Related Research Articles
Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and wakeboarding. Kiteboarding is among the less expensive and more convenient sailing sports.
Kirsty Jones is a Welsh professional kitesurfer and pioneer in the sport of kitesurfing. She is a three-time British Kitesurf Champion, three-time Kitesurf World Wave Champion, and two-time Master of the Ocean Champion, and holds world records in long distance and solo kitesurf crossings.
Kristin Boese is a German female kite surfer. In 2009, she was shortlisted by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards.
The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA), is the only kiteboarding class inside the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). The IKA class rules fall in the category of a development class.
Bruno Sroka is a French kitesurfer. Born in Clamart, Sroka began windsurfing when he was two years old. In 1998, Sroka arrived in Brest and took up kitesurfing, intrigued by the new sport. He had a successful career and went on to achieve many titles, becoming a three-time World Cup champion. Sroka also broke several milestones in the sport: he became the first to kitesurf the Cape Horn in 2008 and from France to Ireland in 2013.
Caroline Adrien is a French professional kite surfer.
Jesse Richman is a big-wave kitesurfer and a big-air kiteboarder. He is a two-time world champion and the first kitesurfer to get barreled at Jaws. He is also known for his world record 790-foot tow-up and 170-foot jump over land.
Bruna Kajiya is a Brazilian professional kiteboarder. She is a six-time Vice World Champion and a three-time World Champion Freestyle in the World Kiteboarding League (WKL). In 2018, the WKL was replaced by the Global Kitesports Association (GKA) which became the official Kite Surfing World Title organization. In 2019, Bruna was the GKA Vice World Freestyle Champion, giving her her sixth Vice World Championship Title. In 2016, Bruna was the first woman to land a "Backside 315", a trick that combines a 540 degree rotation and double handle-pass.
Gisela Pulido Borrell is a Spanish kitesurfer. In 2004, she became the sport's youngest world champion, at age 10. She has subsequently won multiple world titles.
Formula Kite is the kitesurfing class chosen by World Sailing for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The class features a foil kite and a board with a hydrofoil. The equipment is not one-design, but instead competitors use their choice of approved production equipment. The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) manages the class. The class is for men and women.
Poema Newland is a French sailor and kitefoiler. She was the European Formula Kite champion in 2021.
Breiana Whitehead is an Olympic kitesurfer from Australia. She was the first athlete selected for the Australian team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Eleanor Aldridge is a British sailor from Dorset who competes in women's kite foiling. She won the 2023 Formula Kite European Championships and took the silver that year in the World Championships. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aldridge won a gold medal in the women's Formula Kite event.
Lauriane Nolot is a French professional kitesurfer. She is a two-time world champion in Formula Kite, winning in both 2023 and 2024. Nolot won a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the inaugural women's Formula Kite event.
Daniela Moroz is an American sailor who became the World champion at Formula Kite six times between 2016 and 2022.
Elena Kalinina is a Russian World champion at Formula Kite where competitors use kites to propel small hydrofoils. Kalinina first became a World Champion in 2014 when she was seventeen.
Julia Damasiewicz is a Polish formula kitesurfer. She was the European champion in 2020.
Jingyue Chen is a Chinese Formula Kite professional athlete who became the Asian, and the Asia & Oceania, champion in 2023.
Leonie Meyer is a German sailor, medical student and prospective Olympic kitesurfer.
Erika Heineken is an American mechanical engineer and a competitive kitesurfer. She won a sailing event with her father at the US Nationals in 2006 before she switched to windsurfing and then Formula Kite. She was a Runner-up in the Rolex US Yachtswoman of the Year. She has been the women’s kiteboard racing world champion twice,
References
- 1 2 Hodgetts, Rob (1 June 2016). "Family flying high on kitesurfing". CNN.
- ↑ "ISAF 2015 Kites entry list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015.
- ↑ "Sean Farley and Steph Bridge take 2009 Kiteboarding Course Racing World Championship Title in San Francisco". Kiteboarding & Kitesurfing. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ↑ "World Sailing - Stellar Performance From Heineken Siblings Sees Them Take Kiteboard Crowns". World Sailing. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ↑ "New Kitesurf Record Set Around The Isle Of Wight". afloat.ie. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ↑ Brown, Luke (12 May 2016). "Meet Steph Bridge: Mother, team manager and five-time kite race world champion". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ↑ "Moroz and Kalinina Tied After Russian Rider Turns Tables in Light Breezes - International Kiteboarding Association". www.kiteclasses.org. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ↑ "IKA FORMULA KITE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHINA". The Kite Mag. 2016.
- ↑ "WANTED! Female Athletes Sought for GBR Kiteboarding Talent Programme". afloat.ie. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ↑ "Family First, Kitesurfing Second: Meet kitesurfing's most famous family". Sports Gazette. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2024.