1. Kiteboarding will be an Olympic sport starting at the 2016 Rio Games. 2. It replaces windsurfing, which is currently (apparently?) an Olympic sport. 3. Baseball won't be played in the 2016 Games ...

On July 1, the British entrepreneur Richard Branson, 61, became the oldest person to kite surf across the English Channel. Two weeks earlier, the inventor of the windsurfer, Jim Drake, 83, died. The ...

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When school let out for summer earlier this week, all Todd Page could think about was getting on the water. Stoked by the kiteboarding craze, the 17-year-old Barnegat High School junior rushed to ...

The windsurfing lobby has raised issues of concern regarding the safety record of kiteboarding, with some arguing that it is not as safe as windsurfing. The International Kiteboarding Association ...

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 11: The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has reinstated windsurfing as an Olympic event for the 2016 Rio Games. The announcement was made after a vote of ISAF's general ...

Drive over the Sanibel Causeway on a windy day and you’d swear you’re seeing kites over the water. Your eyes aren’t tricking you. But it’s a kite with a couple of twists. Need a news break? Check out ...

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Editor’s Note: MainSail is CNN’s monthly sailing show, exploring the sport of sailing, luxury travel and the latest in design and technology. Windsurfers took to the sea Tuesday for what could be the ...