ON THE COVER: Jett Bradshaw, just outside Cape Town
PHOTO: Craig Kolesky
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Kiteworld issue #112 is now live and built around an exciting big air theme:
FEATURES:
RETAINING THE KOTA CROWN
The North Orbit big air freeride kite has had a short but brightly burning presence in Red Bull King of the Air competition. We asked the North design team how they’ve gone about tackling the future of big air in the Orbit 2022 model
BIG SENDERS
Cozzolino vs Carew = new heights for strapless freestyle
GRAN CANARIAN WIND MACHINE
Slingshot international team manager, Sam Light, pulled his troops to the turbines in August to shoot their new big boosting kite
COLD HAWAII GAMES BIG AIR 2021
The best big air event ever?
KOMBI TIME CAPSULE
A 100 day rogue trip in South Africa by KW associate editor, Kyle Cabano
KITE FOIL LEAGUE UNCOVERED
After 41 races across three events in their first season running competition in the US, The Kite Foil League’s top two competitors were still neck and neck for the title going into the final race of 2021
TESTS
KITES:
Airush Ultra V4 9m
Airwave Koala 10m
Cabrinha Drifter 7m
Ocean Rodeo Crave HL 10m
Slingshot UFO 7m
TWIN-TIP:
North Focus 136
FOIL:
Slingshot Phantasm 633 and Dwarfcraft 120
REGULARS
MOST WANTED
New products from Core, Eleveight, Mystic and Naish hit the highlights
TECHNIQUE – STALEFISH GRAB
Paul Serin is F-One’s Swiss army knife when it comes to freestyle. Open up the secrets to nailing the stale with his top tips to make it very accessible
THESE THINGS I KNOW
Mystic’s Max Blom
EVENT UPDATES:
Kitefoil World Series
Kitesurfing Armada and British Championships
