kitesurfing

Photo by Alexandra Link

My first day back on Vancouver Island, I stopped by a beach on the east coast. It was a wickedly windy day and a few brave souls were kitesurfing amidst the crashing waves.

Popularized by Robbie Naish and other European kitesurf stars in Hawaii in recent years, kite surfing is one of today's fastest growing sports. It is basically a fusion of windsurfing, kite-flying, surfing, and wakeboarding. The act of kiteboarding consists of using a power kite to pull a little surfboard over the water.