History of Kite-surf

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Even if kite-surfing is one of the newest sports of our time, its origins date back to the Ancient China. In fact, in the 12th Century, in India and Indonesia kites were used in order to pull little boats. At the beginning of the 19th Century, the British inventor George Pock registered a patent of a traction system with kites that worked with carriages and boats. His invention was a success and he won some prizes. His boats could navigate in bearings of less than 90 degrees against the wind.

In November 1903, the American inventor Samuel Cody navigated across the English Channel by sailing across with kites. In 1970, Petel Powel invented the two-line kite, and he built a kite with a delta form that he used in order to navigate with small-boats. Then, in 1997, GIjsbertus Adrianus Panhuise registered the patent of a navigation system on a surfboat driven by a kind of parachute. Thanks to this, he is considered the father of the kite-surf.

Finally, it is to mention that in Indonesia, kite-surfing is both culture and art, and there are a great number of designs, as it is here where the kiteboarding industry is placed.   

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