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Kiteboard Inventors Sell Patents

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By Anne-Sylvaine Chassany


April 18 (Bloomberg) -- On a windy day in 1985, Bruno Legaignoux jumped into the ocean off France's Brittany coast with a homemade kite harnessed to his waist and skis on his feet, letting the wind pull him across the water.

Then, suddenly, a gust of wind lifted the 24-year-old inventor into the air, before dropping him back down and sending him skimming over the waves. Kiteboarding was born.

``It took me by surprise,'' recalled Bruno, now 47 and a millionaire. ``I realized the sport had potential. It was fun.''

Now kiteboarders outnumber windsurfers on beaches from Hawaii to Corsica and a professional circuit is sponsoring 10 events in 2008. This week, more than 50 kiteboarders are competing at Mondial du Vent in Leucate, France, where 19-year- old Briton Aaron Hadlow is defending his freestyle championship.

The kiteboarding boom has made Bruno and his brother, Dominique, wealthy after they patented their kite designs. Now they are in talks to sell their patents before a new technology makes theirs obsolete.

``The patent can be questioned by counterfeiters at any moment and a new type of more-advanced sail can be invented from one day to the next,'' said Bruno, who like his brother lives in the Dominican Republic. ``I prefer selling quickly and getting it over with.''

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IKSURFMAG #8

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Well after three weeks of late nights and forced labour it is finally here! Issue 8 of IKSURFMAG is our biggest, and we like to think best yet! This issue is 163 pages which is huge and it is packed with great content so hopefully plenty to keep you entertained!

The magazine is also growing in popularity, with last issue being the most widely read magazine since we launched with thousands more of you checking it out, so thanks for stopping by! As for us, we are all broken, there is talk of a mountain bike ride to de-stress but we might just collapse in a heap! Wind is forecast for the next few days though so with a bit of luck we will get to ride at the weekend, we hope you all do too...

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Seazons kite demo days

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Seazons, http://www.seazons.be  , organiseert te Heist kite demo days en tests .

Testdays:
20 april
18 en 25 mei

Lessen:
18 en 25 mei

Meer info op de Seazons website...
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Slingshot Benelux website

Nieuwe website van Slingshot Benelux met team info en product vorstelling.

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Landkitemag.com

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New issue of the landkitemag is online , nice pic's and stories.

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Hadddlow action pic\'s

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Here are a few picture of a session at Big Bay the other day from Carlo van Harper.

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Tuva Jensen online

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Tuva's new 2008 website is online, nice pic's and action

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