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.
36 EVENTS Nick Jacobsen is the new king of the air
ing criteria also changed slightly this year as 70% of the score was determined by height while 30% was determined by the extremity of the moves. There was no limitation to how many moves each rider could do, though only the top 3 moves were counted as part of the final result. Riders were encouraged to go as extreme as possible, and they did not disappoint! Though the wind was strong, and picked up to 30 knots throughout the afternoon, there were not many waves and riders had to be careful to select the right wave to boost off. There were more waves downwind but each rider decided to stay upwind, clearly careful not to get stuck
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- Page 9: CORE Kiteboarding - a Hiss-Tec bran
- Page 12 and 13: Editor David Ingiosi david.ingiosi@
- Page 14 and 15: EDITORIAL Rider Kelly Slater | Phot
- Page 16 and 17: SUMMARY PORTFOLIO RIDERS COLUMN EVE
- Page 18: 18 PORTFOLIO Alex Neto RIDER: Alex
- Page 22: 22 PORTFOLIO Jeremie Tronet RIDER:
- Page 26: 26 PORTFOLIO PATRI MCLAUGHING RIDER
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- Page 52: 52 Nick Jacobsen The winner’s wor
- Page 55 and 56: ning the King of the air just went
- Page 58: 58 ITW Ruben Lenten, happy to be ba
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