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Don Montague

Wind surfing entrepreneur Montague, working on the Hawaiian island of Maui is one of the world’s most experienced kite sailors. Kite boating in the heavy Hawaiian winds, Montague has experimented …

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Leading Designer Believes So Kiteboating as Next Popular Sport?

Don Montague, of Naish International, in Maui, has a vision for the future: kiteboating. “I’m very involved in developing this new sport. I have the passion. That’s where my heart …

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Outsourcing to China

Naish International was the first Maui water sports equipment manufacturer to outsource kite production to China. Starting in the early 1990s, Robby Naish, owner, and Don Montague, designer, sent their …

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Kite Sailing Symposium: Pre-Event

The Drachen Foundation, a Seattle, WA-based educational non-profit, has been documenting recent developments in kite traction – kite sailing in particular. The Foundation organizes and implements innovative educational projects using …

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KITES ACROSS THE OCEANS

KITES ACROSS THE OCEANS Pierre Fabre Ronan Quéméré THE BEGINNINGS OF A NEW SAILING ERA A millennium ago, daring Polynesian sailors made use of kites to tow their canoes between …

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Kite Sailing Symposium

The first Kite Sailing Symposium was a fast and furious weekend of events highlighted by lectures, discussions, and more than a little fun. Kicked off by a look at early …

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Single Line High Performance Mode Needed: Solving the Kitesailing Stability Problem?

I’ve recently come to a new direction from which to think of the future of kitesailing. By kitesailing, I don’t mean windsurfing: I’m referring to the use of kites instead …

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