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Caption > CHRISTIAN NERDRUM: These shots are taken right in front of the new opera house in Oslo, a massive building that is the source of a lot of pride for people in this country. The area used to be very industrial and filled with containers, but now the whole place is being restructured. The opera house is at the end of the long Oslofjord in the capital. We usually kite an hour further out, but sometimes the wind comes all the way in here. We originally planned to do this shot at sunset but we forgot the pump, so it ended up as a night session. The wind was just strong enough for him to stay upwind and a big studio flash on land managed to light Sigve, the kite and the opera house as well as the people watching him. SIGVE: As I forgot my pump it got dark before we even got out. It was a bit crazy to kite there, but it was a cool idea from Christian. Funnily enough, the wind was actually really stable, too. Taken from ‘Unity’ on page 64

INSIDE: WIN AN AIRUSH LITHIUM KITE - AS USED BELOW!

HAMMERING IT!ALEX CAIZERGUES AND STEPH BRIDGE FILL YOUR NEED FOR SPEED

LENS MASTERSPFEFFER AND NERDRUM: BIG SHOTS FROM THE BIG GUNS!

2010 GUIDES:WINTER WETSUITS AND SURFBOARDS

PLUS: THE FUTURE OF FREERIDE NOW,

STUFF ONE UNDER-THE-LIP, SHIFTY MOTOR DRIVE PROJECT, RODRIGUES SPEED STRIPS

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Cover > Bear Karry tucking up in the big ball of fun in Indo Photo > Stephane Fournet

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regulars018 > EDITORIAL 024 > GALLERY: ANGLE 034 > MOST WANTED

New gear releases

038 > SPY NETWORK

Weymouth Speed Week, BKSA round-up, White Air and Kirsty stretches you out

050 > READERS' GALLERY

Ride hard and get in the mag

052 > MARK MY WORDS

Shinny gets exasperated

054 > MAYBE TOMORROW

A taste of the east coast, from Canada to Florida

058 > ALL AT SEA

Gavin McClurg and crew hit one of the most unlikely kite spots in the world

062 > INTRODUCING YOURI ZOON

An interview that is way overdue

128 > KITE REVIEWs

RRD Obsession and Airush Lithium provide the pull this issue 132 > LEGENDARY LAGOONS

A new series filling your flat water fantasies

136 > TRAVEL WITH PAVEL

A series on kiting up and coming spots in Eastern Europe with Pavel Trcala

140 > TURN AND FACE

Don't wait all your life for the perfect barrel; hunt one down instead

144 > ALL THE GEAR, NO IDEA?

Are you brave enough to admit it's too much?

146 > MOTOR DRIVE PROJECT:

SHIFTY BACK-TO-BLIND The best looking freestyle move of the moment gets broken down by James Boulding

152 > REVIEWS

Kristin Boese hogs the limelight with a new book and DVD. She's a busy girl

154 > SUBSCRIBE AND WIN!

The Bandit 3 is gone. In its place an Airush Lithium kite gets thrown up for grabs

162 > SKETCHY CLOSE-OUT

Desert island tubes

FEATUREs066 > UNITY

When photographer and rider work as one sick shots occur

076 > CRUISE OR LOSE

Jim Gaunt heads to the Airush dealer meeting in Sotavento, Fuerteventura and is exposed to one possible future

083 > STICK STACK

New wave boards for 2010

092 > CONCEPT: 270

Relentlessly creative, photographer Jeff Pfeffer reveals images of Hawaii as you've never seen it before

102 > ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?

He held the world sailing speed record for almost a year after a run averaging 50.57 knots over a 500 metre course in Namibia at the Luderitz Speed Challenge last year. A crazy sailing vessel called L'Hydroptere pushed the record up to 51.36 knots in September. As the Namibia event looms once more in November we talk to kiter Alex Caizergues about his chances of claiming back top spot in the record books

108 > SPLITTING THE PACK

Double PKRA world race champion, Steph Bridge, spills a few top tactics for winning

114 > WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

Long time speed addict, Dave White, studies the potential of Rodrigues as a future event site

121 > DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT

Pull on some new winter rubber and you'll feel scorchio inside

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