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New products heading your way

044 > SPY NETWORK

The KTA finishes its second season and we give you a quick jab of news

052 > ALL AT SEA

Captain Gavin McClurg's latest post from the far reaches comes from Madagascar

056 > MARK MY WORDS

Have modern kites made us lazy kiters?

058 > INTRODUCING HOT GROM:

Eight-year-old chip off the old block, Cameron Maramenides

062 > SESSIONS

Ireland, The Alps, Jaws, Baja and Norway all produced the goods recently

110 > MAKING THE GRADE

Some kites and twin-tips that you should know more about before splashing the cash this summer

136 > ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?

Louis Tapper has kited 2000 miles, alone

142 > RUN FAT BOY, RUN

More exercises you don't have to sign up for

144 > ALL THE GEAR, NO IDEA?

Rig right, ride better

148 > MOTOR DRIVE

Learn to get better pop and throw a back roll to toe-side

154 > SUBSCRIBE

Do the right thing

162 > SKETCHY CLOSE-OUT

How come you forget about busting for the loo as soon as you hit the water? We leak the truth

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Bas Koole and Ydwer Van De Heide take us behind the shots from their latest freestyle shoot

092 > POWER PLANT

Carolin Thiersch takes a snoop around North's Sri Lanka factory

100 > GETTING SHACKED

Bertand Fleury and Tuva Jansen give us the background story to building their dream home in Indo and we step onboard Susy Scardocchia's 40 foot catamaran in the Caribbean. All very nice, but we'll stick to our regular patch back home, thanks, honest!

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