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Deury Corniel • Deury Corniel was Vice World Champion in freestyle in 2019 and Youth World Champion before that. This year, despite recovering from a knee injury, he has been giving the other freestyle competitors a run for their money, as well as competing in Formula Kite foil racing. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for this talented rider from the Dominican Republic, and also what his fellow pros are keen to ask him…

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Brisbane Australia • Ryan Parsons, who signed with Ocean Rodeo last year, has just visited Brazil for the first time to take part in the GKA Hydrofoil-Freestyle World Cup. The judges noted he had a really eye-catching, slashy style, and he introduced the spectators to frontrolls with a wing slide on landing, something he’s dubbed the ‘rhino slide’. We chatted about where he honed his skills and unique style: Queens Beach North in Queensland, Australia.

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Naish House Brazil • In the return of our Behind the Clip slot of yesteryear, Naish International team riders Ewan Jaspan, Stig Hoefnagel, Cohan van Dijk, Louka Pitot, Leo Verrecchia, Nadja Bianchet and Jinne Boer headed to Brazil to put together an epic freestyle, freeride and Big Air video that you can catch on YouTube. But make sure you read this first – it’s always better to read the book before watching the film…

INTO THE WILD • Head north from Norway and the archipelago of Svalbard is the last stop before you reach the North Pole. Kari Schibevaag is a fan of the area and headed there for a snowmobile and kiting trip with old friends. If you want to run into polar bears – and Kari advises you don’t – it looks like an awesome destination, a true Arctic wilderness. She certainly came away with some special memories from the trip.

SCOTTISH POWER • Youri Zoon and friend and photographer, Orestis Zoumpos, have been sending us tales of their missions to off-the-beaten-track destinations like Norway, or Greece out of season, where Youri ends up being not just the only kiter in the water, but the only person in the water full-stop. This time they headed to bonnie Scotland, and yes, once again Youri enjoyed empty beaches to himself.

TEAM ELEVEIGHT • The WOO Worlds competition took place recently with riders worldwide uploading their sessions to the WOO App to find individual and team winners in categories such as highest jump and greatest total distance kited. Team Eleveight were stoked to take gold, both in the total height category – 37km over nine days – and the total distance kited over nine days: 3674km, the equivalent of riding from Copenhagen to Iceland and back – using just twintips, not foil boards. Team leader, Kent Ellegaard, alone clocked up 1445km of that distance – 301km in a single day – and 18km of the height. We spoke to Kent, who is the Eleveight dealer and distributor for Denmark, plus Michael Hansen and Stefan Petersen, both from Denmark, and Kaimar Halliste from Estonia, to find out how they went about beating the other teams.

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