TheKiteMag #11 English

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OUT Behind the Scenes of the King of the Air and the Blue Palawan Open

Two of the slickest and most high profile events in kiteboarding’s history have occurred already in 2016. The King of the Air was – by some distance – the craziest yet. With some truly epoch defining kiteboarding on display, coupled with some of the most horrific crashes the sport has ever seen. It really was something else. Then we had the Blue Palawan Open which showcased the wakestyle side of the sport at its very finest, with the top riders given carte blanche to put on a ‘no expense spared’ event at the exclusive Blue Palawan resort in the Philippines. A slick event, and a lot of slick media content to boot.

In this digital age, you obviously know what went down at both of these events but KEEP READING! Here we take a look at things from a different perspective, and we give you some exclusive insights on these events looking from the Inside Out… So first we have Max Blom taking us through the King of the Air, then we have Tom Court on how the Blue Palawan Open played out from his perspective…

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CRAIG KOLESKY


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