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Kitesoul Magazine #16 English Edition

In this issue: Riders Column - Colleen Carroll, Red Bull KOTA 2017; ITW Nick Jacobsen, Ruben Lenten; Events: Ragnarok 2017, Banga Foil 2017; Journeys: In the Kingdom of the polar bears, The Wall Ride; Characters: Michael Zomer; Schools: Canary islands; Trends: How about learning kite-foil? Product focus: RRD rigid lines; Felipe Moure Lopez: Blind Judge 5 challenge and much more.

In this issue: Riders Column - Colleen Carroll, Red Bull KOTA 2017; ITW Nick Jacobsen, Ruben Lenten; Events: Ragnarok 2017, Banga Foil 2017; Journeys: In the Kingdom of the polar bears, The Wall Ride; Characters: Michael Zomer; Schools: Canary islands; Trends: How about learning kite-foil? Product focus: RRD rigid lines; Felipe Moure Lopez: Blind Judge 5 challenge and much more.

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After almost two weeks of no wind, or at<br />

least not any wind strong enough for the<br />

Red Bull Kind of the Air, the wind finally<br />

blew! When the thick white cloud starts<br />

to creep over Table Mountain, then you<br />

know the wind is going to pump, and<br />

that is exactly what it did on Thursday<br />

2ndJanuary, just 3 days before the end of<br />

the waiting period for the event. By 3 pm,<br />

the wind had hit 25 knots and they decided<br />

to start the competition, this gave<br />

the organisers just enough time to finish<br />

the event on the same day.<br />

This year Red Bull chose only 18 of the<br />

top competitors in the world to take<br />

part in Big Bay, South Africa. The judg-

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