Kitelandboarding

Kite Landboarding ( KLB ) is an extreme sport, kitesurfing and snowkiting to the very similar in principle. In contrast to these two sports Kitelandboarding but carried out on land on solid ground, where it can be drawn on a Allterrainboard of a steering mat.

A Allterrainboard is an oversized skateboard with correspondingly large, air-filled wheels that allow the driver to drive on lawns, gravel courts and fields with smaller bumps. Maintenance, see the feet in so-called bonds. (Also called Traction Kites ) Lenkmatten are wandless dragon with wing profile, which constitute an enormous pressure at the appropriate size and wind, and thus both the achievement of high speeds, as well as meter high and long jumps possible machen.Dabei a distinction between handle mats with fixed scale and Depower kites with movable scale. Since you can change in the latter by moving the bar to the angle of attack and thus the traction they are often used to KLB, as the gusts can be well balanced.

An ideal site for KLB is a large, empty area without any obstacles, such as trees, dogs or strollers. Large, firm sandy beaches are best suited, because the surface is very flat and the wind conditions are ideal by the almost constant wind. On such substrates at speeds of up to 50 km / h or more can be achieved. In the inland predominantly mown meadows are used for driving, which have a much greater rolling resistance than hard sand. Therefore, both learning the sport, as well as driving itself designed with the most gusty wind conditions in the inland noticeably more difficult than on the coast.

There are now global KLB Championships, which will be conducted contests in different categories. These are carried out in Germany by the GPA ( German parakart Association Kitesailing eV ).