22 Aug 2018

New Zealand's first kite-surfing book

From Afternoons, 1:41 pm on 22 August 2018

The burgeoning sport of kite-surfing lets water-loving daredevils soar up to 20 metres above the ocean, with nothing more than a board and a thin layer of canvas supporting them.

Two decades after it first arrived here, the sport's getting its first book - The Leading Edge, looking at its origins and unique culture.

The book's author, Tom Crosse, joins us to talk all things kite-surfing