Mark My Words
The two time World Champion and board developer sheds some light and expresses his opinions on the issues that matter in today's ever-growing kiting universe. Read his column in every issue of Kiteworld Mag.
INTRO – Uh oh, Shinny's been on the beers again...
For Mark Shinn's 30th column in Kiteworld he finishes off last issue's feature offering more tips on lightwind riding, but first, something's got his goat...
Mark Shinn gives you some vital light wind riding technique tips
Surely the fight isn't finally over for a 'legitimate' platform to show kitesurfing to the world, is it? Mark Shinn argues the case in his regular column
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Which riding camp are you in? Which would you like to be in? Whatcha gonna do about it?
Mark Shinn submits column #31 |
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Mark Shinn tries the appliance of science approach to testing
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| In 2002 kitesurfers had to focus on fine-tuning their kite handling skills to get the most out of their barely depowerable kites. Have modern kite designs made us lazy and less skilled? Shinny investigates |
| We're lucky to have a double World Championship columnist in Mark Shinn. He's been around the kiteboarding block a bit and looks back on elements of the great kiteboarding journey so far |
| Mark Shinn reflects on the fact there's no place like home, especially when it's hot, windy and the waves are up! |
| Back from another 'work trip' / industry holiday, Mark Shinn laments on the healthy state of gear development |
| This is Mark Shinn's 25th column on the trot in this magazine, but he keeps coming up with something to chew over |
| Although he's been enjoying a little casual coastal cruising on a raceboard, we won't be seeing Mark Shinn converting his freeride enthusiasm onto the race course |
| We give him his own column and he starts writing about bikes. Shinny has been mainly getting saddle sore in Cape Town since he last sat down to press enough buttons to fill this page |
| In his regular column, Mark Shinn wonders whether it's time to open up to the truth |
| What an end to 2009 we had! In his regular column, former world champion, Mark Shinn, makes sense of it all |
| The kite beach is for kiting, not shoreline chit-chat. Mark Shinn lets off a little steam in his regular column |
| It's a tough world out there kids. In his column this issue, Shinny explains the importance of being dynamic |
| Mark Shinn discovers why fins are so important, but not in the way you might think |
| Two years down-the-line and two-time world champion, Mark Shinn, is still scribbling reflections on a life in kiteboarding for us. This issue, we realise that even hardened pros suffer through a lack of wind and he also explains what we've all been doing wrong with the depower strap |
| Mark Shinn reflects on the goals of fun and the unification of kiteboarding |
| Shinn gives a little whistle and looks on the bright side. |
| What's in a name? Shinn dons his thick rimmed specs, blinks hard a couple of times and heads to the science lab. |
| Ex-world champion, Mark Shinn, rifles through his back catalogue of forgotten moves and finds he's still got it |
| Mark on the ins and out, ups and downs of life in the production industry. |
| This issue, Sergeant Major Shinn cracks the whip and focuses the troops on learning faster this season. Now drop and give him 20 |
| Mark Shinn hits the last spot on his travel wish list, Cape Town, South Africa and it turns out to be a case of better late than never |
| Mr Shinn has dreams of his own airline |
| In his regular column Mark Shinn reports back from the Chile PKRA wave event, the first competitive event he's entered in three years. The lesson learnt: never lend a board to Hadlow! |
| In his latest column, two-time world champion, Mark Shinn asks, “What's with all the player haters?” |
| Rounding out a year of exclusive Kiteworld column inches, two-time world champion, Mark Shinn, offers a few pointers to bear in mind the next time you ride |
| Let loose on our pages for the fifth time, two-time world champion, Mark Shinn, hits the subject of choosing the right board |
| In Mark Shinn's fourth column, the two-time world champion tells you it's all OK, well, most of it |
| In his third column, two-time world champion Mark Shinn looks to an elevated future |
| In his second column, two-time world champion Mark Shinn offers up some tips on the art of winter travel |
| Ex-world champion Mark Shinn takes on a new challenge; his first in a series of Kiteworld columns. This issue, it's the hot topic of the future of kites |