Kitesurfing – a unique movement experience

. The desire of people of different ages to spend more and more time in nature and maximally benefit from the resources in the natural environment is one of the current trends in leisure activities. The extensive use of high-performance equipment and technologies makes it possible to live unique movement experiences that associate mobility with adrenaline, intense emotions with overcoming one’s limits. This trend also incorporates the practice of extreme sports, which have considerably developed due to the constant emergence of new disciplines that satisfy increasingly eccentric tastes. The tendency to practise extreme sports is noticed among young people but also among adults and seniors. Obviously, the extreme sport practised is different, adults and seniors being more reluctant. A category of sports whose popularity has grown in recent years is that of extreme water sports, which include kitesurfing or kiteboarding. This sport uses a kite, a control system and a board to ride on water. They are set in motion by both the power of the wind and the abilities of the kiteboarder, who needs to know the rules to correctly use the equipment. Although kitesurfing seems to be a sport accessible to all ages and training levels, it requires good fitness as well as a proper understanding of the equipment and environmental factors, which definitely influence its practice. Kitesurfing offers participants the opportunity to become aware of their own limits and to combine sport and passion during a unique movement experience that cannot be achieved by practising another sport.