The Kiteboarder - September 01, 2015

The Fall issue of OFF THE WALL!

LEGALLY LAUNCHED – When a small community of kiteboarders on Vancouver Island loses their water access, they go head-to-head with the Port Authority, using the power of social media and public outreach to wage a short but decisive battle for the right to kiteboard.

ENGINE 2.0 – Coleman Buckley is the king of cheap hacks and relentless tinkering: This is the story of hard work and innovation during the garage days of the Ride Engine brand. As the first hard-shell production harnesses hits the market, we take you back to Engine’s beginning on Santa Cruz’s west side.

VENEZUELA – Some things were never meant to be: Colleen Carroll and Craig Cunningham struggle against all odds to pull off a slider park in the remote islands of Venezuela.

SHAPING OPPORTUNITY – When Matt Elsasser started shaping a simple alaia board out of balsa and fiberglass, little did he know that he was forging a life changing opportunity that would kickstart a serendipitous ride around the world with the help of mega brands like Thule and Patagonia.

GOING BY WALK – English may be Vincent Bergeron’s second language but this French Canadian waiter turned world traveling photographer understands the vocabulary of avant-garde kiteboarding with no problems.

ALASKA SNOWKITE PROJECT – Wyoming’s Will Taggart embarks on an ambitious film project to document the past and future of the backcountry snowkiting experience.

HOOD RIVER SLIDER JAM – While Hood River has the only free-standing slider park in the universe, there hasn’t been a slider contest there since 2012.