As the Southern Hemisphere windy season kicks off and the best riders head for South Africa, we break down the similarities and differences between kitesurfing and kiteboarding. Kitesurfing is a ...
You don’t need to be in shape to try kiteboarding, but expect a few face plants before you’re flying
The low point of my kiteboarding education came in hour four. I was floating in San Francisco Bay, struggling to summon an 18-square-yard kite into the seemingly windless sky while waves engulfed my ...
There’s nothing quite like kiteboarding: soaring across blue water as the wind whips your hair and the sun hits your face; the sense of weightlessness and freedom as you float across waves; the ...
Dutch water sports enthusiast Peter Renssen, in collaboration with designer Peter Schermer, has created a hybrid recreational boat that merges kitesurfing with sailing. Dubbed, Kitetender the original ...
Kiteboarding techies in Silicon Valley are seeing big returns. Those who attend the annual MaiTai Kite Camp in Maui, started by Charles River Ventures' Partner Bill Tai and professional kiteboarder ...
If you’ve been at a Seattle beach on a breezy day, you’ve probably seen kiteboarders out skimming the waves with their enormous, bright kites, jumping 20, 30, 40 feet in the air and just … hanging ...
FROM shore, David flashed a thumbs up: the signal for me to go ahead. I pulled down on the control bar attached to the harness on my waist, and the 20-foot-wide kite emblazoned with a dragon arced ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ahead of me, the mountains of mainland Madagascar turn purple in the evening light. The wind whips up, filling ...
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