on five kites for 2009. We were blown

away. This issue we test the RRD Obsession kite and that also left us

salivating for the next delivery. It would just be cruel to sit on all the

info we have, so this is the first of two gear guides for 2009

102 > STEAMY WINDOWS Four surfboards and the RRD Obsession kite get ridden and written about

111 > COLD WATER COMBAT Get rubbered up and defeat the icy enemy

INSIDE:MUST-HAVE GUIDES TO 2009 GEAR, SNOWKITING AND WETSUITS

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Cover>Nobody does it better Photo>William Milne

Contents>Flash dance. Claes Lundin under the spotlight Photo>Christian Nerdrum

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