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ON THE LIST PAROS GREECE • We hear from George Georgoudakis, resort and school owner, and local Eleveight dealer, at Pounda Beach, Paros in Greece. Book us a room George, we’re on the next flight over!

SLINGSHOT CODE NXT • Slingshot’s Code NXT is a proven Big Air podium winner. Who better to tell us all about it than current GKA Big Air World Champion Jeremy Burlando?

Mondsee • JN Kites, founded in 2003, have been at the forefront of aerodynamic design for innovative features such as the “Perfect Round Arc Shape” and the “Floating Batten” that are now found on many modern kites and wings. They have won numerous podiums over the years and have also been one of our test team’s favorite brands, so we’re excited to get them back in the mag after a few years’ gap. We hear from one of their riders, Andi Parhammer, about his local spot in Austria.

Red Bull Winds of Sinai • Jhon Perez from Columbia headed to Egypt to compete in the Red Bull Winds of Sinai event. Filmmaker Marco Bergonzi joined him to capture this video of some extreme Big Air action in a beautiful setting.

FLYING DOWNWIND • Endless sandy beaches, super reliable wind, and postcard-perfect landscapes… it’s no wonder Brazil is a hotspot for kiters from around the globe. FLYSURFER’s mission was to conquer the coastline from Cumbuco to Barra Grande on an epic 450-kilometer downwinder…

STRAIGHT TO THE TOP • How does it feel to not only participate in your first ever international competition, alongside pros who have been your idols for years, but to then go and land a place on the podium? Andrea Zust and Peer Schnyder talk us through joining – and nailing – the 2024 World Tour as newcomers, all while holding down normal day jobs.

WORLD CLASS WOOSTING • Could the students at the World Class Kiteboard Academy - the traveling, international boarding school for kiters - literally send it to the height of the stratosphere in 90 minutes? Jack Salmon, teacher at the academy, who also does occasional gear testing for us at TheKiteMag, reported back on the gravity-defying challenge attempted by students to raise donations during the high school’s last term in Peru.

Mostafa Abbas • When Lieuwe sent us these photos of a recent collaboration they did to create the Windseekers Falcon twin-tip with one of Egypt’s kiting legends, we thought we’d get Mostafa on the line to find out more.

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MINT! • Mint is an English slang word meaning cool or awesome – exactly what the photos in this article are, some of the most stunning waveriding shots we’ve ever seen. Mint is also the name of the photographer who accompanied Oswald Smith and Willow-River Tonkin on their trip to Indonesia. Lads, we applaud you for capturing these absolute ‘minters’ AND bagging yourself this issue’s cover in the process.

SLAYING GIANTS • James Carew has a phenomenal drive to win. The multiple World Champion recently kitesurfed the biggest wave of his life at Nazaré, and not many people realize he also rides the colossal waves there tow-in surfing. While he waits to find out if his wave will take the Guinness World Record for the largest wave kitesurfed, Axel Reese caught up with him to find out more about his love...