The Kite Chicks Weekend in Naxos, Mikri Vigla was hold the 17th and 18th of June. Fantastic blue sky, turquoise blue water and wind blowing 25 – 40 knots. 15 girls aged between 15 and 40 from Sweden, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Poland and Greece were having a ball: Free lessons on land, first bodydragging and two competitions where the first 3 girls could win Kite Chicks Fashion and cups sponsored by Mikri Vigla Watersports, in the evenings dinner in Naxos and for those who still weren’t tired enough dancing until dawn.

“First of all I didn’t even know that a person like you existed – traveling around and spreading kiteboarding amongst girls. It reminds me of a missioner”.

All girls were beginners but totally convinced that they want to get into kiteboarding. The first day started at 11 am with the introduction of the brand and the Kite Chicks Weeks concept. Afterwards the free lessons started: introduction of the sport and – very important – all about safety, and then finally flying stunt kites on land. It didn’t take more than an hour and the first girls were seen in the water, body dragging along the beach. They loved it.

“You need a believer in order to believe. When we sat down and you were talking I realized that there is a target in your head – a mission. I was wondering what triggered this?”

After a Kite Demo by Petra and special guest “Xaviera” you almost couldn’t hold back the girls to get into the water again. And so we did. The first part of the “Win Kite Chicks Fashion” competition was hold in the pool and the winner was who would manage to get up on the board. 6 strong guys were pulling on a rope on the other side of the pool and running as fast as they could: heavy work for the guys, lots of fun for the girls. That’s how we like it. The winner was Clio from Greece, wakeboarding experience helped her getting up and riding through the pool. After the happy Kite Chicks hour at the pool bar everybody got ready to go into town. We had dinner at Gira Sole and were dancing in Prime and Ocean – some until dawn others went home to get ready for the next day.

“Kiteboarding is such a manly sport. We need something like Kite Chicks. Girls can really kitesurf and do all this together. It’s like a society”.

Sunday started with body dragging, followed by another demo, this time on land: The Kite Chicks Fashion. In the afternoon the girls had to get ready for the second part of the competition: Speed body dragging. It was another windy day so the task was not that easy. All girls managed to reach the goal though and with smiling faces we went on to the award ceremony. 3rd place went to Stefania from Italy, second to 15-year-old Nina from France and the winner was Clio from Greece. For dinner we went to a typical Greek restaurant at Gorgnona in Agia Anna, one of the best places on the island to watch the sunset, drink ouzo and eat seafood. The weekend found it’s end in the early morning hours when we left Prime in Naxos after having been dancing another night.

“The kitesurf community seems to me to become something like Woodstock was, there is so much electricity in it”.

The weekend was a big success for all of us: the girls, the school Mikri Vigla Watersports and the organizers Xavier from the GWA and Petra from Kite Chicks.

....more pictures.............here