The Oregonian on kiteboarding
Ride the waves behind a kite
It's easy to learn the latest outdoor craze
Thursday, August 24, 2006
JOE FITZGIBBON
HOOD RIVER -- Laura Maher studies her pocket-sized weather pager while she waits for her kiteboarding partner, Karen Barker, to grab her gear and join her on the tiny Columbia River beach.
"I'm reading gusts of 22," the 40-year-old Hood River hairdresser shouts over the wind to her friend. "Awesome day for a ride."
Within minutes, the two women are dancing across the river, towed by large butterfly colored kites that billow wildly in the wind.
It's easy to learn the latest outdoor craze
Thursday, August 24, 2006
JOE FITZGIBBON
HOOD RIVER -- Laura Maher studies her pocket-sized weather pager while she waits for her kiteboarding partner, Karen Barker, to grab her gear and join her on the tiny Columbia River beach.
"I'm reading gusts of 22," the 40-year-old Hood River hairdresser shouts over the wind to her friend. "Awesome day for a ride."
Within minutes, the two women are dancing across the river, towed by large butterfly colored kites that billow wildly in the wind.
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