Kitesoul Magazine #16 English Edition
In this issue: Riders Column - Colleen Carroll, Red Bull KOTA 2017; ITW Nick Jacobsen, Ruben Lenten; Events: Ragnarok 2017, Banga Foil 2017; Journeys: In the Kingdom of the polar bears, The Wall Ride; Characters: Michael Zomer; Schools: Canary islands; Trends: How about learning kite-foil? Product focus: RRD rigid lines; Felipe Moure Lopez: Blind Judge 5 challenge and much more. In this issue: Riders Column - Colleen Carroll, Red Bull KOTA 2017; ITW Nick Jacobsen, Ruben Lenten; Events: Ragnarok 2017, Banga Foil 2017; Journeys: In the Kingdom of the polar bears, The Wall Ride; Characters: Michael Zomer; Schools: Canary islands; Trends: How about learning kite-foil? Product focus: RRD rigid lines; Felipe Moure Lopez: Blind Judge 5 challenge and much more.
130 Schools In the Canary Islands the sons of the ocean are raised instinctive and very formative game for the kids of Club Hijos del Mar school, an association which was founded a couple of years ago by Roberta Trocchio and Roberto Caruso, an Italian couple who decided to move to Fuerteventura. The school is dedicated to raising young people, from children to teenagers, with the culture of the sea. "My husband and I have always been fond of the sea and water sports - Roberta explains - and all our holidays were dedicated to the practice of windsurfing, surfing and kitesurfing. When our children Alessandro and Virginia were born, quite naturally they too wanted to practice these activities. Then a few years ago, we bought a house in Fuerteventura and we looked for a sea school designed especially for children, but there wasn't any. This was pretty peculiar for an island like this one which represents a Mecca all over the world for water sports enthusiasts. So we decided to move there and to open one ourselves". An arduous dream, but René Egli believed in it
Sea school for kids This is how Roberta e Roberto thought of building a multidisciplinary sport centre to do with the ocean and dedicated to kids from 3 to 23 years old. A school fully dedicated to sports, training and sessions in the sea but which would also spread the culture and respect for the blue planet. At first, the couple tries to cooperate with some already existing surfing centre along the beaches of Fuerteventura, but it is not easy to convince them. "They would tell us that a kitesurf school for children would never work - says Roberta - that tourism on the island had a more adult target, but we didn't give up, because we believed in the project". God job they didn't give up because after a short while they meet someone who considers their idea a bit ambitious, but definitely interesting. That person is not Mr. nobody, but René Egli in person, a gentleman who arrived in Fuerte in 1984 aboard a wrecked Golf car and laid the foundations of what is now the world's largest windsurf and kitesurf school which welcomes every year more than 25.000 sportsmen. "Rene immediately took to heart the project - tells Roberta - and made available its Cabrinha equipment and some space inside the Pro Centre 1 on Sotavento Beach and that's how we started". Learning sports and ocean safety by playing This how the married couple founded the Club Hijos del Mar, registered it as a non-profit sports association and required membership to both the Federación Canaria de Surf and the Federación Canaria de Vela. This way the Centre begins to offer surf, wind-
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Sea school for<br />
kids<br />
This is how Roberta e<br />
Roberto thought of building<br />
a multidisciplinary<br />
sport centre to do with<br />
the ocean and dedicated<br />
to kids from 3 to 23<br />
years old. A school fully<br />
dedicated to sports, training<br />
and sessions in the<br />
sea but which would also<br />
spread the culture and respect<br />
for the blue planet.<br />
At first, the couple tries<br />
to cooperate with some<br />
already existing surfing<br />
centre along the beaches<br />
of Fuerteventura, but it is<br />
not easy to convince them.<br />
"They would tell us that a<br />
kitesurf school for children<br />
would never work - says<br />
Roberta - that tourism on<br />
the island had a more adult<br />
target, but we didn't give<br />
up, because we believed in<br />
the project".<br />
God job they didn't give up<br />
because after a short while<br />
they meet someone who<br />
considers their idea a bit<br />
ambitious, but definitely<br />
interesting. That person is<br />
not Mr. nobody, but René<br />
Egli in person, a gentleman<br />
who arrived in Fuerte<br />
in 1984 aboard a wrecked<br />
Golf car and laid the foundations<br />
of what is now the<br />
world's largest windsurf<br />
and kitesurf school which<br />
welcomes every year more<br />
than 25.000 sportsmen.<br />
"Rene immediately took<br />
to heart the project - tells<br />
Roberta - and made available<br />
its Cabrinha equipment<br />
and some space inside the<br />
Pro Centre 1 on Sotavento<br />
Beach and that's how we<br />
started".<br />
Learning sports<br />
and ocean safety by<br />
playing<br />
This how the married couple<br />
founded the Club Hijos<br />
del Mar, registered it as a<br />
non-profit sports association<br />
and required membership<br />
to both the Federación<br />
Canaria de Surf and<br />
the Federación Canaria de<br />
Vela. This way the Centre<br />
begins to offer surf, wind-
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