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Kitesoul Magazine #16 English Edition

In this issue: Riders Column - Colleen Carroll, Red Bull KOTA 2017; ITW Nick Jacobsen, Ruben Lenten; Events: Ragnarok 2017, Banga Foil 2017; Journeys: In the Kingdom of the polar bears, The Wall Ride; Characters: Michael Zomer; Schools: Canary islands; Trends: How about learning kite-foil? Product focus: RRD rigid lines; Felipe Moure Lopez: Blind Judge 5 challenge and much more.

In this issue: Riders Column - Colleen Carroll, Red Bull KOTA 2017; ITW Nick Jacobsen, Ruben Lenten; Events: Ragnarok 2017, Banga Foil 2017; Journeys: In the Kingdom of the polar bears, The Wall Ride; Characters: Michael Zomer; Schools: Canary islands; Trends: How about learning kite-foil? Product focus: RRD rigid lines; Felipe Moure Lopez: Blind Judge 5 challenge and much more.

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David Ingiosi<br />

photo Hijos de Mar Courtesy<br />

Their names are Alexandra,<br />

Pedro, Mario, Sara and<br />

Jakue. They have happy<br />

faces and smiling eyes beneath<br />

their wet hair, they<br />

joke around whilst going<br />

up and down the beach in<br />

their tight neoprene wetsuits,<br />

always with a board<br />

under their arm, no matter<br />

whether it is a surf board<br />

or a sup or a kitesurf one.<br />

They are the sons of the<br />

sea, or better of the ocean<br />

as here in Fuerteventura,<br />

in the Canary Islands,<br />

the waves that endlessly<br />

break on the coast come<br />

from the Atlantic. And<br />

those children love playing<br />

with waves all the day<br />

long just like they see dolphins<br />

do it, they want to<br />

surf them, slide over them<br />

and ride them as much<br />

as possible, challenging<br />

their balance. A primordial

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