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A REVOLUTION EGYPT - SHOULD YOU STILL GO?

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PPLUS: CITY OF ANGELS, ISRAEL, YOURI ZOON 55D

cover > Andre Phillip, master craftsman photo > Tracy Kraft-Leboe contents > The Best Odyssey may sadly be all over, but we've still got a couple of great columns to go, including a tale from the often barren but beautiful Cape Verde islands this issue photo > Jody MacDonald

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REGULARS 022 > EDITORIAL 026 > GALLERY SUBJECT: APPROACH 034 > MOST WANTED 036 > SPY NETWORK

KSP and PKRA world tour finals and more

046 > MARK MY WORDS

Shinny's latest column

048 > READERS' GALLERY

Did you win the Cabrinha goody bag?

050 > A DECADE OF PYRO-mania

Dakine's flagship harness is ten-years-old. We look at what's changed

052 > ALL AT SEA

Adventures off the coast of Cape Verde

060 > HARD WORK

Youri Zoon and Eric 'Swiss' Balls tell us about their day jobs

066 > SESSIONS

More epic session notes from the world of kiting

110 > TESTS

The Ozone Reo wave kite, Epic Renegade, Fluid Ego and Starkites Arawak have been our ocean steeds of late

118 > PIT LANE

Blade's Yaron Barlev explains some basics of bridle design

120 > TURN AND FACE

Keahi De Aboitiz can back loop without the board. Can't we all?

FEATURES 056 > THE MOVES THAT WON THE WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIPYouriZoontalksusthrough two vital moves from his 2011 weaponry

074 > BAREFOOT ADVENTURES

A Jason Wolcott gallery

084 > KITE HOLLYWOOD

The LA kite scene checks in for a breakdown at the Kiteworld clinic

094 > TALKIN' 'BOUT A REVOLUTION

Egypt is rarely out of the headlines at the moment, but should you still go there for your kiting holiday? Jim Gaunt looks into it and discovers the Red Sea resorts are still a world unto their own

104 > MAKING IT IN THE MIDDLE EAST

(AND HOW TO MAKE IT BACK WITHOUT GETTING KIDNAPPED) A new regular series exposing some unlikely kite destinations you should visit, starting with Israel

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