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.
Surfing, as well as a sport, is a lifestyle. Learn to surf is an experience that leaves a mark, but it is also true that surfing is physically very demanding – because it is a sport of balance and reflexes – and for which a lot of perseverance, patience and effort are required.
The origins of surfing are difficult to investigate since there are no written native documents, but it is clear that in the 18th century the inhabitants of Polynesia were already gliding over the waves on top of elongated canoes (called ehorooe)
This modality, which is becoming very popular at present, is being marketed to such an extent that it is inevitable that it will be the attraction and novelty of the coming months and even years.
In Mallorca, it is called Embat. It is a thermal or marinated wind that blows during the summer months and when the weather is good. It has some peculiar characteristics that make it ideal for the practice of sports such as sailing, windsurfing and kitesurfing.
