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Max Blom TANGLED LINES LEGENDS • You can spend as much money as you want on kites and boards, but if your wetsuit isn’t warm or your harness isn’t comfortable, it’s gonna take the shine off your session. For nearly two decades, Mystic have been wrapping their harnesses around many a kiter’s waist; from the weekend warrior to the most famous of pros. Max Blom pretty much is Mystic and lives and breathes the brand…

ON THE LIST Akyaka, Turkey • A true gem of a kite spot, located close to Europe, that dishes up reliable wind conditions from June to September, offers amazing food, stunningly beautiful boutique hotels and has perfect weather… does it sound too good to be true? Well, let me tell you, it exists, and it is called Akyaka.

NAISH TRAVERSE

Bora Bora FRENCH POLYNESIA • With its turquoise waters and white sand beaches, Bora Bora is without doubt one of the most beautiful places in the world. Popular amongst honeymooners for its overwater bungalows, it turns out it’s not so bad for kiting either! Local resident and Eleveight team rider Raiarii Fadier tells us about one of his favorite local spots.

BRAZILIAN ADVENTURE SEBASTIAN RIBEIRO

WINTER WAVES CARL FERREIRA

THE CREATORS. • FLORIAN VANRIJE

REEDIN • Aside from the other big goings on of 2020 (you might have heard about them) another significant bit of news was that top designer Damien Girardin and top rider Kevin Langeree have joined forces to kick off their own brand, Reedin. A good time for a catch up then…

Cold Hawaii Games 2020

STUFF • We like the look of

The land of Rainbows • Who needs to kite on tropical beaches in nothing but boardshorts, when you can kite in freezing temperatures, wearing so much rubber that only your face is showing? Red Bull King of the Air regular Steven Akkersdijk introduced wave slayer Willow-River Tonkin to the unique weather of beautiful Ireland to see if they could strike gold at the end of one of the magical island’s many rainbows…

CUMBUCO CREW • Brazilian photographer Andre Magarao spends a lot of time in the kite mecca of Cumbuco, and recently caught up with with a couple of local legends, Erick Anderson and Alex Neto, guys who would almost certainly never have had the opportunity to become professional kiters if it they hadn’t grown up at one of the most consistent kite spots in the world…

PARADISE JINXED • If anything is going to bring out your jealous side while you’re stuck at home under lockdown, this story is it. 2019 Kite Park League champion Ewan Jaspan and fellow Naish riders Katie Potter and Peri Roberts managed to escape to the beautiful turquoise waters of Australia’s famous Barrier Reef and Whitsundays… There were the predictably stunning consequences, but more than their fair share of mishaps too.

THE DARK SIDE • Many of us have kited in Cape Town’s endless summer – consistent winds, dependable waves, beautiful scenery, delicious food – there’s a long list of reasons that draw Europeans there to escape the Northern Hemisphere winter. But local resident and GKA competitor Aron Rosslee and friends want to show us the other side so have spent the last few months filming a video to entice us over there in their winter. Just make sure you take your raincoat…

THE BIG PICTURE • North are a brand with wave riding at their core. They have just released their new surf products range, with full updates all round...