This past weekend I meet up with a sponsored kite surfer to look at gear she was selling and to learn more about kite surfing. Her name was Mila and she was sponsored by Best Kite Boarding. Mila had been kite surfing for the past 10 years, which was when the sport really started to develop. Mila explained how she worked at a surf and sail shop when they were sent kite boarding equipment. The kite boarding company wanted Mila and the other workers to learn how to use the gear so they could show clients and help sell it. Since that point Mila has become an avid kite surfer. Mila appeared very physically fit and healthy. She explained to me key factors when buying used gear such as, always inspect the gear before you buy it, buy it from someone you trust, look for rips or repairs, kites and other equipment older than 2005 are worthless, and the stiffer the kite feels the less it has been used. Since Mila has been kite surfing for so long she has seen a lot of the safety features develop throughout the years. Mila seemed like she could just sit there and just talk to me all day about kite surfing, but the wind picked up and it was time to go. As Mila said “it’s like the wind runs your life you plan everything else around it.”