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America’s top female foil talent is deep into her studies in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games.
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America’s top female foil talent is deep into her studies in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games.
The 15-year-old world champion from the foiling kiteboard world has captured one of the highest awards in American sailing.
St. Francis Yacht Club has been driving the development of Kite Foiling, hosting the third stop of the Kite Foil Gold Cup 2015.
High in the mountains of Norway, endurance snowkite racing takes sailing to a different level and tests skills, tactics, and perseverance.
How did a premier speed sailing event suddenly get less interesting?
Watch highlights from the European Kite Racing Championships at Hang Loose Beach in Gizzeria, Italy.
Flying Higher: For Johnny Heineken, being named Rolex Yachtsman of the Year is not only a personal achievement—it’s a success for the sport of kiteboarding.
Johnny Heineken, the 2012 Kiteboarding Course Racing World Champion, and Jen French, the 2012 Paralympic Silver Medalist in the SKUD-18 class, were named US Sailing’s 2012 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year.
Kiteboard racing is different, and so are its rules. “Rules” from our November/December 2009 issue.
A group of U.S. athletes leads the charge in the growing sport of kite racing. Web extra from our November/December 2011 issue.
America’s top female foil talent is deep into her studies in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games.
The 15-year-old world champion from the foiling kiteboard world has captured one of the highest awards in American sailing.
St. Francis Yacht Club has been driving the development of Kite Foiling, hosting the third stop of the Kite Foil Gold Cup 2015.
High in the mountains of Norway, endurance snowkite racing takes sailing to a different level and tests skills, tactics, and perseverance.
How did a premier speed sailing event suddenly get less interesting?
Watch highlights from the European Kite Racing Championships at Hang Loose Beach in Gizzeria, Italy.
Flying Higher: For Johnny Heineken, being named Rolex Yachtsman of the Year is not only a personal achievement—it’s a success for the sport of kiteboarding.
Johnny Heineken, the 2012 Kiteboarding Course Racing World Champion, and Jen French, the 2012 Paralympic Silver Medalist in the SKUD-18 class, were named US Sailing’s 2012 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year.
Kiteboard racing is different, and so are its rules. “Rules” from our November/December 2009 issue.
A group of U.S. athletes leads the charge in the growing sport of kite racing. Web extra from our November/December 2011 issue.
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