Kiteboarding Hatteras Summer Camp

We are now in the Outer Banks, NC, USA, for the whole summer as always!

Offering full IKO/PASA certification courses, downwinder, photo shoot and daily EPIC KITES demos!

You can contact us at OBXkiteboarding@gmail.com for more info!

Www.kiteboarding-hatteras.com

Photos: Charles Ash.

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Kiteboarding holidays: Plan it. Book it. Share it

Kiteboarding is taking off! But with more people than ever interested and more destinations, where do you get advice on the best spots and deals?

Kiteboardingholidays.com pulls together all the kiteboarding holidays you could ever imagine. Rammed with courses, short trips, day activities and full-on two-week kiteboarding holidays, it covers the planet.

From Albania to Vietnam and Antigua to Indonesia, this site lets you search by region, country, or type of holiday. And with a new blog bringing some excellent posts, it's a site to check out.

All trips and experiences are certified 'Adventurous' and the site's hooked part of the AdventureSportsHolidays.com network of sites . So, if you're staying with PDC and fancy some inland time and adventure holidays in Mexico that don't involve the sea, you can easily check these out too.

And if that wasn't enough, it's all run by people who love kitesurfing and adventure sports, not by the huge tour companies. So expect a love for the sport not found elsewhere.

Check us out!

PKRA Mexico, Day 1.

Torneo de Kitesurf Puerto Vallarta 27 de Febrero al 7 de Marzo! Regata Copa Mexico Bicentenari Edicion Nextel

Bueno, para los que no se han enterado, del 27 de Febrero al 13 de Marzo de 2010 vamos a tener en la bahía de Banderas (Puerto Vallarta y Bucerías), uno de los eventos de vela mas grandes en la historia de México. El evento incluye 5 clases: Optimist, Veleros Oceánicos, J24, Windsurf y Kitesurf. Para ver mas información de las otras clases, por favor entren a los siguientes enlaces: www.RegataCopaMexico.comwww.J24mex.comwww.MexOrc.comwww.nauticalextravaganza.com Respecto al evento de Kitesurf, se divide en tres partes: ¿Donde?: Acceso Playa Publica de Bucerias Riviera Nayarit, a un costado del campamento DIF y al sur del Hotel Decameron, ver mapa google: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=es&t=h&msa=0&msid=101588094932166294872.00047f9e9308ac8de1730&ll=20.745048,-105.327977&spn=0.004926,0.009645&z=17 Pagina evento en Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=268063023535 Eliminatoria Nacional para Regatas de Kitesuf (Course Racing) y Clínicas gratis por parte de Sean Farley (Actual campeón Mundial) y Sandy Parker (profesional de kite racing americana): 27 al 28 de Febrero. Cuota de recuperación $300 pesos, para gasolina de lanchas, jueces, carpas, etc. Esta eliminatoria es para que los kiters mexicanos se empapen de las ultimas técnicas de Course racing, y para que compitan para calificar a la regata internacional profesional que será del 2 al 6 de Marzo de 2010. ¿Porque una eliminatoria? Porque la regatta tiene una bolsa de $20,000 USD en premios y es de carácter profesional, es el campeonato continental Norte Americano y va dar puntos IKA (www.internationalkiteboarding.org) para el ranking mundial. Por lo que exigimos que los que compitan tengan Nivel avanzado. Tenemos confirmación de la mayoría de los top 15 en regattas mundial, vienen de Argentina, USA, Canadá, Francia, Inglaterra y México. Es la segunda vez en México que se lleva a cabo una regata de kite internacional. Registro en Línea: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG9FSmdCSmxlLTk4RzBCdjRIMVdTT0E6MA
Regata Internacional North American Continental Course Racing Championship en Ingles Marzo 2 - 6, costo de Inscripción 120 Euros, incluye comidas, lycra, camiseta y eventos nocturnos:http://www.internationalkiteboarding.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3557:registration-open-for-the-2010-north-american-course-racing-championships&catid=1:general&Itemid=140
Registro para Regatta Internacional: http://www.internationalkiteboarding.org/index.php?option=com_ckforms&view=ckforms&id=1&Itemid=257
Pago Free Style y/o Regata Internacional en Línea: http://www.internationalkiteboarding.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3559&Itemid=258
Freestyle Expression Session (Para competidores Nacionales) 4 - 7 de Marzo de 2010, $20,000 pesos en premios, cuota de recuperación $600 pesos, incluye lycra y camiseta,algunas bebidas en playa y fiesta de clausura. Tendremos 4 dias de Freestyle, con un nuevo formato, va ser estilo libre Expresssion Session, donde los competidores entran al agua al mismo tiempo sin limite de tiempo, y se van a juzgar a si mismos, cada competidor registrado tendra cierta cantidad de puntos, y votaran por los riders que mejor kitearon cada dia. No va a haber la presion de estar compitiendo en heats, por lo que se la van a poder rifar mas duro. La meta de este torneo es kitear, no estar en la playa viendo a otros kitear. Se iran descartando todos los dias los competidores con menos puntos, hasta llegar a la final con 8 riders, donde se correran heats tradicionales para coronar al campeon. Tendremos 3 jueces también para asegurarnos de tener un torneo limpio y justo.
Registro para Freestyle: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHlQbVpFN0hKVXp5NDhzWXRRLWw3ekE6MA Hemos negociado descuentos con algunos hoteles y con Mexicana de Aviación. Anexo a este correo encontrarán:Notice of Race Carreras (fe de erratas, mandar pagos de paypal a INFO@kitemexico.orgCarta de Mexicana de Aviación con procedimiento de Reservación, 25% de DescuentoPoster Regata Copa MéxicoArchivo Word con Tarifas Hotel Villas del Palmar Flamingos All Inclusive con o sin comidas/desayuno, reservaciones con Alejandro Villa <groupspvr@villagroup.com> Tel. (322) 226-8100 Ext. 711 y 715 Cualquier duda que tengan, por favor no duden en contactarnos, los esperamos en VALLARTA! Mañana enviaremos otro correo con mas opciones de hospedaje, si estas busando casa u hotel en bucerias, contacta a Federico Brun a info@kitesurfmexico.com
Buenos vientos,Andrés SantacruzPresidente - Asociación Mexicana de Kitesurfwww.KiteMexico.org

EPIC KITEBOARDING in the Riviera Maya

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Come and try the latest EPIC Kites at PDC Kiteboarding School, Sandos Playacar All Inclusive Resort, Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

We also organize EPIC Demo in Cancun, at Isla Blanca Kiteboarding Camp, or anywhere in the Riviera Maya. Just contact Mickey by phone, 984 134 2673 or email, pdckiteboarding@gmail.com.

We also be present at the Ventana Kite expo!!!!!

Welcom to a new EPIC World!!!

EPIC KITEBOARDING 2010 GEAR.

PDC Kiteboarding School wishes you an EPIC year 2010!!!!!

Soon, the best EPIC Kiteboarding gear in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.......

to be continued.........

Venomous Lionfish Prowls Fragile Caribbean Waters

A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region.




The red lionfish, a tropical native of the Indian and Pacific oceans that probably escaped from a Florida fish tank, is showing up everywhere -- from the coasts of Cuba and Hispaniola to Little Cayman's pristine Bloody Bay Wall, one of the region's prime destinations for divers.

Wherever it appears, the adaptable predator corners fish and crustaceans up to half its size with its billowy fins and sucks them down in one violent gulp.

Research teams observed one lionfish eating 20 small fish in less than 30 minutes.

"This may very well become the most devastating marine invasion in history," said Mark Hixon, an Oregon State University marine ecology expert who compared lionfish to a plague of locusts. "There is probably no way to stop the invasion completely."

A white creature with maroon stripes, the red lionfish has the face of an alien and the ribbony look of something that survived a paper shredder -- with poisonous spikes along its spine to ward off enemies.

The invasion is similar to that of other aquarium escapees such as walking catfish and caulerpa, a fast-growing form of algae known as "killer seaweed" for its ability to crowd out native plants. The catfish are now common in South Florida, where they threaten smaller fish in wetlands and fish farms.

In Africa, the Nile Perch rendered more than 200 fish species extinct when it was introduced into Lake Victoria. The World Conservation Union calls it one of the 100 worst alien species invasions.