Kiteboarding: Overview
What is Kiteboarding?
"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."
The first thing Barack Obama did when his time in office ended was go to Neckar Island owned by his friend and kiteboarding advocate Richard Branson where he finally learned to kite. He wanted to kite his whole time in office but the secret service would not let him. Branson, a seasoned kiter at the time, was learning to foil while Barack was getting in his first rides ever. He was 56 at the time. He went literally the first day out of office! Can you blame him? Kiteboarding is amazing. |
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"Don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits."
On one research trip to a local ski shop we saw something in the back corner - it was an old wooden Burton "Snow Board" and it looked a lot like what we were working on. We negotiated to buy just the bindings and attached them to our board. We then had the board painted neon orange with a sprawling green dragon and we called it the "Dragon Board". Nothing ever came of it but a realization that I loved extreme sports so I got a job at a local ski shop and immersed myself into the world of ski and surf culture. In my yearbook I proclaimed that one day I would ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon. I didn't really care what it was, boogie boards, surfing, scuba, fishing, skiing, snowboarding -- I loved it all.My name is Ivano Stellato - founder of Mystic Point Water Sports. When I was young I spent my time at two places - the library and the local swimming pool. I'd grab a few books and then go to the pool and swim and read for hours. I was obsessed with learning and for some strange reason water. To this day whenever I drive somewhere I will often take a longer route if it brings me to within view of water.
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"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."