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pushing the limits
“Teahupo’o is not a kite wave; it’s a tow wave, and let me tell you why.
Even when it’s 25 knots it’s still clean, open and perfect for towing. It
bends so far around the reef that by the time you’re about to pull into
the barrel with a kite, the wave is pulling you one way and the kite the
other - it just doesn’t feel good. I figured that out on my first wave. This
wave was my second. It may have ended my session because my kite
was in a huge tangle after it, but it was worth it. It may not have been
the biggest or heaviest wave that day, but it was my wave and my first
experience at a place I have dreamed about riding for years.”
Words Ben Wilson, Photo Tim McKenna
beyond big air
Sometimes you get those last minute shots right before you go
to press, and you have to slip them in. No, this isn’t someone
paragliding! Tomatoa Gillot boosts a monster air while kiteboarding
in Tahiti. It looks like “big air” runs in the family. Our inside source
tells us that Tomatoa learned from his step-brother, snowkiting
pioneer Guillaume “Chasta” Chastagnol. Photo Renaude Fayada
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