Women Kiters – Join Monthly “Collective Chats” in 2022
Save the Date – 1st Wednesday of the Month in 2022 NEW FOR 2022! We’re building on last year’s success of the “International Virtual Meet-Ups” and making it bigger and better! Introducing: Women’s Kiteboarding “Collective Chats” WHAT A monthly virtual meeting for our global women kiter community, featuring experts in kiteboarding! WHY You spoke and…
Hair Care and Kiteboarding
Hair Care & Kiteboarding Does your session ever end with a tangled mess atop your head? Do you worry that sun, wind, and saltwater dry out your scalp and cause damage to your hair? Sure, long days in the water can take a toll on your hair, and tricks and tumbles can result in endless…
5 Traits of a Kiteboarder that make a Great Business Leader
While learning to be a kiteboarder, I realized the traits required of me to be a proficient kiter were the same ones that make a good business leader. Here’s how: 1) Commitment – to Long Term Goal Achievement. When you take up kiteboarding, you realize very quickly that you have just committed to a long…
Help! I Can’t Reach The Bar.
Short Arms? Behind every problem, there is a solution. Remember, early on in your kiteboarding progression, learning that if you let go of the bar, the kite stops pulling? This wonderful feature is employed by riders of all ability levels. How nice is it to release the bar to set the kite down on a…
Win a Dakine Harness! (Giveaway, May 2021)
We have teamed up with lovely folks from Dakine to bring one beautifully crispy brand new harness to one lucky lady in our community! You Can Win A Brand New Kiteboarding Harness From DAKINE! Here’s how you enter to win: STEP ONE: Submit one photo with a caption on the pinned post in our Facebook Group.…
Support Matters in Women’s Sports (Heidi Ettlinger, snow sports guru, USA)
Heidi Ettlinger – Snowsports Industry Guru In February 2021 I attended the first ever Women’s Kiteboarding Virtual Meet Up and noticed profound similarities to the female community I serve in snowsports. Beginning in 1996 my career path shifted from Human Services and Counseling to becoming a full-time snowsports educator serving the public and professionals. Along…
Kiteboarding Through Life (Kristin Boese Solbach, 9X kiteboarding champion, USA & Germany)
SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Born in Potsdam, East Germany, Kristin Boese grew up behind the iron curtain. As one of the best students in her school from year one, Kristin soon showed interest for various sports and excelled in most, but ended up focusing on kiting. It was a good decision, as she become a 9X kite…
We are Your Tribe: Encourage, Support and Celebrate One Another! (Holly Peck, Women’s Success Coach, Board President, USA)
We are Your Tribe: Encourage, Support and Celebrate One Another! (a personal message from our new President) On the heels of “International Women’s Day”, I was reminded that we have unique challenges in life which men do not. In my own life, I’ve experienced sexual harassment at my first corporate job, a divorce from an…
Community Virtual Meet Up with Linda Argila (Feb 2, 2021 East Coast USA)
Ladies we’re thrilled to announce the newest program for 2021: WHAT: A series of virtual “Meet-Up’s” – online gatherings of our community members. WHERE: On the website Airmeet.com – this is an awesome platform because we can easily break into smaller groups and spend time together. Please RSVP to the FREE event here on Airmeet.…
Body Awareness: Kiting with Back Pain (Annelise Regmigio, Australia)
With a history of back pain and surgery, kiteboarding was not something I saw in my realm of possibility. My back injury consisted of a series of inflamed discs as a really of uneven pressures on my spine. For one if these discs I had previously had surgery to take the pressure of my sciatic nerve.…
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