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BicBic’s designers Marco Copello and RichardBoudia have developed a number of assymetrictwin-tip boards called Airflow. The idea to usemore curvature on the toe-side isn’t bad at allsince most of the people only use this side whenthey turn. The boards are quite big and mainlydesigned for freeriding. Cosmic has a moretraditional twin-tip design and is developed forwave-riding with the possibility to move thestraps towards the back of the board.CabrinhaNew for this year is a beginner board calledProdidgy. Apart from this Cabrinha keeps theirVari Pro, Icon, and Lab rat. While these lines areoverlapping each other when it comes to sizethey all have their own specific characteristics.Despite the name, Vari pro is a rather easy-touseboard. Icon is a slightly smaller board thatoffers lots of pop and works well in waves. Labrat is a narrow board with lots of flex, ideal fordifficult and choppy conditions.Airflow142/162/17534/37/393,0/3,0/3,3Cosmic130372,4Vari Pro138/148/15838/39/40-Icon130/140/15035/35,5/36-Lab Rat130/140/15034/34,5/35-Prodidgy158413,5FanaticFanatic has three twin-tip boards in this year’sline: Easy Rider, Joy Rider, and Sky Rider. EasyRider is designed to be easy to use and hasbeen provided with a generous length. Joy Rideris a wide allround-board that works especiallywell in light winds. Sky Rider is relatively smalland narrow in order to make it easy to maintainthe control when used in strong wind or bylighter riders.F-oneF-one has two beginner boards in their line,Explorer and Fiftyone, as well as two moreadvanced boards, SK8 and Style. The advancedboards are provided in three different series withdifferent combinations of length and width, whichgives a huge variety to choose from. SK8 haslots of rocker for hard wind and waves whileStyle provides early planning.Easy Rider159/16841/422,9/3,1Joy Rider118/128/14438/40/401,9/2,2/2,5Sky Rider124/130/13834/36/381,9/2,1/2,312SK8128/129/136/137/138/13935//37/31/33/35/37-Style128/129/130/138/139/140/148/14935//37/39/35/37/39/36/37-Explorer156/16038/43-Fiftyone16050-
GaastraGaastra’s line is one of the most complete on the market. With the exception of Sky Pro 133 Gaastra hasonly twin-tip boards in their line. Sky Pro 133 is one of two boards especially design for Gaastra’s teamrider Sky Solbach. The board is one of the new generation of mutants that works almost as good in bothdirections. The other board designed for Sky Solbach, Sky Pro 136, is a traditional twin-tip that is a littlewider in the front and the back than Gaastra’s more allround oriented twin-tip Contact, and thereforegives a little more pop. Apart from those boards Gaastra has several other twin-tips models in more oddsizes. Drive II is a slightly bigger board designed to work well even for beginners. Micro is, as the namesuggests, the opposite – a small board designed for hard wind and/or lightweight kitesurfers. Satellite isan extremely wide board designed to be used in light winds and with big kites. Finally, Ride is anotherbig board intended for beginners.Sky Pro 13613638-Sky Pro 133133--Contact136/141/14836,5/38/41-Drive II15640-Micro12436,5-Satellite117/13541/46-Ride17044,5-NaishNaish revolutionized board design when they introduced their Stubbie last year. The Stubbie wasextremely short which simplified tricks and gave a good grip in the water. The Stubbie is still there thisyear but it hasn’t replaced the more traditional models. Naish has everything in their line: severalmutants as MTX and Mutant, even more twin tips as Thorn, TT pro, and Haze TT, and also an extremelybig beginner board called Softdeck TT.MTX13237-Thorn123/129/135/14134,5/37,4/38,4/41,4-TT Pro122/128/13436/41/47-Mutant4’7”/4’10”/5’0”/5’4”40/42/40/41,2-13Haze TT135/145/157/17037,8/38,3/37,3/40,4-Stubbie115/12737,0/43,5-Softdeck TT18845-
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Page 18 and 19: More kites…Text: Jonas Hörnstein
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Page 25 and 26: Below: The authors Anna and Christi
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