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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