We need your help. Kiteboarding has been selected for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

The format is awesome because it fast, hectic, involves jumps and suitable for anyone who loves to kite already even if you've never been in a race before. Twin Tip Racing is great for all competent riders. For the Youth Olympic Games there is going to be obstacles that make the racing even more hectic and fun for people who love to jump.

We are not looking for kids who are total pros, or people who have been racing for their whole life. The best part is that everyone is in the same boat: this is a new type of kiteboarding that anyone who loves to ride a twin tip can be involved in.

Kiteboarding Australia is working with Australian Sailing on developing a youth program that allows people across the country to try out twin tip racing, get some kiteboard coaching and have fun kiting with kids their own age!

What we are doing currently is looking for people who might be interested in being involved so that we can get a grip on numbers around the country. Are you interested or know a parent of a child or child that might be?

Get them to head over to this survey at kiteboardingaus.com.au/lets-get-prepped-for-youth-olympic-games-help-us-out-by-filling-out-this-survey/ to help us make the right plans!

The more responses we have the more chances we have of getting Australian Sailing to use their resources to put together an awesome opportunity for young kiteboarders and the industry alike.

Thanks for your help!

Alex @ KA
Email me at [email protected] with any questions.

The mind boggles to how this scammed it's way into the Youth Olympics with virtually no participants at all currently.

Freestyle is where youth development would make far more of a positive impact but alas no #fundingwar

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"Kiteboarding Australia is working with Australian Sailing on developing a youth program that allows people across the country to try out twin tip racing, get some kiteboard coaching and have fun kiting with kids their own age!"

Hence I'm not so sure I agree with you guys on this...well on one level I do, but currently I don't.

I don't think there is enough young people currently kiting (and if they are, at a decent level) to start with to start asking for development programs in the freestyle area. It's expensive to start, to learn..let alone a structured training and development program.

Maybe the intention is to at least get some more young people involved per say, in some kind of achievable training program and subsequent competition...THEN I would agree. The next stage would involve advanced training and development in freestyle as well as those that move into the racing disciplines.

Maybe I'm wrong, but at the moment that's how I see it.