Kitesurfing in Canada
Updated: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 8:08 pm
Perhaps flying a kite seems boring, and maybe wakeboarding isn't exciting enough. But when the two are paired together, they create a sport for adventure travelers that has garnered increasing popularity in the past few years.
Kitesurfing is a surprisingly tough activity, and a great way to spend a North American vacation. Canada is home to the award-winning New Brunswick Wind and Kite Club, where tourists can learn how to maneuver the waves while trying not to succumb to the wind power pulling the kite.
The kitesurfing school offers several packages, from one-hour lessons to a seven-day course involving a total of nine-hours of instruction. The sport is taught by International Kiteboarding Organisation-certified professionals on 10 acres of Lameque Island. Lessons are available for all experience levels, and take place in shallow waters to ease the nerves of the uncoordinated.
Canada's Wind and Kite Club is one of the country's premier boarding facilities, and won an award for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism Product Development in 2008.
Interest in kitesurfing has soared in the last year, and Newsweek reports that more than 100,000 specialty kites have been sold since August 2009.
Kitesurfing is a surprisingly tough activity, and a great way to spend a North American vacation. Canada is home to the award-winning New Brunswick Wind and Kite Club, where tourists can learn how to maneuver the waves while trying not to succumb to the wind power pulling the kite.
The kitesurfing school offers several packages, from one-hour lessons to a seven-day course involving a total of nine-hours of instruction. The sport is taught by International Kiteboarding Organisation-certified professionals on 10 acres of Lameque Island. Lessons are available for all experience levels, and take place in shallow waters to ease the nerves of the uncoordinated.
Canada's Wind and Kite Club is one of the country's premier boarding facilities, and won an award for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism Product Development in 2008.
Interest in kitesurfing has soared in the last year, and Newsweek reports that more than 100,000 specialty kites have been sold since August 2009.
