Kite surfing, or kite surfing, is an extreme sport where kite surfers use the power of the wind to propel a kite over water, land or snow with greater controllability. Combines sailing, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, water skiing and paragliding. It is the cheaper and more convenient type of sailing.
After a few concepts emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and some designs were successfully experimented, the sport gained a wider audience in the late 1990s and became mainstream. At the turn of the century, it hosted freestyle, cycling and race car competition. The sport held the speed record, reaching 55.65 km/h (103.06 km/h) and then over 65.45 km (121.21 km/h) Vestas Sailrocket with 1.5 million kites worldwide surfers, and the industry sells around 100,000 to 150,000 kites a year.
Most kites are front-end inflatable kites, sometimes foil kites, which are attached to the lever and harness with a flight path of about 20 m (66 ft). The kitesurfer rides on a two-way board (similar to the "double tip" of a wakeboard) or a directional surfboard, sometimes in foil, and he often wears a wetsuit in warm to cold water. Safety was sensitive at first, with the risk of injury and death, but it has been enhanced with better equipment and guidance.
