Its been a much talked about topic in the Kitesurfing comunity, will the Olympics ever recognise our sport, will we ever be granted space. Today we have our answer, Kitesurfing will actually be replacing windsurfing for the mens and womens board events. The ISAF events committee voted in favour of this move, first brough forward in november 2011, with a group selected to evaluate the kite sport, Kiteboarding / Kitesurfing will now be included under the ISAF sports, and has also been included in the 2016 Olpyics in Rio.
There will be womens kiteboarding competition and mens Kiteboarding competition selected for the Olympic games.
This is a very exciting time for Kitebaording as a sport, with the Olympic games bringing such huge publicity to any sport it deem worthy we're sure to see a boost in whats already seen as one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Due to its nature Kiteboarding and Kitesurfing have always seen peaks of exposure as one of our dedicated riders does something crazy, Lewis Crathern Jumping Brighton pier, after he Jumped Worthing Pier a yr earlier, Ruben lenten starring on day time TV in holland, Aaron hadlow on prime time UK telly after becoming 4 times World champion - He went on to become 5 times world champion after that. We try to Push kiting into mainstream here, having featured on countryfile, Discovery channel, Blackberry torch adverts and we hope to do more, I think the combined efforts of the kiting community will help grow the sport to epic proportions and with the passion involved in kiting I think our sport could be part of the olmpics for many more years to come!
Round 1 of the 2012 BKSA National championships has come to kitesurf in Essex.
Essex based Kitesurfing school push kiting sponsored, photographed and filmed the event and here is the official video.
Tom Bridge in the picture below blew away the crowds with insane moves and the ease with which he executed his rounds, he is a true inspiration to watch, infact all the competitors at the competition where good to watch, the only down side was the weather, Typical!
We've been kitesurfing in essex for over a decade now and clacton is home to our kite school so we were very excited to host the national competition. On the first day of the competition there was not a lot of wind but there was a lots of sunshine, we had a great day chatting and flying small kites, not enough wind to run kitesurfing lessons in essex on the first day, unfortunately living in essex, kitesurfing is a "as the wind blows" sport, unlike hawaii where its constant, but who really wants to be hot all year round. We had new people trying out kite flying with our kite instructors, you can get kite lessons with us all year round.
Day 2 was a bit more succesful, and day 3 similar again, both days had intermitent rain, but enough wind to get kitesurfing at times, Many of the heats where run, but we missed out on the Pro freestyle competition which was a shame as these guys and girls put on a very good show when the wind blows!
Overall despite the weather complaints it was a great weekend and we look forward to the coming BKSA events coming this year!
Of the rounds run, we gained these results.
Course Racing
1st Oliver Bridge 2nd Steph Bridge 3rd Callum Edge
Freestyle
Slope style 1st Peter Jones – King of Watersports
Youths 1st Tom Bridge 2nd George Dufty 3rd Jordan Hurst
BKSA Essex Kitesurfing competition photos from Clacton on sea based PUSH Kiting Kite school
Come and see us at the beach today for free T shirts, competitions and to have a fly! We've been in essex kitesurfing for over 13 years, so if you want advise on where to kite in essex, kitesurfing tips in general or just to hook up with other kitesurfers in essex then come see us today. If you want kitesurfing lessons essex is our local area, clacton on sea is great spot which is why we use it and now we're hosting the first round of the BKSA national event. We also run other kitesports courses in essex including Kite buggy or Kite land board lessons then come and see us at the competition in the PUSH Kiting tent, Call 07736052967 or
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Who are we - Our school founded Kitesurfing lessons in clacton, and has been Kitesurfing in clacton since 2000, We are very happy to anounce that the BKSA are bringing the first round of the national kitesurfing championships to Clacton on sea, and have joint forces with our kitesurfing school with organising and planning the event.
About the area - Clacton is a great little spot to kitesurf, it is small and does get crowded, but with that brings a community that works well together, Kitesurfing is and always will be a sport of co operation as there is no getting away from the basic dangers of harnessing the wind in such a volatile way, new technology make the kites safer, but ultimately nature is a powerful force to be reckoned with and can catch anyone out by suprise, we all need a friend on hand if this happens and so we all look our for each other.
Kitesurfing history - Peter powel kites where remembered by many as a great kite which had a bit of tug, infact the Flexifoil 6ft stacker was the first powerkite to be made in 1972, many years down the line as power kiting progressed the sport started to transform into new sports, spurring off, first was kite buggying and kite boarding, later kitesurfing and since then, snow kiting too. Kitesurfing has been the main catalyst for pushing the sport mainstream and increasing the technology that goes into making the kites.
Kitesurfing future - The level of technology in the kites can only go so far, I hope we will continue to see improvement in stability, speed, precision and safety in our kites, but ultimately it comes down to money, how the sport as a whole is pushed forward, you can help by introducing a friend to this amazing sport, come and try kite sports with us, we've been hooked for 16yrs, we're sure you'll love it too.
With our help you can avoid this kitemare scenario!
If you're interested in kitesurfing lessons, contact us on 07736052967 or e-mail
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our answer, Kitesurfing will actually be replacing windsurfing for the mens and womens board events. The ISAF events committee voted in favour of this move, first brough forward in november 2011, with a group selected to evaluate the kite sport, Kiteboarding / Kitesurfing will now be included under the ISAF sports, and has also been included in the 2016 Olpyics in Rio.
buggying