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Kiteboarder • September 2018
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The Tipping Point

Kitesurf UK • May 2015 • By Gavin McClurg
5,000 MILES. 28 DAYS AT SEA. 3 DAYS WITH VISIBLE SUN. Water temperatures down to 6 degrees Celsius. Not a single sighting of another boat. Not a single fish caught. But at the end of it all stretched the ultimate prize: 1,000 miles of uninhabited, untouched islands. Patagonia. Where God possibly imbibed some supernatural LSD and applied his water colours by hand instead of brush.

The Tipping Point

Kitesurf UK • May 2015 • By Gavin McClurg
5,000 MILES. 28 DAYS AT SEA. 3 DAYS WITH VISIBLE SUN. Water temperatures down to 6 degrees Celsius. Not a single sighting of another boat. Not a single fish caught. But at the end of it all stretched the ultimate prize: 1,000 miles of uninhabited, untouched islands. Patagonia. Where God possibly imbibed some supernatural LSD and applied his water colours by hand instead of brush.

The Last Supper

The Kiteboarder • Vol 11, No 1 • By Gavin McClurg
Gavin McClurg and Jody MacDonald embark on an impossible dream. And pull it off. This is their story.

The Last Supper

Kiteboarder • Vol 11, No 1 • By Gavin McClurg
Gavin McClurg and Jody MacDonald embark on an impossible dream. And pull it off. This is their story of how it happened.

The Quest Continues

Kitesurf • Mar/Apr 2014 • By Jody MacDonald
Pete Cabrinha, Moona Whyte and Keahi De Aboitz hop on board the Cabrinha Quest in the far-flung Pacific for more, more, more. And then some more.

The Quest Continues

Kitesurf • Mar/Apr 2014 • By Jody MacDonald
Pete Cabrinha, Moona Whyte and Keahi De Aboitz hop on board the Cabrinha Quest for the continued fanciful and wondrous wanderings of the wildest kitesurfing expedition that our little Earth has seen.

Confessions of an XC Addict

USHPA • Jan 2014 • By Gavin McClurg
Pilot and new North American Foot launch record holder Gavin McClurg comes clean on a spiraling addiction to free flight and how the chase for the clouds has come to define his life.

Discovering Polynesia

Stance Planet • Fall 2013 • By Jesse Anderson
Photographer Christian Black and pro rider Cameron Dietrich hop on board the Cabrinha Quest in the South Pacific and come across not only picture-perfect kiting, but sharks, whales, manta rays...and a whole lot more!

Land of the Kuna

Kiteboarder • Summer 2013 • By Evan Netsch
Cabrinha Rider Evan Netsch hops on board the Cabrinha Quest and pays a nice long visit to the land of the Kuna in Panama's San Blas archipelago

The Kiteboarder 2014 Calendar

Kiteboarder • Calendar • By John Bilderback

Cabrinha Quest - Isles de Polynesii

Stance • Dec/Jan 2014 • By Jesse Anderson
Christian Black et Cameron Dietrich hop à bord du Cabrinha Quête en Polynésie et de faire des découvertes surprenantes sur et sous l'eau, et de polir le tout avec une houle de tonnerre à Teahupoo

Adrift in the San Blas

Kiteworld • #66 Dec/Jan 2014 • By Natasa Silec
Superstar kitesurfing globetrotters Miguel Willis and Natasa Silec make a long stop on the Cabrinha Quest in the San Blas Islands in Panama. Most things go right, and one thing goes really really wrong.

Two Degrees to Windward

Kiteworld • #66 Dec/Jan 2014 • By John Bilderback
John Bilderback and Reo Steven join the Cabrinha Quest in Polynesia and find paradise, as well as heartbreak.

Adrift in the San Blas

Kiteworld (UK) • 29 (Dec/Jan 2014) • By Natasa Silec
Superstar global kitetrotters Miguel Willis and Natasa Silec hop on board the Cabrinha Quest in Panama, where things go very right...and very wrong.

Two Degrees to Windward

Kiteworld (UK) • Dec/Jan 14 • By John Bilderback
Photographer John Bilderback and Cabrinha ripper Reo Stevens hop on board the Cabrinha Quest and make some rather radical discoveries.

Spuren in Sand

Kitelife (Germany) • 29 • By Jody MacDonald
Profile of photographer Jody MacDonald featuring her works from around the world.

Fenster Zu Einer Anderen Welt

Kitelife (Germany) • June, 2012 • By Gavin McClurg
Ein Schiff, ein Mann, eineMission: Gavin McClurg istKapitän der Discovery, einem17-Meter-Katamaran. Seinletzter Kitetörn zu den ÄußerenHebriden wäre beinahe auch derletzte seines Lebens geworden.Nach fünf Jahren im Zeichender Best Odyssey sollte der hoheNorden Europas der krönendeAbschluss einer fast zweifachenWeltumrundung sein.

Gallery

Cross Country • 139, Jan 2012 • By Jody MacDonald
Stunning gallery of paragliding images from Jody MacDonald in Tonga, Mozambique, Madagascar, and Scotland

5 years at Sea

Kiteworld (UK) • #56 April/May 2012 • By Gavin McClurg
5 years at sea. 54,000 miles. 50 Countries. One Mission. A Voyage for Madmen- the final feature of The Best Odyssey Expedition

Legends at the Abyss

SBC (Canada) • Summer, 2009 • By Gavin McClurg
Pete Cabrinha, Mauricio Abreu, Moehau Goold, Kristin Boese explore where none have before on The Best Odyssey in the Marshall Islands

Exposure

Outside • Feb 2012 • By Jody MacDonald
Insane double spread paragliding shot in the Azores in Exposure

Final Sessions and a Few Lessons

Kiteworld • #55, Jan 2012 • By Gavin McClurg
Thoughts on the past and future, and staying present in Cape Verde

A Modern Day Odyssey

30 degrees • Jan 2012 • By Serge Greter
Epic discoveries on an Epic Expedition

Slow Living in an Ancient World

Kiteworld (UK) • #54 Nov/Dec 2011 • By Gavin McClurg
Thoughts on technology and time and making very poor decisions for the right reasons.

Land of the Lost

Kiteworld • #52 Sept 2011 • By Gavin McClurg
Ben Wilson, Josh Mulcoy, Mauricio Abreu in the middle of...someplace you've never heard of

It wasn't as close to Death...

Kiteboarding (USA) • Nov 2011 • By Gavin McClurg
The author find a struggle to live after a poor decision is exactly what he'd been unconsciously seeking. Thoughts on the fine line we sometimes walk.

Parasites and Peeling Waves

Kiteworld • #51 May/June 2011 • By Gavin McClurg
We host Sky Solbach and Kristin Boese for a wave romp in Madagascar

Marooned in Mozambique

Cross Country • Feb/March 2011 • By Gavin McClurg
We find a paragliding site that has never been flown, and run into some trouble along the way

REIZE AUF DEM RADAR

GAPZ (Germany) • Dec. 2010 • By Patrick Morda
Absurdly gorgeous paragliding as you've never seen before in the Kingdom of Tonga

Die Dunkel Seite Der Pracht

KiteboardingDE (Germany) • Apr. 2011 • By Gavin McClurg
Epic adventure, epic struggle on a world expedition

In German

Share Float

Forbes • Jan. 2010 • By Helen Coster
An in-depth behind-the-scenes account of how The Best Odyssey came to fruition

Bazaruto

Hangliding and Paragliding • April/May 2011 • By Gavin McClurg
Flying a pristine insane virgin site in Mozambique

Price of Discovery

Kiteworld • #50 April/May 2011 • By Gavin McClurg
Things don't always go according to plan on a world wide expedition

Two Different Worlds

Kiteworld • #49 Feb/Mar 2011 • By Gavin McClurg
Jaunts of kiting and paragliding through French Polynesia

The Price of Discovery

Stance (France) • Jan. 2011 • By Gavin McClurg
Things don't always go according to plan, and sometimes- far from it

Legends at the Abyss

Kiteworld • #48, Dec 2010 • By Gavin McClurg
An amazing group of the finest riders in the world step literally off the map, and into wonderland

Chasing the Shouting Wind

Action Asia • Dec. 2010 • By Thayer Walker
A visual feast of paragliding in a mystical land in the Himalaya

Paragliding the Himalayas

Outside (USA) • Oct. 2010 • By Thayer Walker
We take a break from the boat and head to India to fly in the Himalayas with the Sky Safari Team and give author Thayer Walker a heck of a ride. Oh, and Gavin almost dies...again.

The Price of Discovery

Kiteboarding (USA) • Nov 2010 • By Gavin McClurg
Wandering around the world on a luxury yacht in search of wind and waves isn't always...a breeze

Riding Giants

KiteboardingDE (Germany) • spring, 2010 • By Gavin McClurg
The biggest swell to hit Indo in 10 years cracks the shores of Sumbawa with Ben Wilson on board

Legends at the Abyss

Action Asia • July/Aug 2010 • By Gavin McClurg
Pete Cabrinha, Mauricio Abreu, Moehau Goold, Kristin Boese explore where none have before on The Best Odyssey in the Marshall Islands

Chasing the Bull

Outside Go • Fall, 2008 • By Michael Behar
Documents the first ever kiteboarding expedition with 9 of the best in the sport in Bocas Del Toro, Panama

Land of the Lost

Kiteboarder (Aus) • Sept. 2009 • By Gavin McClurg
Join Ben Wilson, Mauricio Abreu and Josh Mulcoy on a mission to find waves in lonely, isolated Kosrae, Micronesia

Riding Giants

Kiteworld • #46 June 2010 • By Gavin McClurg
Largest swell hits Indo in 10 years. Dietrich, Wilson, Richman and more

Pleasure and Pain

Kiteworld • #44 April 2010 • By Gavin McClurg
Paying the price for a huge score in French Polynesia with Moehau Goold, Mauricio Abreu, and Josh Mulcoy

Best Odyssey Goes Industrial

Kiteworld • #42, Dec. 2009 • By Gavin McClurg
Take a trip through the Panama Canal and join as we nearly get arrested for a crazy stunt...

The Good, the Bad, the Gnarly

SBC Kiteboarding (Canada) • Spring, 2009 • By John Bilderback
Possibly the greatest wave score in the history of kiteboarding with Mauricio Abreu, Josh Mulcoy, Moehau Goold and Clinton Bolton on board The Best Odyssey. But it all doesn't go down perfectly...

A Journey through Time

Kiteworld • #43 Feb. 2010 • By Gavin McClurg
Best Odyssey visits an idyllic spot forgotten by time in the San Blas, Panama

Gunned down in Los Roques

Kiteworld • #41 Oct. 2009 • By Gavin McClurg
This 3rd column takes us to Los Roques where a run in with the Federales makes things a little more interesting than desired!

Walking the Line

Kiteworld • #40 Aug. 2009 • By Gavin McClurg
The expedition continues with guest stars Shannon Best, Alex Brown, and Clinton Bolton on board in Antigua and Barbuda

The Adventure Begins

Kiteworld • #39 June 2009 • By Gavin McClurg
The first of a regular column in Kiteworld. In this issue the Best Odyssey gets underway

Reality Check

Kiteworld • #40 August, 2009 • By John Bilderback
In insightful and unapologetic look into the world of kitesurfing waves in Kosrae, Micronesia on board the Best Odyssey

Journey through time

SBC Kiteboarding (Canada) • Spring, 2009 • By Gavin McClurg
The expedition descends on the San Blas, Panama with guest rider David Tyburski and SCORES!

Legended des abysses

Stance (France) • Fall, 2009 • By Gavin McClurg
The windiest and wildest expedition to date with Moehau Goold, Pete Cabrinha, Mauricio Abreu and Kristin Boese in the Marshall Islands

Polunesie. Beucoup de plaisir, en peu de douleur

Stance (France) • December, 2008 • By Gavin McClurg
A wild wave journey through French Polynesia with Mauricio Abreu, Josh Mulcoy, Moehau Goold and Clinton Bolton on board The Best Odyssey

When it all goes Right

KiteboardingDE • October 2008 • By Gavin McClurg
A wild wave journey throug French Polynesia with Mauricio Abreu, Josh Mulcoy, Moehau Goold and Clinton Bolton on board The Best Odyssey

Message in a bottle

KiteboardingDE (Germany) • April, 2009 • By John Bilderback
Pete Cabrinha, Moehau Goold, Mauricio Abreu and Kristin Boese on board the Best Odyssey in the remote Marshall Islands

Pirates in Paradise

Kiteboarding (USA) • January, 2008 • By Aaron Sales
The Best Odyssey deals with pirates, beautiful girls and lots of wind in Los Roques, Venezuela

Rippers Round Table

Kiteboarding (USA) • June 2008 • By Michael Behar
The best pros from around the world join the Best Odyssey in Panama for the first kite expedition in the region

Pacific Paradise

Cross Country • Winter, 2009 • By Gavin McClurg
We take to the skies in French Polynesia and blow the locals minds, as well as our own

Down the Rabbit Hole

USHPA Hangliding and Paragliding • May, 2009 • By Gavin McClurg
Magical paragliding in this insanely photo-rich gallery of the first flying ever in the Kingdom of Tonga

The Sea: A Final Frontier

Cruising World • February, 2007 • By Gavin McClurg
Wind travels in the Solomon Islands

South Pacific Kite Surfari

Wind and Kite • March, 2006 • By Gavin McClurg
The crew of Discovery discusses kitesurfing across the South Pacific with the team from F.One in our first kite trip ever (2004, Fiji)

Walking the Line

Kitelife • summer, 2007 • By Gavin McClurg
The Best Odyssey on their third trip with legend Shannon Best and pro riders Clinton Bolton and Alex Brown. Article in German

Parting Shot

National Geographic Adventure • • By Gavin Butler

The Odyssey Kiteboarding

Action Asia • January 2007 • By Steve White
The Best Odyssey kiteboarding expedition launch.

A Universe to our Own

The Kiteboarder • Summer 2007 • By Jeff Kraemer
The Best Odyssey begins the expedition with a trip through the West Indies with pro kiter Clinton Bolton and friends.

Chasing the Dream

The Kiteboarder • Fall 2007 • By Marina Chang
The Best Odyssey begins.