This Meetup group is a grassroots effort to build a community among windsport (see below) enthusiasts in the New York/Long Island/New Jersey/Connecticut/Pennsylvania area. Meet other local enthusiasts, ride together, coach each other, brag about equipment and definitely do some swaps. This is not a club -- no officers, or leaders, or dues. Everyone is welcome!

Please read the following disclaimer carefully -- as a member of the group you agree to the following:

RISK AND LIABILITY

As a participating member you certify that you are of adequate physical condition to participate in the Windsport Addicts Meetup Group events that you chose to attend. Meetup activities can involve certain dangers, including but not limited to: hazards of traveling in rugged terrain, physical stress, mental stress, accidents, weather events, and the direct actions of other persons and/or participants. As a result, each member is ultimately responsible for their own safety.

Participation in group activities is strictly voluntary and members assume all risks in connection with Meetup activities; per Meetup.com's Terms of Service Agreements and this Risk and Liability amendment, group organizers, assistant organizers and event leaders are released from any and all forms of liability related to Meetup events. Additionally, participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Windsport Addicts Meetup is a mechanism for providing local kiteboarding and windsurfing enthusiasts the opportunity to participate with one another in recreational events. Windsport Addicts Meetup is not a guide service nor should event organizers be regarded as guides; we are all windsport enthusiasts like yourself.

See you at our next meetup!

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Check out our links pages for a list of accessories, blogs, clubs, journals, board, sail and kite manufacturers, and wind/weather information providers.

Our Locations and Launch Sites Message Board lists all the local (and some non-local) launch sites. If you know of any others, or have comments about the launches listed go ahead and post your notes.

Data Conversion Tables provides conversion info for common terms such as wind speed, board and fin length.

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Windsport
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A windsport is any type of sport which involves wind-power, often involving a non-rigid airfoil such as a sail or a power kite. The activities can be land-based, on snow, on ice or on water.

Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a windsurf board usually two to four meters long and powered by the effect of the wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal 2joint and comprises a mast, wishbone boom and sail.

Kitesurfing or kiteboarding is a surface water sport that uses wind power to pull a rider through the water on a small surfboard or a kiteboard (similar to a wakeboard). Generally kiteboarding refers to a style of riding known as freestyle or wake-style, whereas kitesurfing is more "wave-riding" oriented. These two styles usually require different boards and specific performance kites.

Snowkiting is an outdoor winter sport where people uses kite power to glide on snow or ice. It's similar to kitesurfing, but with the footwear used in snowboarding or skiing. In the early days of snowkiting, foil kites were the most common type; nowadays some kitesurfers use their water gear such as inflatable kites. Snowkiting differs from other alpine sports in that it is possible for the snowkiter to travel uphill and downhill with any wind direction.

Kite landboarding also known as Kiteboarding or Land kiteboarding or flyboarding, is based on the ever-growing sport of Kitesurfing, where a rider on a surf-style board is pulled over water by a kite. Kite landboarding involves the use of a mountain board or landboard, which is essentially an oversized skateboard with large pneumatic wheels and foot-straps.

Land sailing, also known as sand yachting or land yachting, is the act of moving across land in a wheeled vehicle powered by wind through the use of a sail. An ice boat (often spelled as "iceboat") is a boat or purpose-built framework similar in functional design to a sail boat but fitted with skis or runners (skates) and designed to run over ice instead of through (liquid) water.