Kitesoul Magazine #13 English Edition

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STORY
Homestory Sky Solbach
“So, only 14 days left and one turkey must be
gone!" says Sky Solbach quite incidentally while
standing with his wife Kristin in a turkey enclosure,
"our Thanksgiving party is just around the
corner!“
The couple have built up a mini-farm in Waiehu
on Maui, and therefore a turkey will be slaughtered
in celebration of the North-American Thanksgiving
tradition. Both feel strongly connected
to nature. Kristin sits again on a tractor – claiming
vigorously- “working with agriculture must
be done”. As well as turkeys, they own goats and
hens. Just two years ago, the young couple acquired
some property in Waiehu, westwards of
Kahului on Maui. Once Taro was grown on that
surface, which was the staple food of Hawaiians.
“We would like to replant Taro plants in our garden
all the way to the Waihu river”, Sky explains.
The beautiful Waiehu river winds directly up to
the property, on which the couple has built their
beautiful home with a lot of in-house effort. “Please
leave your car just up the street”, clearly, the
ramp has got a firm ground and thus there is still
a lot to do on the house and grounds.”
Somewhere on the property we discover Sky`s
shaperoom or better “Shapehouse”. “I had just
built the house in a heave-ho action!” added the
wakeboard shaper of North Kiteboarding with
a lot of enthusiasm. He works intensively in the
shape room. Currently there are prototypes of the
model "Nugget“ and “Pro CSC”. After continued
conversation about board shapes you can clearly
notice that the 32-years old makes the shaping