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Regulars022>EDITORIAL028>GALLERYSubject: ENVIRONMENT 038 > MOST WANTED

Christmas is round the corner. What's on your list?

042 > SPY NETWORK

All the dirt and mucky filth from the KSP World Tour's first ever event in Mauritius, the PKRA's new World Champions and other news you can't live without

054 > MARK MY WORDS

Jeez Shinny, give 'em a break! I'm glad he wasn't my headmaster

056 > ALL AT SEA

Discovery hits the Outer Hebrides and the cold seems to have knocked Captain Gavin off his rocker

062 > SESSIONS

Mauritius has been firing, but it hasn't all been about the KSP at One Eye. Plus we hit the Rhosneigr Park Jam

106 > COLD COMFORT

As the temperature drops we turn up the heat with nine smokin’ hot gear reviews

120 > ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?

A 1000cc motorbike loaded with kiting gear set-up for a loop around Mexico? Yes please!

128 > GETTING SHACKED

We want Shina's house in Vietnam

136 > SPOT DETECTIVE

The Gower, South Wales

140 > MOTOR DRIVE PROJECT: BACK MOBE

One of the most fluid, logical progressions in the book, starting with a simple unhooked back roll. Yippee!

152 > SUBSCRIBE

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154 > SKETCHY

Tales From The Tube with a kiting twist

Features070>RIDINGTHEIR LUCK

Bilderback leads the charge in Oregon

080 > FRENCH CONNECTION

Four French riders show us how freestyle can and should look in South Africa

092 > PIT LANE

RRD produce six kites programmed for very different things. We break down the features that separate their performance characteristics

100 > YOU NEVER GET SKUNKED IN THE KEYS

So let's go! Islamorada and Key West uncovered

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