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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. Kiteboarding is among the less expensive and more convenient sailing ...
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]
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.
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]
Kite landboarding, also known as land kiteboarding or flyboarding, is based on the sport of kitesurfing, where a rider on a surf-style board is pulled over water by a kite. Kite landboarding involves the use of a mountain board or landboard, which is essentially an oversized skateboard with large pneumatic wheels and foot-straps.
Water skiing and wakeboarding were his first choices, then windsurfing and the latest, in 2002, was kitesurfing. Hydrofoil wakeboarding. Francisco found in kitesurfing the most complete sport he has ever tried, because it is a mix of his favorite sports. In 2005 he was national champion and in 2006 vice-champion.
The lift generated by the kite and other flying characteristics are affected by the kite's angle of attack, which is set by the bridle; the arrangement of lines which terminate the main kite lines and attach to a number of points across the kite's surface. Power kites having 4 or 5 lines come in two variants, fixed bridle and depowerable.
The SkySails propulsion system consists of a large foil kite, an electronic control system for the kite, and an automatic system to retract the kite. The kite, while 1–2 orders of magnitude larger, bears similarities to the arc kites used in kitesurfing. However, the kite is an inflatable rather than a ram-air kite.