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History Kitesurf Wiki Fandom

    https://kitesurf.fandom.com/wiki/History
    History The Chinese are credited with using kites to propel canoes across water early in the 12th Century. In the 1800’s George Pocock used kites of increased size to propel carts on land and ships on the water, using a 4 line control system, the same system in common use today. Both carts and boats were able to turn and sail upwind. The kites could be flown for sustained …

History of Kites American Kitefliers Association (AKA)

    https://kite.org/education/history-of-kites/
    Jul 07, 2020 · History of Kites Early Kite Adventures. Though the exact origin of kites are not known, it is known that they were flown in China and the Malay Archipelago two to three thousand years ago. The earliest written accounts of kite flying were the exploits of the Chinese general Han Hsin, Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.).

History of kitesurfing - Kitesurfing Handbook

    http://kitesurfing-handbook.peterskiteboarding.com/history-of-kitesurfing
    A brief history of kitesurfing In the 1800s, George Pocock used kites of increased size to propel carts on land and ships on the water, using a four-line control system - the same system in common use today. Both carts and boats were able to turn and sail upwind. The kites could be flown for sustained periods.

The History and Evolution Of Kitesurfing - ikointl.com

    https://www.ikointl.com/blog/complete-beginners-guide-know-everything-about-kitesurfing
    In 1977, a patent for kitesurfing was filed by Gijsbertus Adrianus Panhuise from the Netherlands which unfortunately for him did not attract any commercial interest. Seven years later, in November of 1984, the French Legaignoux brothers filed a patent for the first-ever inflatable kite design (pretty forward-looking for their time).

Kitesurfing History - Water Sports Mallorca - Kitesurf School

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    May 07, 2019 · Kitesurfing – also called kiteboarding or flysurfing – has a very recent history, but the idea of using kites with propellers dates from the 12th century, when Polynesians, Indonesians and Chinese people used kites in their fishing boats to navigate.

-National Kite Month: Kite History

    https://www.gombergkites.com/nkm/hist1.html
    A Simple History of Kiting In the history of flight, the first lighter-than-air balloon (1783) and the first powered aircraft (1903) are very recent when compared with the age of kites. The exact date and origin of the kite is not known but it is believed that they were flown in China more than two thousand years ago.

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