A sport which bears similarity to both water skiing and surfing, kite surfing, or kite boarding as it is also known, involves using a kite as a propelling force. Falling into the category of extreme sport, the participants will attach either skis or a surf board to their feet and use a large kite in order to give themselves some speed so they can be propelled along the surface of a body of water. Possible to do on both the ocean or on a lake, the only limitations to kite surfing are the surfers skill and the weather. Typically windy days ma
y not be sought after for those heading down to the beach, but if you want to try your hand at kite surfing then wind is absolutely a must.
The history of kite surfing is a long one, and even dates back to the 1800’s, although at that time the kites were used to propel carts and not people. But kite surfing as a sport was developed in the 1970s, with Gijsbertus Panhuise of the Netherlands receiving the first patent for Kite Surfing.
There are a number of kite surfing competitions the world over, where surfers compete in events such as speed, jump height or trick surfing.
