EditorRoberta Palaroberta.pala@kitesoul.comWave Thecnique EditorMitu MonteiroFreestyle Thecnique EditorAlberto RondinaThecnical ExpertRenato CasatiPhoto & VideoMaurizio CintiDesignGiuseppe EspositoFEBRUARY2015 - MARCH 2015TWO-MONTHLYTexstsMirco Babini, Steff & Olly Bridge, RenatoCasati, Julia Castro, Craig Cunningham,Stefano Gigli, Alberto Rondina, GabrielleSteindl, Reo Stevens, Simone VannucciPhotosAswey, Renato Balbino, VincentBergeron, John Bilderback, Gilles Calvet,Tim Davis, Mario Entero, Tony Fish,Stefano Gigli, Rick Jensen, Tim McKenna,Alex Mowday, Rick Pryce, Xede Santa,Gary Silvester, Reinout Smit, GabrieleSteindl, Jason Tsai, Yung-Han Wang,Dave Withe, Jason WolcottCover:Rider Luke McGillewiePhoto Dave WhitePublisher and advertisingVISU MediaVia Cavour, 2024030 Ambivere (BG)Amministratore UnicoFederico Sugonifs@kitesoul.comRegistration Tribunaledi Bergamo n°10/2014del 15/04/2014.Periodicità bimestraleCopyright <strong>Kitesoul</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>All content is copyright of <strong>Kitesoul</strong><strong>Magazine</strong> / Visu Media Srl.RENATO “DR. KITE” CASATITechnical ExpertRRD Wave team rider. Kiteboardersince 2000, he hasbeen PKRA athlete and judge.He’s a professional sportswriterfor several technicalmagazines. He lives betweenComo Lake and Sardinia, buthe spends every winter in thewaves of Cabo-Verde.ROBERTA PALAEditorSports photographer since1997, kiteboarder since 2001,she has worked for the mostexponential kite magazinesfor the last 15 years.A free and wild soul, shehas left the luxuries of townliving for a life in contact withnature: a sea and wave lover.Nowadays you can find heron the shores of Capo Mannu,Sardinia, one of the mostbeautiful spots of the MediterraneanSea.MAURIZIO CINTIFilm-makerMovie buff and keen photographer.He’s a skater, snowboarderand wakeboarder,but he actually burns withpassion for kiteboarding. Hestarted off with freestyle afew years ago, but nowadayshe’s more into chasing bigand powerful waves. This iswhat he loves the most.
KITESOUL MAGAZINEFeel The FlowFEDERICO SUGONIPublisherMITU MONTEIROTechnical Editor-Wave RidingHe comes from Sal. OfficialF-one and Manera rider.2008 KPWT World Championand three-time Vice WorldChampion. He started to surfand windsurf as a kid and buthe definitively fell in love withkitesurf as soon as he discoveredit.He’s a manager and a businessman.He fell in love with kiteboardingalmost 10 years ago inthe wild and amazing NorthShore of Oahu (Hawaii). Asidefrom kiteboarding there isonly one other importantthing in his life: his babydaughter.He’s responsible for the 2014launching of KiteSoul <strong>Magazine</strong>.GIUSEPPE ESPOSITOArt directorKiter since he was in the babypram, he is a rider for RRDItalia and he have a Bachelorin Comunciation Design atPolitecnico di Milano.With this assignment, hefinally has been able to puttogether his two passions:kite and design.ALBERTO RONDINATechnical Editor-FreestyleHe’s the best Italian rider ofthe competitive kiting world.Cabrinha, Neil Pryde andGoPro official team riderand four-time Italian Champion.Alberto has won the2001 edition of the EuropeanChampionship and thirdplace in the 2012 PKRA WorldChampionship.
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58SNOWKITESafety and technical tips
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62NEW PROJECTSThe Makulo ProjectThe
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86STRAPLESS MOVESBack RollBACKText
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90TESTKitesoul test 2015KITESOULTES
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92TESTRrd, ReligionWAVE IS MY RELIG
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