For eight years in a row, the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA) – the world’s leading professional kiteboarding organization – is bringing the events back to Fuerteventura soil. The event dubbed “Fuerteventura PKRA Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2009,†will be a five-day event of extreme kiteboarding action. The highlights will include Freestyle and Kite-Loop Competition to be participated in by professional riders from more than 18 different countries. Organized by Pro Center René Egli through its owner René Egli, featuring €33,000 in total prize money, the Fuerteventura event is well-known as the most extreme PKRA Kiteboarding World Tour event be cause of guaranteed strong winds.
The act of skating is eternally cool—and what kid isn’t drawn to that? Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture In Native America shows how American Indians use this sport as a way of self-expression. And skate culture makes plenty of room for that.
This exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum Of The American Indian has some noteworthy rarities—including a 1969 Craig R. Stecyk III photo of a board adorned with native imagery, and a home movie of the Tavarez brothers from Stecyk’s legendary Zephyr surf team. But the stars are decks created by American Indian designers such as Bunky Echo-Hawk, Jim Murphy, Walt Pourier, Dustinn Craig, and Todd Harder, who founded the annual All Nations Skate Jam that’s co-sponsored by Vans… Details