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016 > EDITORIAL 022 > GALLERY: GRATIFICATION 034 > MOST WANTED 040 > SPY NETWORK Jess Richman sets an unbelievable hang-time record, Kevin Langeree wins his first PKRA event and middle-aged women rock! 054 > READERS’ GALLERY You rip 058 > Notes from a north shore Jeff Pfeffer's backyard is on fire, and that's no metaphor! 060 > CHERYL MEETS... THE FAR NORTH FEARLESS Cheryl Harrison learns to appreciate the crowds in Queensland's far north 062 > MARK MY WORDS Mark Shinn asks why we can't just love our sport and be done with it? 066 > INTRODUCING SJOUKJE BREDENKAMP Blink and you'll miss her. This young South African is the women's world kiteboarding speed record holder 120 > ALL THE GEAR, NO IDEA? Get a leg up and you'll fly! 123 > RESORT REPORT Like a postcard from a loved one, we wish you were here 124 > TURBULENT TRIALS Adam Jones and his team crank up the Kylie tunes and break out a pack of skimboards... “I know you're feelin' me cause you like it like this. I'm breakin' it down, I'm not the same... la la la” 130 > KGB BIBLE Reading verses from the chapter on one footed rotations in our guide to riding on land 132 > TURn and face We're not sure what his sting's like, but John Amundson sure can float like a butterfly 138 > MOTOR DRIVE Project: Board-off. A few of Cabarete's talented hoard of young riders take over 156 > THESE THINGS I KNOW In the first in a new series, a French flyer opens his mind

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070 > ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL Passions run deep in Cabarete and PKRA riders run away 082 > ALL ABOARD THE LOVE TRAIN “If you're not doing it three times a day, there's something wrong with you!” We're obviously talking about downwinders in Brazil! 090 > THE PITTARAK EXPEDITION It's 2300 kilometres south to north across the Greenland ice cap. We talk to Sarah and Eric McNair-Landry, a brother and sister in their early twenties who can kite further than you 098 > LET IF FLOW We feature Ben Wilson, because it feels good 106 > GLOBAL UNDERGROUND He keeps a low profile, but his job revolves around them. We talk to the man who started two well-known kiteboarding companies and is now the designer of Globerider's wings 114 > A PLATE OF '08 We serve up some of the design treats coming your way in the next few months and get our hands sticky by handling a few of choice items ourselves

Cover > It's rude to stare, but he's done it again. No, not Ben or Felix. With this shot from Cumbuco in Brazil, a relatively unknown Frenchman and Naish R&D team member called Cyril Coste, has now bagged the most appearances on the front page of Kiteworld with a tally of three. C'est bon! Photo > Manu Morel

Contents > Kite beach, Cabarete, during the PKRA event in June earlier this year Photo > William Milne

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