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Kiteboarding or kitesurfing [1] is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding , surfing , windsurfing , skateboarding , snowboarding , and wakeboarding .
Kitesurfing is a recreation and a sport that involves using a power kite to pull the rider through the water on a small surfboard, a wakeboard, or a kiteboard. Although similar to kiteboarding, Kitesurfing doesn't involve feet strapping, therefore jumps are usually lower and tricks are more surfing related.
This challenge consisted of kitesurfing from the city of Porto to Lagos, Portugal, covering more than 500 km of the Portuguese coast non-stop.This had never been done before and was an idea that Francisco had in his mind for some years, after sailing the Portuguese coast several times in his family boat or with his sailing expert friend Francisco Lobato.
Red Bull King of the Air is the premier big air kiteboarding competition featuring the best athletes from around the World. Riders are judged based upon the height of their jumps, variety of tricks, and style.
This is reflected in close similarities between wakeboards and twin-tip kitesurf-boards. Wakeboarding in wake and waterski parks is thus often considered a more approachable wind condition independent alternative to kitesurfing and has seen a surge in popularity in parallel to kitesurfing, especially in densely populated areas in Europe, such ...
The International Kiteboarding Association was founded in April 2008 by Guillaume Fournier (two-time kiteboarding world champion), after the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) had included the principle of surfers being propelled by a kite in the 'ISAF Equipment Rules of Sailing'. [3]
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Richman was born on July 22, 1992, in Haiku, Hawaii. [3] He began kiteboarding when he was nine years old with his father and older brother Shawn. [3] He started competing against his brother in events a few years later, including King of the Bay in California, [8] and in 2003 they both signed endorsement deals with Naish Kiteboarding. [4]