Kiteboarding has developed so quickly in its many styles and applications, yet there’s an irony at play here. Like a blossoming plant in your garden, the faster the offshoots grow, the harder it is to keep the whole package pruned and healthy. And with the current difficulties in both racing and freestyle disciplines, the problem has never been so evident.
Let me explain. Firstly, racing. Some don’t care if kitesurfing gets into the Olympics. Personally, I think it would be an amazing boost, helping us reach out to the masses currently unaware that a sport called kitesurfing has been invented. Talk about exposure potential. And currently, it’s most likely that kitesurf racing will be the discipline that’ll successfully claim one of the International Sailing Federation’s Olympic slots – in the…