The wonderful island of Martinique was the perfect stage for the Madinina Kite Challenge, set-up by the kite shop and school Airfly 972.
The event is a mix of sliding wakeboard and kiteboarding. Held at Le Vauclin, in the southeast of Martinique, the competition did not have the perfect wind conditions.
Nevertheless, the freestyle sessions and kitesurfing races were …Â Details
At Kingsway Regional Middle School, students can skateboard their way toward an “A” in gym class.
“Our main goal,” physical education teacher Bill Ewe says, “is to get kids excited about physical fitness. Not to just throw a basketball at them.”
The optional, two-week skateboarding unit – described as the first such curriculum in New Jersey – got rolling before the state’s education budget cuts hit, and so far “the kids love it,” principal Troy A. Walton adds … Details
The BKSA kicked off the new season with a return to Redcar, Cleveland last weekend for round one of the British Kite Surfing Championships.
The forecast could not have looked any worse for a windsports event, however we were confident that due to the temperature difference between the land and the sea, that a sea breeze would come in and the event would go ahead.
And the riders that made the effort to compete were rewarded with … Details