克罗地亚佩列沙茨半岛附近的风筝冲浪者和风帆冲浪者 Kitesurfers and windsurfers near the Pelješac Peninsula, Croatia (© helivideo/Getty Images)

克罗地亚佩列沙茨半岛附近的风筝冲浪者和风帆冲浪者 Kitesurfers and windsurfers near the Pelješac Peninsula, Croatia (© helivideo/Getty Images)

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Kitesurfing and windsurfing in Croatia

Of the many ways people have invented to ride boards of one kind or another, the sport of kiteboarding or kitesurfing is one of the newest. It owes a debt to all the board sports that came before it, borrowing a little bit from snowboarding, water skiing, wakeboarding, and of course windsurfing. Like snowboarders and skiers, windsurfers and kitesurfers often share playspace, as they are doing here off the Peljesac Peninsula in Croatia, where you can count on a stiff afternoon breeze in the summer months when the land heats up and draws in the cool ocean air of the Adriatic.

Kiteboarding began to evolve in the 1990s. By separating the sail—in this case the kite, which is similar to a glider—from the board, kitesurfers gained more freedom to maneuver. The kites are inflated, giving them structure and the ability to float should they land on the water. Kiteboards meant to surf waves are pointed at one end; boards meant to ride over flat water are shaped the same at both ends.

克罗地亚的风筝冲浪和帆板运动

在人们发明的各种冲浪方式中，风筝冲浪运动是最新的一种。它欠了之前所有的滑板运动的债，从滑雪板、滑水、滑水板，当然还有帆板运动中借了一点。像滑雪板运动员和滑雪者一样，风帆冲浪者和风筝冲浪者经常共享游戏空间，就像他们在克罗地亚的Peljesac半岛附近所做的那样，在夏季，当陆地升温并吸入亚得里亚海凉爽的海洋空气时，你可以指望那里会有一股强劲的下午风。

风筝冲浪在20世纪90年代开始发展。通过将帆（在这种情况下是风筝，类似于滑翔机）从板上分离，风筝冲浪者获得了更多的机动自由。风筝是充气的，这样它们就有了结构，并能在降落到水面上时漂浮。用来冲浪的风筝板一端是尖的；用于在平坦水面上行驶的木板两端形状相同。