Local kiteshop XLKites hosts pro rider Bill Parker this Saturday, March 3rd for the 2007 Flexifoil kite and board demo tour. The event will kickoff at the XLKite shop on Miracle Strip Parkway in downtown Ft Walton Beach at 10am. Demos will be conducted at Leeside Park on Okaloosa Island in the afternoon followed by a kiteboard race and downwider ride at 4pm. If winds are light on Saturday, the demo will be conducted Sunday morning at 9am at Leeside. For more information visit the XLKites Event page.

We’ve also made a Google Earth map which shows the location of all the events and the rough course layouts for the race and downwinder. XLkites / Flexifoil 2007 Demo Map

The DestinSharks / EarthNC team is heading to the Miami Boat Show. We are on the waiting list for a booth, but either way we will be on the grounds for most of the show. Drop us a note with our Contact Form if you’d like to meet up. Please include a cellphone number. We will try and post show highlights as we get a chance.

Phil Midler, from Gulf Coast Kiteboarders has posted a great collection of kiteboarding videos on Revver - a free video sharing service. We’ve linked to them here using Revver’s great new Video Collection Widget.

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