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Kite Surfing
Nordex-Sponsored Kite Surf Trophy
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What has kite surfing, also known as kite boarding or fly surfing, in common with
the wind energy business?
Late this summer, Nordex was one of the sponsors
in the first European Kite Surf Trophy, and
Nordex CEO Dietmar Kestner explains this partnership
by the following words: “With our commitment
we want to support this young, high-tech sport,
which makes intelligent and attractive use of wind
as a medium. In the course of this year, Nordex too
will be going offshore with its first prototype turbine.
For this reason alone, we see parallels between
kite surfing and our business.”
Tourism and Wind Energy
The Return of Don Quixote
Are the German coasts facing a dilemma?
This is the question which came to the attention
of the Schleswig-Holstein Tourism Association.
On the one hand, the region depends more and more
on the development of wind energy – more than
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Kite surfing is a new extreme water sport and a
combination of surfing and paragliding. This year, the
Trophy was held on Fehmarn in Germany from August
23 – 25, 2002, and Norderney from September 6 – 8,
2002, also in Germany. In 2003, the tour is to be extended.
Additional events are planned in Poland and
Spain. Says Kestner: “As a global company, this internationalisation
of the Trophy is very much in our
interest. We would be pleased if kite surfing were to
spread as fast as the use of wind energy.”
The photos are from the exiting days of the disciplines
“Kite Cross” and “Best Trick” in Fehmarn, Germany.
15 % of the value added earned by the district of
Nordfriesland already come from “wind” – and on
the other hand, the landscape is also the capital of
this holiday region.