POSTED: Tuesday August 16th 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

KB4girls 2011 World Tour Hood River clinic successful even with high winds

Female participants are joined by Girls Inc. members

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

TAMPA/PORTLAND, August 16, 2011: Kiteboarding women of various skill levels from around the Pacific Northwest came together for the Hood River clinic to learn new skills, refresh safety habits, meet other lady kiters, and even to help raise money for Girls Inc. of Portland.

Four girls, aged 10 and 11 years, participating in the Girls Inc. program of the Portland chapter joined the kiters in the afternoon to watch 9x World Champion Kristin Boese demonstrate techniques and tricks. Later in the day they were guided by Kristin in flying a trainer kite - an experience these girls will surely not forget too soon.

Girls Inc. is a national local nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart and bold.

With winds gusting up to 30 knots, Hood River did not disappoint, but yet did not deliver the easiest learning conditions for the participants.

Pro coach Becky Bishop claims: “The fact that all the women were able to go out in the challenging high wind conditions was inspirational in itself. The camaraderie and the support amongst the girls and women encouraged them to overcome their fears and they still attempted and learned what they wanted to learn.”

And after a day of bonding through kiting Michelle Yamamoto, participant, states: “We have created livelong friendships that will inspire us to get together and continue to build our female kite community and I just really look forward to hanging out with the girls again and having fun while share our passion!”

Local organizer Lauri Streaker, who carried out an amazing job locally putting together the event, explains: “I learned a lot about what it takes to bring a group of people together in a safe and organized way and it was very satisfying. It was gratifying to see everyone having a great time. Helping Girls Inc. was an important aspect of the clinic as well as seeing the participants helping each other and becoming better kiters. I am totally stoked to be working with KB4girls in the future.”

The event would not have been possible without the amazing support of the pro trainers Laura Maher, Britney Todd and Becky Biship as well as the volunteers Andrew and Amy Olive from Bellingham, Jonah Peskin from Hood River and photographer Jim Stringfellow from Seattle.

Congratulations go out to participant Machelle Dotson, whose raised a total of $220 for Girls Inc. and won a KB signature board from Best kiteboarding!

The local organization would like to especially thank the amazing local partners and sponsors who contributed to the success of the event: Slingshot Kites, Second Wind Sports, The Sandbar Café, Rosauers, Gorge Gradients Kite School, Cascade Pro Photo and Neuro.

The KB4girls foundation and their worldwide tour is supported by Best Kiteboarding, DaKine and G-Shock.

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, August 13 , 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

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Keywords · KB4Girls · Kristin Boese · kiteboarding · Hood River · Girls Inc

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Name: Kristin Boese
Organization: KB4girls 2012 World Tour
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URL: http://www.KB4Girls.org

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