Kite
Surfing
Alessio Favaretto
Kitesurfing has been rated as one of the most dynamic sports ever been invented, involving the elements of wind, water, surfing waves, and flying airborne tricks.
Patented 1977 in the Netherland, kitesurfing has gone beyond what anyone could have imagined, with Michael Mac Donald holding the record height of a single jump with 33.9 meters, and Jesse Richman with the hangtime at 22 seconds.
As part of the BEA HERO journey I decided to create this section to share my experience, progress and how to learn it safely.
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How to fly a kite?
"From setting up to the landing, it all begins with a two meters trainer kite."
1977
KITESURFING WAS PATENTED
In 1977 Gijsbertus Adrianus Panhuise patented, what is probably the first kite surfing patent.
The Kitesurfing section of the Virtual Library of Sport adds: "In October 1977 Gijsbertus Adrianus Panhuise (Netherlands) gets the first patent for [KiteSurfing]. The patent covers, specifically, a water sport using a floating board of a surfboard type where a pilot standing up on it is pulled by a wind catching device of a parachute type tied to his harness on a trapeze type belt. Although this patent did not result in any commercial interest, Gijsbertus Adrianus Panhuise could be considered as the originator of KiteSurfing." Full Patent.
The modern KiteSurfing sport started around 1995.
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