Our Local Kiteboarding Shop

Yesterday Ron went to our local kiteboarding shop. I like the sounds of that... 'our local kiteboarding shop.' There is one shop, that I'm aware of, in Vancouver that specializes in kiteboarding gear called AirTime Board Sports at the corner of 4th and Alma. Ron and I live about a 10-15 minute walk east on 4th and the shop is on the way to Spanish Banks -- further down 4th -- so we have to pass it every time we go to the beach. Anyway, Ron brought back a couple of old issues of 'Kiteboarding Magazine' and they have now replaced Maxim and Scientific American for bathroom reading. The magazines are sweet and provide a lot of information for beginners. It actually seems like beginners are welcome in the sport which strikes me as odd compared to past experiences with 'extreme sports.' From what I have read so far, kiteboarding is an 'extreme sport.' I am not an extreme kind of guy - I'm a pretty big guy (6'1, 215 lbs) and agile is not a word often associated with me. My roommate Ron is not really an extreme guy either but is an avid sailor and participates in many races and regattas around Vancouver.

My business partner John, on the other hand is more of an extremes sports kind of guy. He likes mountaineering and ice climbing and things like that and volunteers his time with North Shore Rescue, helping people in trouble on the North Shore Mountains of Vancouver. He has expressed interest in kiteboarding too.