SBC Kiteboard has compiled the most in-depth Buyers’ Guide available anywhere. Inside you will find details on the latest product trends, behind the scenes information from 26 brands and a detailed board and kite selector chart.
The SBC Kiteboard test team put the newest generation of depowering Bow, SLE and Hybrid C designs through their paces. Three weeks of in-depth on water testing revealed that they are versatile, and more specialized than ever before. This issue promises to help you find the perfect kite.
Bora Bora is considered my most travel experts as the most exotic South Pacific island getaway. Kiteboarding legends Ben Wilson, Andre Phillip, and Mauricio Abreu set out with film maker Elliot Leboe and photographer Tracy Kraft to explore Moe Goold’s South Pacific stomping ground. SBC had first crack at the best photos from this once in a lifetime trip.
The world famous break One Eye in Mauricius was home to ten of the world top wave riders for 21 days and they score truly breathtaking conditions, with more than one greenroom session scores during the invitational contest. Pro rider and shaper John Amundson and photographer Stephen Fournet give us a glimpse at what it was like to be a competitor in the best wave contest ever held.
The leading lady of North American kiteboarding is Daphnée Laliberté. SBC reports on what life is like for this IKO master instructor and PKRA competitor turned lifestyle rider.
On the instructional tip Mark Shinn helps us go Blind. Don’t know what a Chicken Bone or Fall Glazing is? Trip Forman explains the latest in kite lingo.
Also in the issue we shake hands with Texas’s hottest up and coming young gun Rocky Chatwell. Photographer Jon Malmberg tells us about the Gorge’s top rider that is about to explode onto the national scene, Ben Chambers.
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