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      <title><![CDATA[Island becoming kiteboarding destination]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1280765361" delta="4 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/2/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Summerside - Anyone out for a stroll along the Summerside boardwalk Monday afternoon probably caught a glimpse of some gravity defying wind enthusiasts. Josh and Amanda Bell of Toronto decided to turn the Summerside waterfront into their personal kiteboarding playground. As Josh zoomed across and over the waves his wife Amanda prepared her own kiteboard on the shore."We heard P.E.I. had good wind and we decided to come see," said ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="13231">
      <title><![CDATA[ Kiteboarders aren't content to merely catch waves]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1280765148" delta="4 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/2/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[While it's not recommended for beginners, kiteboarders like Sammy Whitt can't wait to hit the waves when a tropical storm or smallish hurricane blows past. Whitt, 45, lives in Elberta and made his living as a professional photographer shooting beachside portraits, until the oil spill slowed business down to a crawl, he said. He's managed to make up a little of that income teaching what he loves, the surface water ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12537">
      <title><![CDATA[Adam Koch conquers the 2010 NOOD San Francisco in kiteboarding]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1278538882" delta="8 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/7/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Building on a successful day 1 the second day of NOOD San Francisco was even better. With the fog bank fully pulled back behind the Golden Gate Bridge by the start of racing the weather was a good 5 degrees warmer while winds, although lighter than yesterday, continued in the 15-25mph range. A merciful race committee moved the course up closer to the bridge after experiencing a wild and crazy ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12394">
      <title><![CDATA[Kiteboarding champions crowned at the 2010 Triple-S Invitational]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1276726701" delta="11 weeks ago"><![CDATA[6/16/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[This year's Triple-S saw even more specialization within each discipline and the overall riding level exploding through the roof! Heading into the final day, all eyes were on the Triple-S Awards Ceremony, and the show to end all shows, Dub Island Sound System and the Dubplates! The final event lasted from 6pm until well past 4am, starting with an unbelievable dinner served by Mojo's Sunset Café.With the reputation the Triple-S ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12092">
      <title><![CDATA[SPI Kite Round-Up draws kiteboarding enthusiasts from far and wide]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273893930" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/14/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Staring out over the bay Saturday morning, praying for the wind to pick up, Brett Newcomb, a kiteboarding instructor at Air Padre Kiteboarding, said, 'All we really need to have fun is wind and water.'Newcomb, the event coordinator for this year's South Padre Island Kite Round-Up, pointed to the still water and explained the basics of kiteboarding, a water sport that has boomed in popularity in its short, decade-long history. ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11844">
      <title><![CDATA[Cabrinha Kiteboard Racing San Francisco gets Big than Not So Big Wind]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273083267" delta="17 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The Cabrinha Kiteboarding Course Racing Series Race 2 kicked off this Thursday April 29th with many competitors just back from the World Championships in Texas. San Francisco's Crissy Field greeted them with a solid 25 mph of wind. Unlike the last two days of the World Championships, where there was no wind, San Francisco did not disappoint.While the winds did die off for each successive race most competitors left the ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11843">
      <title><![CDATA[Surfer rescues kiteboarder near Bradford Beach]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273083016" delta="17 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Lucky for Steve Hyma that Dan Wright surfs. The 23-year-old Bay View man may be alive today because of it. Wright, 22, pulled Hyma from the chilly and choppy waters of Lake Michigan on Sunday after a powerful wave knocked his kiteboard out from under him and sent him drifting perilously close to rocks south of Bradford Beach."I was at the mercy of the wind and the waves. It just ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11393">
      <title><![CDATA[Hadlow on the loose]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1271020189" delta="20 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/11/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Five-times world kiteboarding champion Aaron Hadlow has taken a year off from competing professionally in the sport, but the 21-year-old has big plans for his time away from the circuit. We caught up with Aaron to see what he's going to be doing, which includes filming online series On the Loose also and trying out a completely different sport. And we find out if and when he's planning to return ...]]></text>
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    <article id="10746">
      <title><![CDATA[Kiteboarding World Cup hits Hua Hin]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1268752479" delta="24 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/16/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Some of the world's best kiteboarders are in Hua Hin right now for the Kiteboarding World Cup. The seaside resort, about two and a half hours outside of Bangkok, is hosting the event in two parts. On the weekend there was an Asian qualifier that allowed some of the region's top boarders a chance to earn a place in the main event competing against the world greats, which started on ...]]></text>
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    <article id="10745">
      <title><![CDATA[Kiteboard Outing Almost Ends In Tragedy]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1268752356" delta="24 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/16/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[I met John Ritter kite boarding on the Banana River.  He found out I was a doctor, and came to my office for a second opinion regarding his shoulder. Little did he or I know that he would be saving my life. Kite boarding is like surfing or wake boarding with a 13 meter kite that looks like a parachute with an inflated edge pulling you along the water.It ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9911">
      <title><![CDATA[Alex Caizergues is the fastest kiteboarder in the world]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1264108744" delta="32 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/21/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) has announced the ratification of a new World Record. Alexandre Caizergues is now the fastest kiteboarder in the planet with an average speed of 50.98 knots in501 meters. The French athlete got this overwhelming result at Luduritz, Namibia,during the 2009 LuderitzSpeed Challenge. The World Record was broken in 19.03 seconds with a Fone Prototype 2009 and a Fone Bandit 3, 8sqm kite.Record: World ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9910">
      <title><![CDATA[PKRA and KPWT: a battle dividing world kiteboarding]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Kiteboard Community Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1264108700" delta="32 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/21/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Kiteboarding, as fast growing world sport, lives days of thunder. Right now, we have two major kite competitions at the same time: PKRA and KPWT. Both of them have stops in the same countries and, sometimes, even in the same beach. There are world champions for two tastes. Despite the passing of time, managers of PKRA and KPWT could not unite efforts and bring a true modern and spectacular kiteboarding ...]]></text>
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