POSTED: Monday May 23rd 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

KB4Girls 2011 World Tour: Bridging Nations through kiteboarding in Turkey

Turkish and Israeli women enjoy the sport they all love in an atmosphere of friendship

High resolution pictures of the KB4girls tour are available here: http://www.kb4girls.org/index.php/media/media-pictures-for-download

LAUSANNE/LONDON/PERTH, May 23: From May 12th through 15th the third stop on the KB4girls 2011 tour took the idyllic Turkish kiteboarding destination of Akyaka by storm. Held as an intimate gathering of women kiteboarders, the event had all the essential elements for a great time: good wind for progression, legendary hospitality, delicious food and top entertainment.

Day one brought light winds, so the girls passed focused on beach orientation, simulator training and then got some exercise with a fun night of belly dancing lessons and dancing on the tables!  Istanblue, the Turkish Vodka sponsor of the event, definitely made the evening festivities very lively.

As happens quite often, after a fun night of food, drinks and dancing the wind picked up!  On day two the girls got out on the water, including KB4girls founder and 9x world champion, Kristin Boese, who braved kiting on a mending ankle to demonstrate for all the participants trick progression.

One of the special aspects of the event was that the group of female kiters was a little smaller than usual, so everyone had the opportunity to get to know each other and bond on a more intimate level. Mostly consisting of Turkish participants the group of 10 girls also included 2 women from Israel.

With the current political tension between Israel and Turkey, this gathering helped to prove Nelson Mandela’s famous quote that, “Sport has the power to change the world.”  Thanks to this special KB4girls 2011 World Tour occasion, the women went home with stories of warm welcomes, friendship and camaraderie.

Shalhevet Segal from Israel has to say: “Coming here we had quite a few debates and two of our friends actually stayed behind. The political situation between Turkey and Israel made it really hard for us, but we really wanted to come to the KB4girls 2011 World Tour event. Because it is a sport event Orit and I knew that politics have nothing to do with it. Coming here we had all the Turkish girls welcome us and had so much fun with them and we are really happy we came.”

All in all the Akyaka venue was fabulous and the KB4girls team as well as the local organizer, Sarah Craddy of Alwayswindy.com and co-trainer Andrina Kelly from the UK are already looking forward to next year’s event. 

The next KB4girls event will be held in San Francisco, California over the Memorial Day holiday for a “Kiteboarding For a Cause” weekend where over 30 participants will try to raise $6000 for a local charity, Girls Inc, whose mission is to inspire all girls to be smart, bold and strong.

The KB4Girls tour schedule 2011 reads as follows:
Philippines, March 8 - 10, 2011
Australia/QLD, April 19 - 22, 2011
Turkey, May 10 - 12, 2011
USA/CA, May 28 - 29, 2011
Netherlands, June 17 - 18, 2011
United Kingdom, June 23 - 26, 2011
Germany, July 8 - 10, 2011
USA/OR, July 16 , 2011
USA/NY, September 16-18, 2011
Australia/WA, December 16 - 18, 2011

About KB4girls
KB4girls is a non-profit worldwide clinic tour for female kiteboarders that was launched in November 2009 by Kristin Boese. While the tour gives female athletes from around the world the chance to get together for a fun time together it also motivates them to push their kiteboarding skills to the next level and possibly start to compete in kiteboarding.

Another goal of the KB4girls events is to support the Surfrider Foundation Europe and the protection of the oceans and beaches. While registration fees are being donated to the Foundation educational materials are being supplied in return and given out to all participating girls, teaching them about their precious playgrounds and how to possibly help to protect them.

Contact:
info@KB4Girls.com  
http://www.KB4Girls.org
neil@kiteboardtour.asia
http://www.kiteboardtour.asia
Twitter: KB4Girls
Facebook : KB4Girls

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Keywords · KB4Girls · Kristin Boese · kiteboarding · Akyaka

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Name: Kristin Boese
Organization: KB4girls 2011 World Tour
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URL: http://www.KB4Girls.org

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