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Pre, post and everything in-between from @patri_mc

Pre, post and everything in-between from @patri_mclaughlin's insanely deep wipeout at Peahi last weekend. Below he details out his decisions when it came time to eject from this beasty barrel:

"Some people also asked me why I didn’t let go of my kite and surf it… The main reason is I’m goofy foot and I ride switch at Peahi. I don’t think I’m talented enough to ditch my kite and navigate a west bowl barrel switch. I was also 100% committed to making the wave. Most other waves I’ve kited have a thin enough lip for the lines to cut through. I thought maybe the lines can cut this lip too I’ll get spit out into the channel, high five @kai_lenny and catch 20 more perfect barrels. There's only one way to find out… After I knew I was fooked I had a 1/4 of a second to decide what to do. I thought I’d just jump through the lip and keep my kite flying… Well that didn’t work either.

I hit the lip hard and got all the wind knocked out of my lungs. My hands got ripped off the bar and I got sucked over the falls. I felt two of the lines snap and I released the safety release and swam to the surface. I got a couple breaths and took the second one on the head. I inflated the jacket on the second wave and popped up pretty quick.

Huge thanks to @daniel_silvagni (the guy driving the Jetski) for saving me and my board. The water saftey guys are all legends out there, and are extremely skilled at what they do. They deserve all the credit in the world.

Thanks @mauitoast for making the only gopro pole that can handle a beating like that."

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#kiteboarding #kitesurfing #kiteboard #kitesurf #wipeout #wipeoutwednesday #crash #bigwavesurfing #bigwave #jaws #bigwaves #peahi #duotonekiteboarding #duotonekites

Slide on into our winter issue! The Tkb editorial

Slide on into our winter issue! The Tkb editorial team drops another 120-page tome of unmatched long-form kiteboarding journalism with the release of Vol. 18, No. 4.

On the cover: Photographer Lukas Stiller (@lukas_k_stiller) slows down the shutter and skillfully tracks the action to capture the high-speed motion of Lucas Arsenault’s (@lucasarsenault) impressive butter slide.

Inside this winter issue, we dial up Noè Font (@noe_font) and learn a thing or two about the casual discipline it takes to be a filmmaker/athlete while Flysurfer’s Marie-Eve Mayrand (@marieevemayrand) takes us into the backcountry of the Canadian Rockies and Stig Hoefnagel (stighoefnagel) spills the beans behind the existential hunt for wind in Holland. We head to Sardinia for the formula kite racing event by which all others are measured and dive deep into the outlines of Cabrinha’s (@cabrinhakites) new design program. Arthur Guillebert (@arthurguillebert) fills us in on the brave new world in the freestyle tour and Paul Serin (@paulserin) talks story of a bare-bones strike mission with the Manera team in the northwest corner of the Spanish Iberian Peninsula.

Profiles include Santa Barbara foil addict Hunter Becker (@hunt__b) and Aussie ripper Peri Roberts (@periroberts). Janek Grzegorzewski (@janek.world) advises us on our first technical kiteloops and iKitesurf (@ikitesurfapp) Meteorologist Mike Godsey fills us in on the secret to La Ventana’s relentless winter wind patterns. We get the low-down on @slingshotkite's new 5-strut big air Machine and look back at 20 years of @flysurferkiteboarding culture.

Each one of this issue’s knockout stories is accompanied by a roundup of out-of-this-world imagery selected from the industry’s best shooters that will warm up your visual senses and help you escape the winter slump.

In the mail and at your local kite shop, hit the link in our bio to get a piece of the action.

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#kiteboarding #kitesurfing #kiteboard #kitesurf #magazine #magazinerelease #printfeature #printstories #kitestories #printmagazine #printisnotdead #printisntdead #printisthefutureofonline

@haydnfischer throwing buckets in Baja 🪣🌵🌊

📸 @thomas_s_fischer

#kiteboarding #kiteboard #kitesurf #kitesurfing #throwingbuckets #duotonekiteboarding #duotonekites #buckets #blowoutfinboxes #shredsohard #powercarve #duotone #whipSLS #neosls

@cabrinhakites' 02 collection is LIVE! Their new

@cabrinhakites' 02 collection is LIVE!

Their new selection of product will help you appreciate what we have ‘Here & Now’

Check out the 02 collection at www.cabrinha.com
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📸 @lukas_k_stiller @instaclamfunk

#cabrinhakites #cabrinhateam #kiteboarding #kitesurfing #kitesurf #travel #extreme #shotoftheday #kite #exploremore #explore #getoutside #ocean #adventure #cabrinaha #productrelease #cabrinhakiteboarding #newkites #cabrinha02 #hereandnow #livefreeridefree

@cabrinhakites' new 02 collection drops Jan 19th.

@cabrinhakites' new 02 collection drops Jan 19th. Stay tuned!
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📷 @kobulsky @black_sheep_cinema @patrickwieland
#cabrinha02 #hereandnow #livefreeridefree
#cabrinhakites #cabrinhateam #kiteboarding #cabrinha #surf #cabrinhakites #cabrinhateam #kiteboarding #kitesurfing #kitesurf #travel #letskitesurf #productlaunch #kites #cabrinha #kiteboard #02collection #kitecollection

According to @keahideaboitiz, "It's a rare occurre

According to @keahideaboitiz, "It's a rare occurrence especially with no one in the water, but occasionally the stars align and we get the opportunity to kite Pipeline.

This type of wind never really lasts long and sure enough even this session ended up being a little tricky as the wind shifted a touch too onshore by the time I got out making it a little hard to get too deep without my kite falling out of the sky.

Stoked to get a couple pocket rides and some fun little visions but hopefully we get another shot this winter" 🙏🏼

📷 @john_bilderback

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#cabrinha #cabrinhakites #drifter #cabrinhakitesurfing #cabrinhateam #kitesurf #kitesurfing #kiting #kitesurfparadise #kitesurfingphotos #freesurf #livefree #livefreeridefree #keahideaboitiz #offthewall #luckywelivehawaii #venturehawaii #patagoniasurf #patagonia #backdoor #pipeline

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