If you thought entrepreneurship was a scary prospect, imagine balancing a start-up with training to compete in the most prestigious kiteboarding contest in the country. It’s a daily reality for 25-year-old Sensi Graves, a Hood River, Oregon, native in the midst of designing an eponymous swimwear brand while simultaneously preparing for this summer’s Triple S Invitational in Hatteras, North Carolina—arguably the toughest contest for freestyle kiteboarders, in which Graves has placed third overall for the past two years. Short for “surf, slicks, and sliders,” the contest is a three-part event wherein kiteboarders battle it out on a series of obstacles like rails and kickers to score points, all set against the famously windy backdrop of North Carolina’s Outer Banks … More
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For the episode 8 of my Kitesurf Paradise I test a little island on the east coast of Cuba: Cayo Guillermo. It’s the perfect place if you want to kite in front of your hotel. You can just pump your kites in front of your room and then jump in the blue lagoon! If you want a flat spot you just have to go behind in the mangrove — Charlotte Consorti
Ein Sturm folgt auf den nächsten, die Wellengarantie! Mitten drin, Vater und Sohn – Two Faces: Unser neuer Surf-Film aus dem winterlichen Irland!