The Kiteboarder - July 12, 2016

Summer 2017, Vol. 14, No. 2 is full of riveting storytelling and unprecedented imagery carefully curated and packaged into 120 pages of timeless design. In this issue you’ll find a profile of accomplished kitesurfing photographer Ydwer Van Der Heide, stories of tumultuous waters and remote point breaks along with tales of entrepreneurialism within our industry presented amongst an assortment of modern and archival kite media.

YWDER VAN DER HEIDE
The Dutch photographer behind the impactful images of Airush’s propaganda machine speaks about the value of photographic partnerships, analog equipment and the dangers of conceptualized photo shoots.

THE WAVE OUT FRONT
Coleman Buckley and his Santa Cruz-based friends travel to the raw wilderness of an empty point break to test an uncertain kitesurfing proposition in the great wide north.

BECOMING COACH
The only thing certain in an athlete’s life is that every ride comes to an end. The question lies in the execution of a lifestyle pivot, the contingency adventure where a resume stacked with kitesurfing skill and knowledge proves to be useful.

RISE UP
Somehow Matt Sexton has done everything you’d ever want your kid not to do. But in between the battle lines of upper-middle-class rebellion and redemption, he’s ended up on a path to make the world a better place.

ONE BIG FISHING TRIP
Hunches about the potential of an outer bounds mysto kitesurfing reef are all good and great until you pile a 20-foot fishing skiff with a week’s worth of provisions and set off into the tumultuous waters of the Great Barrier Reef.

GLACIAL AWARENESS
With the simple charge of filling out a glossy product brochure, North Kiteboarding icon Sky Solbach explores the land of Patagonia, and in the crosshairs, finds a difficult and rewarding glacial experience.