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Hey know any budding file makers?

Here is a great chance for all those budding film makers out there.  get into it now.......

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Surf film entries wanted for Kona film festival


by The Garden island
Posted: Tuesday, Sep 05, 2006 - 10:34:48 pm HST

Surf filmmakers are invited to submit their work for consideration for the 4th Annual Kona Surf Film Festival.

The Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu will host the festival from Dec. 7 to 9 as a benefit for Na Keiki O‘ He‘e Nalu, a Kona-based youth environmental group.

The festival committee will consider any films documenting surfing of any form including bodysurfing, kite boarding and more.

Films depicting other ocean activities like sailing, fishing, diving will be considered as well.

Films should be a maximum of 10 minutes in length and submitted on DVD. Submissions will not be returned.

Deadline for entries is Oct. 30.

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we already know this...

Kiteboarding is gettting very popular

The Beaumont Enterprise - People latch on to new water sport of kiteboarding and literally take off

People latch on to new water sport of kiteboarding and literally take off
By STEPHEN REGENOLD, N.Y. Times News Service
09/07/2006
Updated 09/06/2006 11:57:43 PM CDT
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Jason Lee, right, of California Kiteboarding, teaches a class at Pismo State Beach.


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Jason Lee, right, of California Kiteboarding, teaches a class at Pismo State Beach.
North from the fishing pier at the town of Pismo Beach, Calif., miles up the shore and past the beachgoers standing in the wind and staring out to sea, the green hills of San Luis Obispo County loom in the haze. There, on the very edge of a continent, the Pacific winds blow unremittingly into those big California hills, blurring the air and gusting up to 30 mph on a typical day.

Not surprisingly, people fly kites on this stretch of sand, Pismo State Beach. Families crane their necks to peer up at green dragons and bright diamonds and rainbow-pattern polyester boxes, hovering 100 feet aloft on a single thread. And kites, in effect, also fly people off this beach, where kiteboarding has gained an ardent local following.

Where to find lessons


Any spot on the planet with consistent wind and wide-open water is a candidate for the sport of kiteboarding.

# Air Padre Kiteboarding: (956) 299-9463, www.airpadrekiteboarding.com ; and South Padre Island Kiteboarding Inc.: (956) 245-8343, www.southpadreislandkiteboarding.com - offer kiteboarding lessons and equipment sales on South Padre Island.

# San Luis Obispo's California Kiteboarding: (805) 550-3768, www.californiakiteboarding.us offers instruction from March through at least September.

# Based in North Carolina, REAL Kiteboarding: (866) 732-5548, www.realkiteboarding.com employs instructors to teach at Cape Hatteras; Cozumel, Mexico; and Newport, R.I., among other spots.

# Lakawa School of Kiteboarding: (651) 428-4121, www.lakawa.com teaches on Lake Minnetonka, Mille Lacs and Lake Superior.

# The Kiteboarding School of Maui: (808) 873-0015, www.ksmaui.com in Kahului stresses private lessons.

N.Y. Times News Service




"We can fly 30, 40 feet up in the air if we hit a wave right," said Jason Lee, a 26-year-old resident of San Luis Obispo who teaches kiteboarding at Pismo State Beach. Lee said interest in the sport has exploded since people began realizing what was possible with a binding-equipped surfboard and a kite.

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