Hello again Rick,
Thank you for the positive response to my clarification request.
>Do you also have information about global windsurfing death
incidents? I can only find 2.<
Yes, I found a number of incidents.
Monica Weyant ? October 2005
Windsurfer died after hitting head
?The Honolulu medical examiner said the woman whose body was pulled
from Kaneohe Bay on Monday morning died of asphyxia due to drowning
due to blunt force injuries to the head. The death was classified as
accidental.?
Vol. 10, Issue 285 - Wednesday, October 12, 2005
http://starbulletin.com/2005/10/12/news/story09.html
Spyros Sotiriou - July 2005
?A 50-year-old windsurfer died of his injuries on Saturday after being
struck by the propeller of a speedboat off the coast of Sounion,
police said. Spyros Sotiriou had called for help after getting caught
in high winds, the driver of the speedboat Dimitris Tangalakis told
police. A friend of Sotiriou, Tangalakis said he had approached the
windsurfer with the engine off but that it had
inexplicably switched on.?
18 Jul 2005 Kathimirini (Turkey)
http://www.rbbi.com/pgic/propacc/2005.htm
Peter Armitage ? May 2004
?An investigation is underway after a Teesside man died while
windsurfing in the sea off Allonby, near Maryport in west Cumbria.?
?Peter Armitage, who police say is from the Middlesbrough area, was
unconscious when he was dragged to the beach by police at 1330 BST on
Wednesday.
Police said the 51-year-old was windsurfing with a friend, when it
appears he was knocked off his board.?
Thursday, 20 May, 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/3731259.stm
Seasoned windsurfer dies after collision at sea, Copyright 1998 THE
STRAITS TIMES (SINGAPORE), February 24, 1998, News, 391 words
WINDSURFER, 55, DROWNS, Press Association, October 8, 1995, Sunday,
HOME NEWS, 101 words, Mark Thomas, PA News
WINDSURFER DIES AT VANCOUVER LAKE, The Columbian (Vancouver, WA.),
June 29, 1994, Wednesday, A section;, Pg. A5, 165 words
MAN KILLED IN WINDSURFING ACCIDENT, Press Association, August 30,
1989, Wednesday, HOME NEWS, 86 words
Windsurfer taken by shark, AAP NEWSFEED, May 30, 1999, Sunday,
Nationwide General News; Australian General News, 301 words
Shark Kills Windsurfer In Indian Ocean, The Associated Press, July 11,
1994, Monday, AM cycle, International News, 78 words, SAINT-DENIS,
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Below you will find the figures I mentioned previously.
Number of windsurfers worldwide from an article published Sept. 2004
20 million windsurfers
?Windsurfing is a growing sport with over 20 million windsurfers
worldwide mostly aged between 15 and 40 years old.?
Westcountrynow.com: September 2004
http://www.westcountrynow.com/main/articles/display.cfm?r=0.15720977&ref=417&month=9&year=2004
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Number of Boardsailing/Windsurfing participants (U.S.) 2000
Boardsailing/Windsurfing 655,000
Date: 08/22/01
Author: SGMA Press Release
http://www.wakeworld.com/news/2001/SGMA.asp
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Number of Boardsailing/Windsurfing participants (U.S.) 2003
Boardsailing/Windsurfing 779,000
Parks & Recreation, Oct, 2004
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1145/is_10_39/ai_n6335474
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Number of Boardsailing/Windsurfing participants (U.S.) 2004
Boardsailing/Windsurfing 418,000
(participated at least once in 2004)
Ski Press Media : June 6, 2005
http://www.skipressworld.com/us/en/daily_news/2005/06/extreme_sgma_says_inline_skating_still_rules.html?cat=Snowlife
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Number of windsurfers in the U.S. from a 2002 article
?Windsurfing Industry?250,000 participants? (page 8)
US windsurfing News Newsletter
January February 2002
http://www.uswindsurfing.org/usw_library/newsletter/jan_feb02.pdf
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Number of kitesurfers worldwide 2006
?The population of kitesurfers is growing rapidly to around 150,000 to
200,000 kitesurfers world wide in 2006.?
http://kitesurfingschool.org/faqs.htm#What%20is%20kitesurfing%20or%20kiteskiing%20or%20flysurfing
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Number of kitesurfers worldwide 2004
100,000 and 250,000 kite surfers worldwide.
http://userinnovation.mit.edu/papers/Working_Paper.pdf
?There are an estimated 200,000 kitesurfers worldwide.?
Times Online: October 15, 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1826946,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1826946,00.html
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Number of kitesurfers in the U.S. from a 2006 article.
U.S. more than 35,000
Number of kitesurfers in the UK from a 2006 article
UK 7,000 kite surfers
?Kite Surfing is the fastest growing water sport in the world. It is
not wind surfing, it is not wakeboarding, it is not surfing; it is not
kite flying. It is the fusion of these disciplines with other
influences to create the wildest new water sport for years.
Popularized by French and Hawaian stars in early 1999, The UK scene
now has approximately 7,000 kite surfers. The U.S. has more than five
times the number of kite surfers.?
June 4, 2006 http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:tAhlmOzA24sJ:www.theopenpress.com/index.php%3Fa%3Dpress%26id%3D9999+%225000..300000+kite+surfers+%22&hl=en&gl=cl&ct=clnk&cd=3
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I hope the information provided is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
