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IKSA

Welcome to the latest editionof our IKSA Newsletter. In this

issue we focus on WAVES . Now

is the time when kiters from allover the world, travel to ourshores, for the best wind and

wave conditions in Europe. As wespeak its 25-30 knots outside thedoor and sunny, so forget thoseholidays abroad in search of windand waves, we have it all righthere!

For those just starting to kite,never before in kite history hasthe gear been so safe. Butremember to beware of those old

kites ogged on ebay. In thisissue we check out some of the

latest kites and boards for wave

kiting . We talk to Ryan Coote

- the Kerry wave guru and

instructor, and chat to Tereasa

Lynch about kite photography.

Once again, prepare yourselves

for our best ever Irish kite

events !

We also encourage you to join IKSA. Not only for its 3rdparty insurance should anythinghappen as a result of your kiting,but also to support IKSA and theIrish Kite Schools in organizingkite events, safety signage onbeaches and training RNLIteams. We hope you continue tosupport us for this next year.

September 2010

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RHINOWAVECHARGE SEPT 18 Event to be decided on the Thursday before. Keep a check on:www.kitesurreland.ie

CABRINHA TOURSEPT 14-26th Making its way from DUBLIN/ ACHILL/ KERRY with SusiMai and Cameron Dietrich traveling around Ireland with all new 2011CABRINHA gear. You can demo all now at Achill and Dublin!

BKSA WAVE MASTERSSEPT 21-26th Event takes place in DINGLE/CASTLEGREGORY, KERRY.More inf o on: www.kite surng.org/events/bksa-2010-events/ wavemaste rs-2010.html

BATTLE OF THE LAKE

OCT 2-3 rd BATTLE FOR THE LA KE at Achill with PureMagic. More detailsat www. puremagic.ie. Again also a chance to try latest 2011 kite gear!

RHINOWAVECHARGE OCT 30-31st Wave lovers come on down and experience a new thrill!

LSD WAINMAN TOURNOV - Try the new 2011 boards and kites from Wainmans Rabbit series.

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PROFILE

RYAN

Ask anyone in the Surf Kite scene in Ireland andthey know Ryan as one of the coolest guys inthe waves. Recently featured in KiteWorld mag,and also the creator of the RhinoWaveChargeevents which take off this month and next, healso runs his kitesurng school out ofCastlegregory in Kerry. He's the man if its wavesyou want to ride..

Where are you from?

My Family home is Currcole Wexford

How long have you been kiting?

11 years

Do you have other sports? Surng and Marshal Arts..

(Ed: so I guess no-one steals your wave)

Why Castlegregory?

It is one of the best places in the world to kitesurf, I

have traveled a lot and i have never found anywhere

like else like it.

Your biggest inuence?

Scott O Conner, was one of the best wave riders I

have seen in ireland. Then he just stopped. I never

understood why. Maybe I will too one day.

Were you the rst kiter in Kerry?

No but I have been the rst in many places aroundireland like my family home Wexford.

Who got you started?

Ed Hum in Tramore gave me my rst ever kite to y

no lesson just heres a kite Ryan..go y.

When did you move to using the surfboard instead?

In Hawaii in 2004

When did you start your school?

Well Ive been teaching since 2002, but i only started

my school in 2004 and I guess I was one of the rst

guys teaching it out there. Im based in the

wonderful Kingdom of Kerry, mostly Brandon but I

travel all over depending on the weather.

Sponsored?

Ozone, Underground, ONeill, Triggernaut, Manna

Organic Shop

Have you competed? Yea, for about for 3 years in the Irish circuit. Went to

Chile, in S.America to do a wave comp in 2008 but I

got injured on the rst day kitesurng.

Whats your favourite gear at the moment?

My 11m C4 with my 54 or 58 Kipuna freewaves

Underground wave board.

What surf board would you recommend to a starter?

It really depends on your weight but a 58 is a good

size for strapped or strapless.

COOTE

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We have seen your weights video,

whats your workout schedule?

Well my normal training is always

in the morning unless their is surf

then I go surng. I nd it really

hard to train in the evening or

during the day as theres toomuch other stuff going on. I have

a 3 mile road loop that I bike as

fast as I can. Then I do a 2 mile

hill run as fast as I can then I

come home and do a 8 or 10 mins

of kettle bell training. Then 10

mins of stretching, mainly legs

and back. I try my best to do that

3 to 4 times a week.

How did the Rhino Wave start?

It started because we need to

promote what we have here in

ireland waves and wind. There

was nothing set up for wave

riders. Their are so many amazing

locations for it here in ireland.

And why the name?

Because it used to be my nick

name when I was playing when I

was a kid, and it works really well

in the wave riding sense as well.

What happens at the event? Well

for the last two years it has been

completely about the riders and

everyone having fun and pushing

themselves and learning new

things and seeing what is possible

in the waves. I t i s about

connecting people as well making

friends and pushing the sport

forward.

Can you stay over?

Do you provide anything?

Is your September event going to

join with the BKSA Wavemasters

event?

Not really its all about the RWC ,

its all about the conditions.

Whereas, with the BKSA, its

about the competition and itcould be held in crap conditions.

So the RWC will keep true to its

rules, its gotta be good before its

a runner.

Will you or any other Irish kiters

be competing?

For sure I hope to see a good turn

out of irish riders.

Whats you favour ite move?

Now thats really hard to say. I

think its whatever my newest trick

is. Its about progression, not

coping for me. Im looking for my

own style, not following anyone

else.

Can you jump strapless with a

surfboard?

Oh yea, have a look at my video

Lose the straps http://vimeo.com/

14544676

Strapped or strapless? (Ed:

boards of course)

Depends on conditions but mainly

strapless...I love that freedom in

the waves : ) R H I N O W A V E

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crossing donegal bay

The kitesurf crossing fromStreedagh, past St. Johns Point into Fintra Strandwas inspired by a kitesurf sessions I had in FuertaVentura. Myself a local kitesurf enthusiast racedfrom the beach at Corralejo to Isla Lobos, a shortdistance but enough to give me the hunger fordestination kiting.

At that timeSt johns hospital in Sligo,where my Dad is being taken care of, was

fundraising to build an extension for family andvisitors to be called The garden Room. Thehospital currently cares for aging and physicallyunable people but currently has no ambientvisiting area besides the hospital lobby or theresidents bedside. I decided to do the crossingto St. Johns point in Donegal and fundraise in aidof St Johns hospital.

We scoped out the Donegal coastline by car nearly 2 months earlier and identiedFintra strand as the safest landing spot. I had thenames of over 15 kitesurfers across Ireland thatwere up for it. The crossing was initially set for

April and this is when we encountered all theobstacles that come with a rst time event.

The difficultywith kitesurng is thatyou need wind, unfortunately the wind required to

get launched in Streedagh was causing smallvessel warnings across Donegal Bay. We setlaunch dates on 3 occasions but could not makethe crossing without RNLI go-ahead. It wasstarting to seem impossible, as the days thekitesurfers were revved up were the days thesmall boats we needed to follow us would notbrave the ocean.

sligo adventurers

Le ft to Right: Euge (youtube), Ross Palmer, Paul Rennick, Blaithin, Bart Willams,

Eoin Carter, Ross Lapin

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On the 4 th occasion Ihad nearly given up hope but it allhappened very quickly. On theday in question July 12 th 2009, Iwas woken by Paul OHare at mybedroom window shout ing

Perfect Conditions horse, get up,take a look!. Although there waslittle to no wind in Mullaghmorewe could see that there was chopoffshore caused by a SouthEasterly wind, perfect!

Due to short notice andequipment failures we had justtwo kiters fully equipped andready to go. Myself and EoinCarter got warmed up andstretched out on the Streedaghshore line, then got harnessed ingrabbed our boards and launchedoff heading north. I was ying16M Vegas North and Eoin wason 15M Slingshot. Ross Palmerfollowed us on speed boat withour Camera man Ugi and as luckwould have our own Doctor,South African Bart.

After 5 minutes thewind dropped, a bit of an anti-c l imax Eoins ki te s ta l ledcompletely, I was still getting theodd teasing gust, after about 20minutes the cameras were aboutto be switched off and we wereready to admit defeat when an oldfaithful Atlantic squall whipped

round and brought us a km closerto our destination.

At this point in the baythe wind was steadier blowingabout 15 knots and carried us at abuilding pace northeast to StJohns point. With my i-podturned all the way up, I was fully

entertained for the 1.5 hours ittook to cross the main stretch.We were closely visited by somemore ominous squalls but theydanced around us and let us onour way. Ross palmer and theboat crew reported having to gofull throttle to keep up at somestretches. The toughest strainwas on the legs, hitting the chopwater at high speed. As weneared St Johns point the skyopened up and we were treatedto unexpected sunshine. Thewind also increased to about 22knots bringing with it a fresh rushof energy for both of us.

The last stretch intoFintra strand was longer than ithad looked from the road but withthe wind steadily driving us, itmade it the best part of thecrossing, the water was shelteredhere too so less chop. We ranthe nal stretch as a race, but hadto tack a number of times andnavigate around scattered rocksso it was difcult to tell whoactually touched sand rst butIm pretty sure it was me.

After all the

elements the day threw at us,

from no wind to rain and windsqualls to unexpected sunshine our trip was completed by aheavy scattering of hail stones onFintra beach. We spotted theTower of the Clock Tower

restaurant and the gang of us (7 intotal) crossed the dunes andordered well deserved pints ofGuinness.

We got a warm

welcome from the surprised barstaff but as we were all still in wetsuits and dripping hail stones wedecided it was better to sitoutside to down the black stuffand again the sun came out tocongratulate us.

Paul Rennick

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Kite Shoot

We interview one of our leadingIrish Kite Photographers and thesource of many of our IKSA Newsletter photos. Here we getTereasa tells us a little of her day...

There used to be a running joke on thebeach when I arrived that if you were

taking photographs you were either

injured or someone's girlfriend. Since

then, though, I know a bunch of people

have thought that looks cool, and

wandered down to the beach to take

kitesurng photographs. Kitesurfers are

great. They play to the camera.

There are a couple of key things to note

when taking photographs of kitesurfers.

Its kinda stating the obvious really. But if

youre planning to take photographs,

theyre kinda important.

Kitesurfers move damnfast. This means to avoid BKS and blurry

kitesurfer syndrome, you need a very fast

shutter speed. I'm not going to make this

a basic photography lesson but typically,

anything slower than 1/800 of a second

and you either have BKS or you need to

be panning. Most cameras allow you to

set a shutter speed either on shutter-

speed priority (called Tv on most

cameras, helpfully) or via a fully manual

setting. All the rest of the settings, theaperture, the ISO, you use to get yourself

there. If its still so dark that you can only

get 1/500, it'll be mildly BKS. Note also,

by the way, that ash isn't a get out

clause here because mostly, youre not

going to be near enough any kitesurfer

for a ash to bounce off him or her. The

night photographs done with Eamon

Armstrong meant he had to come within

10m of me and they were done with a

detachable ash. The inbuilt ash on a

camera is almost denitely not adequate.

Kitesurfers , although notcamera-shy, very frequently have their

back to you. This means you have to skip

over the job of avoiding BKS, and work

on avoiding the back of the head

syndrome. As many kitesurfers are very

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attractive, its disappointing that

there are times all you can see is

a patch of damp hair. Sometimes

thats okay if theyre upside down

hanging in the air but if theyre

just cruising, it doesnt give that

spectacular a shot. Wait for awipeout or a turnaround. This is

more a thing of watching whats

going on than trying to take the

photograph.

If you can kitesurf, you'llhave a reasonable idea of what to

look out to catch someone doing

something interesting, in terms of

trying a trick. This is goodbecause if they nail the trick, you

get it on camera and win 30

million brownie points and

possibly a pint or two afterwards,

and if they dont, youve advance

warning of a wipeout. Kitesurng

wipeouts generally rock.

G e t t i n g both thekitesurfer and the kite in the

photograph is hit or miss.

Sometimes it works; mostly it

doesnt. It works mainly if youve

a super wide lens on your camera

some of the compacts do go

quite wide enough but the ip-

side is you generally need to be

very near the ki tesurfer inquestion. Get someone wholl

jump over you and not land on

you. Alternatively, push the

kitesurfer out to the distance and

make it a landscape shot rather

than a sports shot.

If you want to do thosestylish sequence shots that you

see in the magazine, youll need acamera with continuous shooting

mode. All entry level SLRs give

you at least 3fps but for the

snazzy ones youll need at least

6fps and an image processing

package such as Photoshop or

Photoshop Elements or the Gimp.

After that, its a question of liningu p a l l t h e c o m p o n e n t

photographs on different layers

and cleaning out the bits you

dont need from each photograph.

It can be time consuming so line

up a decent playlist in the iPod

and plenty of tea.

Kite photography is fun.Thanks to it Ive been to a bunchof places that I probably wouldnt

have seen otherwise, met a whole

pile of really great people and I

cant emphasize how absolutely

cool the kite community is and

seen my photographs turn up in

places Id never have gotten to

otherwise. It also forced me to

p u s h t h e l i m i t s o n t h e

photographs I take. If youre

interested in it, its worth looking

at some of the really good kite

guys around the world and the

beauty of the internet is that you

can nd them easily enough. I like

Bryan Elkus and Tracy Krafts

stuff, oh and William Milne. His

stuff is pretty hot too. KiteWorld

do a mail-shot every Monday

called Random Moments which

helpfully arrives around lunch

time. Its also worth checking out

other related sports. Some of the

lighting stuff that I am interested

in trying, comes from some work

done with wakeboarders, forexample, and I also spend a lot of

time looking at some of the surf

guys like Clark Little.

So get some inspiration from a

day out at Dollymount and start

shooting!

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a foreign view

In recent years, after becoming almostcompletely converted to directionalboards, I began a worldwide search forwave-kiting destinations - I needed akitesurng and travel adventure of epicproportions. My nal decision to choose

Ireland was clearly serendipity at work. A former professor had restored an oldfarmhouse in County Clare - and he hadbeen bothering me for years to visit; plusmy sailing partner (and a Continental

Airlines Captain) gave me a First Classround-trip ticket to Shannon - so inSeptember 2009 I began my planningand let destiny run her course. Iremember telling my professor friend that

while in Ireland I would like to go toLahinchhe replied Thats 15km fromthe houseI almost leapt thru theceiling when he said that!!!

For many years, as far back asmy serious windsurng days in the 80sand 90s, I had dreamt of a trip to Ireland- to experience the legendary waves andwind, and to travel thru the countrysidethat always held my interest from the

legends and history I had read about.

When I met Warren V (from Belfast) andhis boys in Florida a few years ago they

also put a bug in my ear, about the wind

and the waves, that wouldnt let me stop

thinking about distant Ireland. It turned

out that their words and promises of

savage conditions was trueabundantly

so! I arrived in Shannon at 0700 on a coolOctober morning, packed my gear into

my small rental car, and headed off

toward Ennistymon. After nding the

farmhouse where I would be staying I set

off immediately to nd Lahinch. I missed

the famous turn to Lahinch and

unexpectedly found myself headed

toward Doolin. I picked up a hitchhiker

and, squeezing him in amongst my gear,

hoped he could offer directions - it turns

out he was a surfer and I helped him

fetch his board left overnight in a farmers

eld, and then drove him to Doolin Point.

The sight that welcomed me was almost

surreal. With the Cliffs of Moher and

Arans Inishmore in the distance, the

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waves were perfect and dozens of

surfers were scrambling over the

rocky point and into the water.

Smaller, clean waves peeling just

in front and massive steam rollers

pumping into the bay to the

South.I was absolutely ecstatic

as I drove past the Cliffs of Moherand arrived in Lahinch for lunch.The forecast for the comingweeks was spectacular. One lowpressure system after anotherwould soon be pounding the WestCoast on a regular basis. This wasalmost too good to be true - I had

been dreaming and training forthis for the last few years, and afew of the days ahead were totruly test my skills and fulll mygreatest expectations.

I had brought 5m, 7.5m,and 9.5m kites and 2 waveboards. Altogether I kited 30 daysout of 40, mostly with my 7.5mkite, about 5 times with the 5m,

and a handful of times with the9.5m. My trip was originallyplanned for 3 weeks but Iextended to 6 weeks - there wasno way I could get enough of thisin 3 weeks, and there was no wayI was going to leave as originallyscheduled.

I rode mostly Lahinch,Doughmore, Hidden Beach, and

also rode several t imes atDol lymount , Belmulle t , andGarretstown. I was hoping to ridein the Dingle Peninsula, howeverthe timing of my visit therecoincided with the biblical rainsand 60 knot winds and 10m swellthat hammered Ireland for a weekduring November 2009. I recallsitting inside the White HouseB&B in Castlegregory during thegale one night, watching the

infamous footy match betweenIreland and France, which wasdecided by a disgraceful hand-ball goal. The next day I had alook around Brandon Bay andInch Strand, the conditions weretempting but still way out of

control.Ive kited quite a few

premium places around the USA/ globe. Often times I felt a bitunimpressed or unfullled - evenif the kiting was good the rest ofthe experience was often bland orunpleasant in some way. Intruthfulness - I was lookingforward to visiting Ireland and

determined to have an incredibleadventure even if the wind turnedout to be unfavorable. I wouldhave to say that the people I met,the things I did and saw, learningabout the country, all of thesethings would have satised me bythemselves. The fact that thekiting was so good made this intothe dream trip for me, life-

changing in a way.While many kiters

around the world dream of far offtropical places for kiting, whereriding in board shorts and bikinisseems alluring, I dream of wildIreland, putting my thick wetsuiton and riding the 30+ knot windsand 4+ m waves. One dayWojciech and I rode 7m wavesin Lahinch. It was mind-blowings u r r e a l , a b i t s c a r y, a n dunbelievably thrilling. That is a dayI will never forget as long as I live.

It has been nearly a yearsince my rst visit to Eire and Ihave been yearning to return,counting the days, day-dreamingabout all the brilliant experiences Ihad in the fall of 2009. So now, asI recover from an involuntary 3month hiatus from kiting, I am

nally back on the wave boardshere in Michigan only as of lastweek, training again for my returnto Ireland in the very near future.There are so many spots I hope toride the next time around. Underany circumstances it will be great

to see the lads and lasses I metwhile there last time around, toride with them once again and toshare the craic!

Roberto

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kite review

I ve been kiting for just over 5/6 yearsand except for a blip on c-kites at the start Ive

been kiting on bow style kites from when theyrst came onto the market. The ozone setupincorporating great build quality, NO pulleys anda great safety/bar system appealed to me andwhen it came round to upgrade time, made mechange from another brand of kites. I now useboth the sport + and the C4 depending on theconditions etc, and really rate them both veryhighly.

Basically the bumpf on the C4 from the Ozonewebsite is spot on, i mainly use the C4 in thesurf but its also a pretty good all round kite andcan be used by anyone from beginner toadvanced in ats, chop and waves.

I must admit, I had my worries moving from a

bow kite to the C type kite as my rstexperiences on C Kites 5/6 years ago, are stillpretty vivid in my mind and not in a good way :-(

The C4 pulls like a truck when you want it too,but has plenty of de-power for when you justwant to use the wave. The big plus in thewaves, is that they turn really quickly and dontfall down to the water too fast when the bar is

sheeted out. It re-launches easier than any otherkite Ive tried to relaunch, including the Sport +.

Ive own the 10, 11 and 12m versions and theyare really light on the arms, yet you know wherethe kite is at all times. The speed of turningreally makes this kite great in the waves, thiscombined with easy relaunch and the basicelements which attracted me to ozone in therst place i.e.. build quality, great safety system/ re-ride and No pulleys means Id recommend it

to almost anyone.

If you take a step back, kite design anddevelopment is still in its early years, Ozonehave a history in designing paragliders andspeed wings and have obviously got anexcellent understanding of what a wing/foil/kiteshould be doing and what they are actuallydoing. Coming from a design backgroundmyself I put a lot of weight into their experienceof all things wind orientated. I think the C4 isleading the way/direction for the future of kitedesign.

My advice, take one for a test drive asap, youlllove it, I know ill be ordering a new 5m as soonas I get approval from the boss :-

Cheers Alan Bennett

Ozone C4

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board review

rewire

Report by: kieron black

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Ive had a brace of

Firewires (6 KQF and 511KTJ) for my strapless kiting now

for six months and theyre the

rst thing I think of when the

wind and swell hit. Having

surfed and windsurfed andsupped and kited now for more

than two decades I think its fair

to say Ive sampled my fair share

of vehicular constructions, and

the rewires are just the

sweetest way Ive seen a board

put together yet.

Lets talk about shapes rst. My

favs can be boiled down intotwo categories; the Quad for

slop and the Taj for juice,

although theres denitely room

for overlap.Living on the east coast

of Ireland we get 80% wind-generated local slop, rarely over

waist to shoulder (although

occasionally we do get gold).

The 6 loves this stuff, carving

though the foam like the

proverbial knife through a soft

cheese. Its reasonably low

rocker gives it acceleration and

allows for easy and early

planing, while the quad set-up in

the ns gives grip where you

want it but lets the tail bust out

when you need it. Plenty of pop

to get the board airborne and

great stability when its not.

Gybes without a thought. Turns

average mush into a real stoke-

fuelled session. One east coast

session recently the wind died to

nothing and I got a decent pronesession on the quad, making it

an ideal one-board-quiver travel

solution.

The 511 is my go-to board

when its throwing top to bottom

or getting above shoulder high.

She just sticks in the groove and

lets you really push it, pullingproper surf turns at critical

sections with buckets of speed.

The pulled-in tail, thruster n

set-up and tail rocker mean

shes got the hold and drive that

the juicier stuff requires. I love

this board in juice. My more

poppier, skate-orientated kite

buddies tell me that she will letthat tail bust out just when you

want it too, but Im a heavier

surfer and like the big carves

and tight turns of power surng

and she does these beautifully,

holding the line with tenacity.

You want to oat down a

pitching lip? You want to carve a

big bottom turn and watch it

throw out above you?Theres magic in the way

these boards are put

together. The strength toweight ratio is fantastic, and the

actual weight of these boards is

perfect for kitesurng; not too

light that theyre corky, not too

heavy that theyre slow. Spot on.

The balsa rails add a memory to

the ex that Ive not encountered

before, and they are kite-tough

which is rare enough in the

world of surfboards.

Finally They ride hard, ride

smooth, take the knocks and

keep you grinnin. And thats it.Get some!

photo by Alan Bennett

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The lads in LSD are out toconvert you to the WainmanKite Experience. The new2011 gear is out now andyou might like to have ademo...

Wainman Winter Tour of IrelandLSD Kiteboarding has beenworking with Wainman Hawaiifor the past three years and sofar the kites have been getting

a great reception from the Irishkiters. Many people have cometo Sligo to try out the range ofRabbit kites and they have allleft the water with a smile ontheir faces. Each summer theWainman Rabbit Gang do at o u r o f E u r o p e , b u tunfortunately they have missedout on visiting Ireland so far.We are going to work ongetting them to visit in 2011,but in the mean time, we areplanning our own, smallerWainman Winter Tour ofIreland.We will be packing the vansand hitting the road to some ofthe most popular kitespotsaround the country. We willhave the range of Rabbit kites,the Bunny, Gypsy, Smoke and

Boss. We will also be packingthe Blunt and Joke twin tipboards, and we will do our best

to get our hands on some ofthe other new surf sticks!If you would like us to stop byyour local kitespot, let us knowby dropping us a mail toinfo@lsdkiteboarding.comThe tour starts in November, sodrop us a line to book yourdemo today!

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Here are our special news for the comingmonths... we can expect quite an excitingautumn on the kitesurng scene!!

Pure Magic/Cabrinha demo tour with somevery special guests:Susi Mai and Cameron Dietrich are landing onGreen Island to demo the latest gear andkitesurf all around the country.We are very happy to invite Everyone onTuesday the 14th of September at 1pm in Pure

Magic shop... so that we can exchange fewtalks with Cabrinha crew before hitting thebeach (Dollymount/Sutton depending onweather conditions), Wednesday and Thursdaywe continue the road to Achill island.

Battle for the Lake in Achill island: 2/3rd of October in Achill Island. Freestylecompetition/party/surprises.

Pure Magic Achill documentary, links availableon youtube:h t t p : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m / w a t c h ?v=YYqP3NtQjO0

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Magic trips: A "Must " experience in akitesurf er's life!Morocco from the 3rd to the 11th of

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