I really enjoyed this chat with kiteboarder and extreme athlete Jack Rieder (in part because I'm dying to try kiteboarding myself). Here's just a bit of what we talked about...
1:10 - What is kiteboarding?
6:47 - The disciplines of kiteboarding
13:57 - Other uses for kites
17:51 - Controlling the kite
21:28 - Injuries and risk
27:14 - Media and video process
30:36 - Training vs doing for high level performance
38:07 - The future of the sport
41:11 - The art of getting sponsored
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