Just got an email about The World Kite & Windsurfing Guide:
www.kite-and-windsurfing-guide.com/en/
Does anyone know of any local shops who are going to stock it?
that looks awsome. just bought it from the stoked publications website 
actually a book worth reading for once!!
udo@stoked-publications.com
Email Udo. He's the publisher and will be able to tell you who has it locally and when it will be available -- just released a couple of days ago, published in Germany so probably not arrived in Oz yet.
I have a copy of the German language version that came out earlier this year and it's awesome. Great coffee-table book as well. Loads of glossy photos and info on popular spots, but you don't have to worry about it revealing your favourite secret spots -- it covers the whole world so it's mostly the primary spots in a given area.
what's so awesome about it? It's written by smelly german tuero's who think they know everything. Look at the Australia coverage. A little place called queensland appartantly is only good to kite in Brisbane and surrounds. There's a bit of out of the Metro WA as you would expect.
Probably shxtloads of tips on how to overstay your welcome, have a bath in a handbasin, evade council by parking your wicked camper in the carpark after sunset etc etc
