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Kiteboarding especially attracts the attention of young
people because it is easy to carry, gives the feeling of
defeating of gravity andmost importantly, it ismuch easier
to practice free style compared to all other sports. There are
two international organizations for this sport which have
spread fast among youth andwater sport enthusiasts: The
KPWT (Kiteboard ProWorld Tour) and PKRA (Professional
Kiteboard Riders Association). Attendance at kiteboard
sporting events, which came to Turkey in 1999, has doubled
or even tripled in the recent years. It is expected that the
number of kiteboarders will continue to increase at a faster
rate in the upcoming years. The reason for this is that the
number of schools giving sports education has increased
and it has become easy to reachworld famous sports brands
in Turkey as well.
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Kiteboarding is actually the combination of a few sports.
While youmove forward on a board, as on awakeboard,
you control a kitemoving in the air with the aerodynamics
of paragliding and at the same time you also benefit from
surfing and sailing. However, doing those sports doesn’t help
much for peoplewhowant to learn kiteboarding because a
completely different technique is used for getting out of the
water and riding.
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