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Kitesoul Magazine #13 English Edition

In this issue: Wind Voyager Triple S 2016, Tarifa Strapless Kitesurfing Pro 2016, IKA Kitefouil WC, Kiteboarding European Championship, ITW Eric Rienstra, Riders Column: Colleen Carroll, Trip: Caribbean, 2016 Brand Meetings:RRD, Cabrinha, Story: Sky Solbach Homestory, Kite ART, Girl Power, Product focus, Wave and Freestyle tutorials.

In this issue: Wind Voyager Triple S 2016, Tarifa Strapless Kitesurfing Pro 2016, IKA Kitefouil WC, Kiteboarding European Championship, ITW Eric Rienstra, Riders Column: Colleen Carroll, Trip: Caribbean, 2016 Brand Meetings:RRD, Cabrinha, Story: Sky Solbach Homestory, Kite ART, Girl Power, Product focus, Wave and Freestyle tutorials.

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MEETING<br />

Sicily Meeting Indipendent Distributor 2017<br />

lifting, speed and upwind important performances.<br />

It is designed to achieve maximum<br />

performances in freeriding and hangtime<br />

and to satisfy hydrofoil lovers. It has 5<br />

struts, a feeling on the bar on all sizes as<br />

well as medium pressure on it. Every participant<br />

to the meeting expressed a favourable<br />

opinion and those coming from areas<br />

where you need a high performance kite in<br />

light wind conditions, used it repeatedly to<br />

fully enjoy its benefits. Apollo is also faster<br />

than the other kites of same size.<br />

the landing line steel stopper is now "stainless<br />

steel stopper"; a new grip at the center<br />

with a more durable and soft texture. The<br />

spinning head is a two-piece stainless,<br />

easier to change and the pig tail is now in<br />

orange and black.<br />

The second big news for season 2017 is<br />

Apollo, a kite with a very flat profile, with<br />

an exclusive Pro Pan Extreme, distributed<br />

in such a way that most of the surface is<br />

actually working on the kite to give great<br />

As far as the other 2017 Cabrinha kites are<br />

concerned they have all had the one pump<br />

Sprint System modified, making it easier to<br />

deflate and with a more ergonomic aspect.<br />

The lines are also different with less possibility<br />

of stretching and intertwining. In<br />

relation to Cabrinha historical kites, the<br />

freestyle machine Chaos with 4 + 2 lines,<br />

used by the 2015 World Champion Liam<br />

Whaley, is now also available in size 5.5 sq.<br />

m. The FX, on top of its new lines and the<br />

new one pump Sprint System, had its panels<br />

cut differently and it is actually the kite<br />

which received the best opinions throughout<br />

the test: fast, with an exceptional feeling<br />

on the bar and excellent performances<br />

both for hooked and unhooked riding and<br />

excellent results in wave riding too. This<br />

year is also available in size 5 sq. m. Cabrinha<br />

other historical kite, Switchblade is<br />

now at its 12th season and it didn't see<br />

any major changes from last year when it

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