Bruce Kendall on Kiteboarding and the Olympics

11:45 PM Wed 4 May 2011 GMT

'Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009' Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com ? Click Here to view large photo

Mr Bruce Kendall reflected on Kiteboarding being too dangerous for inclusion in the Olympic Sailing Regatta. While we appreciate and deeply respect his achievements as a world champion windsurfer, Olympic medalist and Olympic coach, we strongly disagree with his clearly skewed view on the dangers of modern-day kiteboarding and it's unworthiness to be included in the Olympics. Mr Kendall says he believes that the 'experts' were seduced by kiteboarder's high speeds and impressive jumps, which is clearly a mis-interpretation of the idea of kite racing. We would simply prefer to point out the sheer number of very successful world cup, ...

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