IKSURFMAG
About this organization
IKSURFMAG is a free online kitesurfing magazine published by Next Element Ltd, out every two months — six issues a year — and read, by its own account, in more than 150 countries. An issue is built around gear reviews and video technique sections graded by level, with news, travel features and rider interviews filling the rest. Alongside the magazine the site keeps rider and brand databases, and there are iOS and Android apps for reading issues on a phone. None of it is paywalled, which for a title that has been running since 2006 is the part worth noticing. Issue 115 and news posts dated 2026 show the schedule is still being kept. Back issues stay available, so the review archive is deep enough to look up a kite that is two or three model years old.
Primary market: International
Why this profile is here
Free, six times a year, and still going after two decades is a rare combination in kite publishing. IKSURFMAG is in the Trusted Network because its review archive is one of the few places a rider can check an older kite without paying for it. We link the issues; we do not mirror them.
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What riders can do here
Based on the details listed for this profile.
Common questions
What does IKSURFMAG cover?
The topics recorded on this profile: gear reviews, technique, travel, news, interviews and video. Its primary market is listed as International. Its listed reach is online.
Where do I read IKSURFMAG itself?
At iksurfmag.com. We link the source instead of reprinting it, so articles, tests and announcements stay where they were published. The Instagram account is linked at the top of this page.
Who maintains this profile?
For now the KitesurfingOfficial editors, who built the entry from public sources. Anyone who works at IKSURFMAG can claim it and take the details over, and anyone at all can suggest a correction.
Profile stewardship
History
History
The story behind IKSURFMAG
- Founded
- 2006
IKSURFMAG has been published since 2006 (its footer reads 2006-2026) by Next Element Ltd and has grown into one of the most widely read online kitesurfing magazines.
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