Windsurfing and Kite Surfing

Windsurfing and Kite Surfing — page 1 — Imagine skimming along the surface P of the sea The board under your E feet skips across the chop and suddenly you launch into the air for a massive jump That is kite A surfing or windsurfing two different ZE ways to get the same kind of thrill windsurfing Windsurfers use a surfboard like board and a sail The equipment is bulkier than kiting gear but once the board and sail are rigged up the thrill of skimming across the tops of the waves is A mind blowing Windsurfing can also be done in very light winds winds to flip himself into the air Controlling the landing is where kites may not work the tricky part though A windsurfer uses a wave T

Windsurfing and Kite Surfing — page 2 — Kite Surfing Kite surfers use large kites to drag their small boards across the sea big lakes or even rivers One of the advantages of kite surfing is that your equipment can be carried easily in a backpack with your board under your arm You can catch the bus to the beach then go kiting A kite surfer skims along a lagoon in northern Madagascar Top Two DVDs AC Extreme Kitesurfing some of the world's best kite surfers including Mark Doyle and Aaron Hadlow show off in fantastic locations around the world KA1111 the first movie ever made by wave sailing genius Jason Polakow this is now an all time classic M M

Windsurfing and Kite Surfing — page 3 — A windsurfer stands by his Windsurfing and kite surfing are board By the 1990s boards GO had become lighter as both quite new Windsurfing sports and more fun onlighter took time to become popular but kite surfing took off very quickly after it appeared in the late

Windsurfing and Kite Surfing — page 4 — Born in California Robbie Naish moved to Hawaii when he was a small boy He started windsurfing at 11 and won his first world title at 13 years old He went on to win 10 more windsurfing world championships In the 1990s Naish got into the new sport of kite surfing and won three more world titles The Windsurfing Craze Kite Surfing Kicks Off Windsurfing first became popular in Kite surfing as we know it the 1970s Before then if you wanted today developed in the 1990s to go sailing you needed a boat but kiting first became popular Windsurfing gear was far cheaper in the 2000s Today it is one of and much easier to move around the fastest growing ocean than boats Even so the original board sports Many surfers are boards were heavy and hard to into kite surfing because when ride The designs quickly improved it s too windy to go surfing the and in the 1980s windsurfing really conditions are often ideal for took off Suddenly just about every kiting instead beach in the world was decorated with brightly colored sails This kite surfer is riding a double ended board which is popular for tricks on flat water

3

PAGE 3 OF 29

›

The only kids' eBook subscription service that offers thousands of high-quality books from well known publishers like HarperCollins, National Geographic and others.

JavaScript Required

Whoops! We're sorry but Epic doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Check your web browser's settings to make sure it's enabled.