1. Kiteboarding will be an Olympic sport starting at the 2016 Rio Games. 2. It replaces windsurfing, which is currently (apparently?) an Olympic sport. 3. Baseball won't be played in the 2016 Games ...

On July 1, the British entrepreneur Richard Branson, 61, became the oldest person to kite surf across the English Channel. Two weeks earlier, the inventor of the windsurfer, Jim Drake, 83, died. The ...

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The sport came to Beto Gomez’s small Indigenous town nearly two decades ago. Despite some resistance back home, he is now the world’s only professional kite surfer with Wayuu roots. The sport came to ...

The windsurfing lobby has raised issues of concern regarding the safety record of kiteboarding, with some arguing that it is not as safe as windsurfing. The International Kiteboarding Association ...

Drive over the Sanibel Causeway on a windy day and you’d swear you’re seeing kites over the water. Your eyes aren’t tricking you. But it’s a kite with a couple of twists. Need a news break? Check out ...

On Friday, during stormy conditions in the coastal town of Bat Yam, Israel, two kite surfers were thrust into the air by a ...