If you are a sponsored rider and wish to increase your profile and gain more exposure for the shop or company who pays for your gear then KBm would like to help you.
In our next issue we are doing a big push to get more editorial for Australian riders. (Because at the moment there is a severe lack of content being submitted to KBM)
All you need to do is hook up with a photographer and get some shots.
We are always looking for
Potential cover shots/ double page features/ travel stories/ HOW to sequences/ etc

Just pick up the mag and see what sections we do as regular feature to give you some direction.

If you are not sponsored then being proactive and getting some exposure will go along to getting you sponsored.

If you need some direction or help message us on our facebook page www.facebook.com/Kiteboardermag

Thanks Beaver

If we got a good photo is there a email address or something we can send it too

i am a shop rider, does that count??

Hi,
I am a photographer,based in Perth, if there is a rider around who would like me to take pics,i'd be more than happy to do that!!

I'd like to send some of my photos to the kiteboarder Magazine, it looks awesome!

please check my site at www.kitesurfshots.com

true, i downloaded it from my fb since i do not have my pics here right now , plus,i prefered to post a pic of someone I know over a better pic of someone i do not know who could complain afterwards for privacy stuff.. that's why I look for a rider keen on having some shots taken :)

I rip chop. ripchoppachoppachop... Hook me up...

ilGrezzo said...

as long as kbm don't have to pay for photographers or writers then anything counts.

sadly it works like that for many kite mags

mmm "severe lack of content being submitted to KBM"

KBM said...

If you are a sponsored rider and wish to increase your profile and gain more exposure for the shop or company who pays for your gear then KBm would like to help you.
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If you are not sponsored then being proactive and getting some exposure will go along to getting you sponsored.

Get paid in good will, not even Kids Beer Money

^^^^ You can join me in Krap Board Maga

whats with every one paying out the mag, its a sweet mag and they are making it every few months in a small sport. its not going to grow or get any better without articles and support from us, same with all the kite mags out there.

AndyEliotH said...

what about the segmant on young riders ?? need anyone for that ??

Your kidding bro haven't even Started kiting yet... And you want a segment done on you. Less gung ho n you might make it out of here alive.

surfingboye said...

ewan kite said...

whats with every one paying out the mag, its a sweet mag and they are making it every few months in a small sport. its not going to grow or get any better without articles and support from us, same with all the kite mags out there.

Your missing the point of a magazine. The ten dollars you give to the newsagent should be paying for a journo or writer, last time I checked they weren't giving away free stuff for submitted content.

Maybe if it was a free community type mag, saying "Because at the moment there is a severe lack of content being submitted to KBM", would be acceptable. But as a paying customer I kinda expect them to come up with the stories and pictures.

Am I wrong???

sooooo right. that was exactly my point, too many kitemags fill their pages with crap articles and crap photos just cause they dont wanna pay photographers or reporters to get some serious material. so a new brand of wanna be photographers is born that gets photos on the time off from their real work or are probably retired and submit photos for free taking room from all those people that actually try and do it for a living. so this trend of kitemags getting stuff for free is started.

eppo said...

It's called user generated material the basis behind the explosion of info over the net, through social media etc etc. user generated and user owned, I think it's a great idea.

So get your stuff in crew , get in in the mag and shut the knockers up. Me, I'm not worth photographing even after 11 years. With my water boy hat and my seat harness I could go in the tool section. Although I can boost like a mother farqer

Hey guys, this is a young hobby "sport", you want the same professionalism as surfing, wait 20 years. I bought the latest KBM and it is good to have on the toilet. It is Australian and Im happy to support it now and then. Most of us dont go kiting with a photographer to get some cool shots, the only cool shots of me were sent via e-mail after they were stoked on what the took and sent via their own stoke.
Exmouth 2009......


Its only a railey, big deal..... Instead of bagging "crap", contribute. The worst photo I saw was a girl spectating on a GK kite, whe was so far away from the shoulder it was a joke, but thats what was contributed. Bag the mag, but try printing one and get it distributed yourself.............

Im happy to contribute free of charge to get the sport off the ground. I like eppo's Idea of a TOOL section. Big wipeouts, Super airs with board-offs, Kitesurfing fails, etc. it could be our own Aussie slant, rather than a slagging comp. I love red thumbs of fingers if your willing to put out, otherwise constructive comments would be more appreciated.

agree with that 100%, free content is fine for free magazine on the web and stuff like that, when people pay 10 bucks each time you gotta give them something better. that's the reason why i never paid for a kite mag but i bought plenty of snowboarding and skateboarding ones. the photos are good and the articles are worth reading. don't see too many of them in kite mags worldwide.
what i'm saying is better doing a smaller mag with good content rather than a massive one full of average shots

stamp said...

- kbm has been going for a long time, if they haven't got their **** together by now and still need help from readers then they need to seriously rethink things

- the sport is not going to progress by promoting amateur photos of tricks you can see at any beach. nor will people pay to see photos of pedestrian stuff they can do themselves, shot by their dad with a $200 camera

- i resent paying money for a glossy slingshot/bws advertisement. it was a far better mag when bill ran it and there was a genuine push for progression in the sport. it stood apart from crud like kiteworld and kitesurf because it didn't pander to industry like those mags.

waiting for KBM fanboi gibbo to come in and post something .

Agreed.