Kiteworld Magazine

MARKMY WORDS

“ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN SOMEONE WENT MASSIVE, THE FIRST REACTION WAS TO LOOK AT THE KITE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHICH PRO IT WAS. NOW THERE ARE LOTS OF UNKNOWN RIDERS BUSTING OUT HUGE MOVES THAT USED TO BE THE RESERVE OF ONLY A SELECT FEW WHO GET PAID TO KITESURF.”

It’s with great regret that I sit here today thinking about one of kiteboarding’s brightest characters who passed away a couple of weeks ago. Even if you started kiteboarding in the last ten to 15 years,

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