Kiteboating

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The rising popularity of windsurfing

Written by Jakob Jelling


As with any extreme sport or sport in general, there is only so much one can do on a surfboard. Enter windsurfing, a popular way to gain speed and air by using a sail attached torepparttar surfboard itself. A windsurf setup consists of a bi-directional surfboard with a sail attached inrepparttar 133196 middle. Windsurfing is not for justrepparttar 133197 ocean, this sport can be done on a lake should their be a proper wind to propelrepparttar 133198 surfer.

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