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.
66 EVENTS Last stop: Ragnarok The racetrack is a lap circuit about 15-20 kilometres long to be repeated five times. The competitors, who will all line up at the starting line, must complete the course by using only their kite and either skis or a snowboard at their choice. There will be four categories: Men skis, Women skis, Men snowboard and Women snowboard. Lastly, along the track the athletes must follow specific "gates" set up by the organizers to record the passing of each participant through a gps device. The cold, the fatigue and the meteorological aspects represent the unknown elements of the race A specific and tested race formula for a unique competition which offers a lot of fun, show and thrill both for those who actually do it and grit their teeth to give their best to get to the end, and for the audience that follows the race supporting anyone of the competitors. It goes without saying that it's not a picnic on the snow. It is a backbreaking trial lasting normally longer than 6 hours. It strains muscles and mind of the athletes who have to deal with the cold, the fatigue and especially with the sudden change of weather conditions, which often mark the divide between those who can cross the finishing line and those who have to walk back to the base camp. The wind in these expanses of snow and ice can be a friend or an enemy. Who's been there knows it well.
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- 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
- Page 29 and 30: Photo: Alanvan Gysen - Courtesy Cab
- Page 31 and 32: RIDERS COLUMN It’s coming in the
- Page 33 and 34: n g o f t h e a i r On January 2nd
- Page 35 and 36: After almost two weeks of no wind,
- Page 37 and 38: ing criteria also changed slightly
- Page 39 and 40: as their signature move. We also sa
- Page 41 and 42: handle-passes and impressive loops.
- Page 43 and 44: the highest jump of the day. Most o
- Page 46 and 47: 46 EVENTS Nick Jacobsen is the new
- Page 48: 48 EVENTS Nick Jacobsen is the new
- 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
- Page 62 and 63: 62 EVENTS Last stop: Ragnarok
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- Page 72: 72 EVENTS Last stop: Ragnarok PROGR
- Page 75 and 76: The Formula Kite World Championship
- Page 77 and 78: KS_How did you create the Banga Foi
- Page 79 and 80: KS_Where do you purchase the raw ma
- Page 81 and 82: KS_Who are the Banga Foil athletes
- Page 83 and 84: and organisational management. KS_I
- Page 86: 86 Journeys In the kingdom of the p
- Page 89 and 90: The island of Spitsbergen is locate
- Page 91 and 92: the plane. I was right away looking
- Page 93 and 94: the super cute reindeers and the am
- Page 95 and 96: Kite & Rifle
- Page 97 and 98: The polar bear king of Svalbard est
- Page 99 and 100: The charm of midnight sun We decide
- Page 101: came back and we got this super bea
- Page 105 and 106: In the Madeleine Islands, East of t
- Page 107 and 108: The Madeleine Islands are a small c
- Page 109 and 110: the perfect spot to set up a wall r
- Page 111 and 112: There were a few puffs of wind and
- Page 113 and 114: Charming Hotels and Constant Winds.
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66<br />
EVENTS<br />
Last stop: Ragnarok<br />
The racetrack is a lap circuit about 15-20 kilometres<br />
long to be repeated five times. The competitors,<br />
who will all line up at the starting line,<br />
must complete the course by using only their kite<br />
and either skis or a snowboard at their choice.<br />
There will be four categories: Men skis, Women<br />
skis, Men snowboard and Women snowboard.<br />
Lastly, along the track the athletes must follow<br />
specific "gates" set up by the organizers to record<br />
the passing of each participant through a<br />
gps device.<br />
The cold, the fatigue and the meteorological aspects<br />
represent the unknown elements of the<br />
race<br />
A specific and tested race formula for a unique<br />
competition which offers a lot of fun, show and<br />
thrill both for those who actually do it and grit<br />
their teeth to give their best to get to the end,<br />
and for the audience that follows the race supporting<br />
anyone of the competitors.<br />
It goes without saying that it's not a picnic on<br />
the snow. It is a backbreaking trial lasting normally<br />
longer than 6 hours. It strains muscles and<br />
mind of the athletes who have to deal with the<br />
cold, the fatigue and especially with the sudden<br />
change of weather conditions, which often mark<br />
the divide between those who can cross the<br />
finishing line and those who have to walk back<br />
to the base camp. The wind in these expanses<br />
of snow and ice can be a friend or an enemy.<br />
Who's been there knows it well.
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