Kiteboarding in the Olympics

Feb 10, 2011

Author: John Bryja

The New York Times was recently in Miami to cover kiteboarding's inclusion in the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta. Read to full story online here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/sports/10sailing.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1&hpw

It's a shame kiteboarding and windsurfing are being pitted against each other. Both would make excellent olympic classes and would be good for olympic sailing.

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