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1 2 13 9 12 17 4 7 18 10 14 Send it 5 15 3 6 8 11 16 19 1. LF Kite Designer Julien Fillion and a member of the Wind Patrol at the AWSI Liquid Force/ Monster Energy Party in Hood River. Photo Paul Lang 2. The F.One team in Mauritius having a zen moment. Photo Gilles Calvert 3. No, it’s not a new kite, it’s the Liquid Force Beach Tent, but it was reported to have great low-end power. Photo Paul Lang 4. You know things are getting out of hand when the “Wind Patrol” shows up. Photo Paul lan 5. Look for Gregg Gnecco’s new Liquid Force RV hitting up snowkiting spots this winter. Photo Paul Lang 6. Kevin Crikelair, the Gimp, and Brian Schwarz take a break from kiting on the Calikites San Quintin trip. Photo Paul Lang 7. Dallas McMahon’s other secret talent is making gourmet sushi. Photo Zach Kleppe 8. Pack 50 kiteboarders into a bus and things are bound to get a little crazy. Photo Paul Lang 9. Gavin Butler has the toughest job in kiteboarding. Shooting Best girls and staying focused is not always an easy task. Photo Gavin Butler 10. Ginette Buffone comes in after a session south of the border in San Quintin. Photo Paul Lang 11. Some of the best memories of a great kite trip are not always on the water. Photo Dallas McMahon 12. Raphael Salles and Mitu Monteiro take a moment between sessions in Mauritius. Photo Gilles Calvert 13. Kirsty Jones is all smiles after a hard day of work on the water. Photo Richard Boudia. 14. Sometimes the only way to get to and from the Hood River Sand Bar is to wade across with your gear. Photo Paul Lang 15. “Amir with an A” and Paul Lang get a little loco at the Cielito Lindo. Photo Paul Lang 16. Publisher Marina Chang enjoys the local scenery after testing F.one’s 2010 new gear in Mauritius. Photo Nico Ostermann 17. Zach Kleppe is the man behind most of the video work being done here at TKB. Photo Paul Lang 18. Alexis Rovira hard at work interviewing for The Kiteboarder Magazine at AWSI in Hood River. Photo Paul Lang 19. Scrapper in disguise. Photo Tony Brady If you have a photo that you would like featured in The Kiteboarder Magazine, please e-mail ryan@thekiteboarder.com 26 thekiteboarder.com thekiteboarder.com 27
Lou Waiman and Chis Tronolone’s friendship goes back more than a decade. Many people do not realize that it was Chris Tronolone’s footage that inspired a revolution in kiteboarding. No one can debate that Lou and Elliot are the original wakestyle riders, and it was Chris that exposed them to the world. Photo Tronolone Productions Caught on Tape: Chris Tronolone By Paul Lang and Ryan Riccitelli Ican remember the first time Gary Martin, the Technical Editor here at The Kiteboarder Magazine, came home from the first Surf Expo trade show. He managed to get a promo tape from Airush with some of the very first footage of Lou and Elliot and the rest of the Maui crew throwing it down wakestyle. The video had it all, and Lou Wainman and Elliot Leboe made jumping 30 feet on two line kites look easy as pie. Within a few months, that very first footage progressed into the video that changed my life. I have spoken with many people over the years who say that High is the video that grabbed them by the balls and made them want to learn to kiteboard. There are always unsung heroes hiding out behind the lens, and Chris Tronolone and his crew at Trononlone Productions have been there every step of the way. It gives me great pleasure to tell this story about a crew of regular dudes who helped put kiteboarding on the map. Led by Chris Tronolone, the kiteboarding movies made by Tronolone Productions have been instrumental in inspiring people to learn to kiteboard and in exposing kiteboarding to a much wider audience than would otherwise know about the sport. – Ryan Riccitelli 28 thekiteboarder.com thekiteboarder.com 29
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