兒時記憶風箏坊

Cory Roeseler was one of kiteboarding's pioneers. In 1987 he was the first person to kite in the Columbia River Gorge.Cory lives in Hood River Oregon.

Dominique and Bruno Legaignoux:法國人,關係為兄弟,划船高手,成功創造充氣風箏(curved wing with inflatable structure),為目前最多風箏衝浪者使用的風箏,並申請註冊專利;發展Wipika system.
In 1984, Dominique and Bruno Legaignoux, two Frenchies brothers obsessed by sailing and water sports, started working on the principle and applied for the patent for their ‘curved wing with inflatable structure’.

雙方的起源(Beginning):
為了搞清楚誰才是風箏衝浪的先驅,追查到很多不同的資料,在台灣沒有一個網站能夠非常清楚說明(有人說美國人,有人說法國人...),因此簡短提供其來源,有興趣的人可以繼續閱讀Rose所整理的資料喔!雖然是英文,但是閱讀完之後,發覺還蠻有趣的,尤其是Dominique and Bruno Legaignoux兩兄弟的發明之路,讓我很佩服他們的精神,因為成功創造出c型充氣風箏,每賣出一只,廠商就必須付12歐元的專利費,讓他們的玩樂發明一生致富.
Kitesurfing can trace its roots back to its ancestors, "kite-skiing" and "flysurfing" which first appeared back in the early '1980's. Cory Roeseler from Oregon began to develop his Kiteski system using a rigid framed kite with a reel-bar & water-skis. The kite-skier launched the kite by hand and let out line from the reel to begin riding. When the kite crashed, the pilot reeled in the lines to re-launch. At about the same time in France the Legaignoux brothers were working on their early prototypes for their inflatable kites. These they tested on water-skis and a variety of other watercraft. The Legaignoux brothers called their sport "Flysurfing", and their kites eventually became the basis for the original Wipika system. The modern era of kitesurfing began mid 90's when Laird Hamilton and Manu Bertin gained recognition by kite-surfing on Maui's north shore. Riding surf style boards with footstraps, they captured the imagination of the water sport community.

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