"Kiteboarding" enters the dictionary!
Yes, it's true .. kiteboarding is now in the dictionary (at least the 'Merrium Webster' version)
"Kiteboarding (1996): the sport of riding on a small surfboard propelled
across water by a large kite, to which the rider is harnessed."
Not sure if this settles the debate between it being called "kitesurfing" & "kiteboarding" though?!
- Main Entry:
- kiteboarding
- Pronunciation:
- kit-bor-di?
- Function:
- noun
- Date:
- 1996
: the
sport of riding on a small surfboard that is propelled across water by
a large kite to which the rider is harnessed ?called also kitesurfing
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Melbourne, VIC
