Great Places to KiteSurfWritten by Jakob Jelling
As with any sport, sometimes you must travel to different locations to experience a different cultures take on hottest sport around. Current conditions and water depths as well as different land and water formations make traveling globe exciting as you venture out abroad. Different continents and countries provide new and exciting opportunities to enhance your KiteSurfing skills. Professionals travel world wide for unique opportunities to brave ferocious conditions just to take to air over a major body of water. KiteSurfing is no longer just a one country extreme sport; it is enjoyed around world by people of all ages.Legions of KiteSurfers flock yearly to most popular hotspots around seven continents to watch pros as well as take to air themselves using fundamentals of KiteSurfing taught by local experts. There is no doubt a large cost associated with going place-to-place, but you can space your trips and plan them in advance; especially during colder months to save a lot of money on airfare during peak travel periods. Once you have your reservations confirmed pack up your gear and get psyched, bring your kite and gear and get ready to brave wildest waves of hottest spots around world. The following is a listing of some of most popular hotspots on each continent. Each location has professional KiteSurf pros that are willing to teach you skills you need for about $50 - $ 75 per hour. Depending how good of a surfer you are will depend on how fast you advance towards taking air.
| | The History of KiteSurfingWritten by Jakob Jelling
KiteSurfing is by far latest craze in extreme sports. The idea of using a kite to enhance speed and gravity for surfer seems like a new and exhilarating challenge, yet art of KiteSurfing dates back to 13th Century Chinese when it was used as a simple mode of transportation. KiteSailing, as it was known, was a medium that used wind as an aid to harness its momentum and energy to mobilize their canoes across water. The earliest recorded history of KiteSailing dates back to early 12th Century.In 1800’s George Pocock took basic kite design to a whole new level by increasing size of overall kite and used them as a sail to glide carts on land and ships on water. The designs of kites were engineered with 4 lines, same setup being deployed today. Both carts and boats were able to turn and sail upwind. The wind would generate enough lift underneath kite to raise it off of ground and powerful enough to sustain it for a period of time. These kites have been able to propel a man-made vehicle across ground, snow, ice and water. These kites are codependent on wind and its necessary to get off of ground or water to get them to fly. However, once kite is in air it manufactures its own wind, which is proportionately faster and creates a higher rate of speed for vehicle.
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