Kitesoul Magazine #17 English Edition
In this issue: Event - Blue Palawan Open 2017, Roccaraso Snowkite World Contest 2017. Trip - Tasmania, Los Roques. ITW - Jerrie Van De Kop, Camille Delannoy, Erik Volpe, Daniela Moroz. North Kiteboarding Academy. Tutorial - Jibe by Reo Stevens, Mobydick Nosegrab by Alberto Rondina. And much more...
In this issue: Event - Blue Palawan Open 2017, Roccaraso Snowkite World Contest 2017. Trip - Tasmania, Los Roques. ITW - Jerrie Van De Kop, Camille Delannoy, Erik Volpe, Daniela Moroz. North Kiteboarding Academy. Tutorial - Jibe by Reo Stevens, Mobydick Nosegrab by Alberto Rondina. And much more...
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158 Experience<br />
A day in the life of a Kite Instructor<br />
My alarm rings at 6:30 am to which I reply with<br />
hitting the snooze button and trying to stretch<br />
out my stiff body. I'm so tired from the full day<br />
of kite lessons the day before, I don't feel like<br />
I've even slept. Just before the countdown on<br />
the snooze ends and my phone makes a plethora<br />
of annoying noises, I get up, swear then stumble<br />
down the hallway to the kitchen and turn on<br />
the hot water to make coffee. I now have exactly<br />
17 minutes before I need to leave the house so I<br />
begin rushing around like a mad woman putting<br />
together my kit: Instructor shirt, hat, BB Talking<br />
radio, helmets, lunch, sunscreen, wetsuit, sweater<br />
and iPad.<br />
I pour the coffee into a togo mug, I grab my bag<br />
and head out the door. Opening the door to my<br />
car, I'm hit with the offensive smell of yesterday’s<br />
forgotten wetsuit top curdled by the late afternoon<br />
sun. Rolling down the windows and driving
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