Kite Surf

Swim tractor-drawn and fly-surfing : these two practical made their entry with the Dieppe kite festival in 1998.

Invention of the followers of traction, the fly surfing is halfway between the kite, surfing and the funboard.

That consists in tractor drawing a board of surfing and its pilot on water (on the sea preferably).

The advantages of the kite compared to gréement fixes of a sailboard are numerous : the kite, at the end of its 30 to 50 m of wire, allows to go to seek in altitude of the winds more regular than on the surface of water; the position of the body, with a kite, is less traumatisante; finally, the manoeuvrability of the kite is larger, because it offers the best gone up to the wind.

Practical enough fashionable in Europe, the swim tractor-drawn consists in being made tractor-drawn in water using a kite. The "swimmer" is equipped with a tight combination which helps him to support the many shocks. Indeed, the body of the cervolist, very light compared with the power which the sail of traction can develop, can rebound on the surface of water and the waves and wavelets are as many obstacles on which the body comes to bang.

 

 

Some Web Sites about Kite Surf

Fédération Française de Vol libre :

http://www.ffvl.fr/Vol_Libre/Cerf_Volant/Traction/index_kite.php

French-speaking Flysurf list - Address book - web site about flysurf and kitesurf : http://www.ibsfr.com/annu.flysurf.fr

Fly-surf now - Actualité de la discipline : météo et technique : http://flysurfnow.ifrance.com/flysurfnow/index.html

Flysurf, Kitesurf in Brittany - News and pictures galery: http://www.flysurf.fr.st/

Kiteboard - Kitesurfer community : articles, test of material, reports, forums : http://www.kiteboard.ch/

Kitezone - Portail du kitesurf : material, school, technical advices, glossary and news : http://www.kitezone.net/

Matt's Kite Jumping Page - Worldwide record , Nova Vela club, technique, risk, pictures and forum about kite jumping : http://www.chez.com/cerfvolant/

www.flysurf.com - News, small ads, trick and forum : http://www.flysurf.com/

fun-and-fly : http://www.fun-and-fly.com/fr/kitesurf.html