JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The two objects were unmistakable from the Egan Drive traffic. Large kites, similar in appearance to the ones used by paragliders in the summer, sailed gently above Mendenhall ...

Almost everyone has flown a kite. I remember flying one as a kid, and the joyous feeling of harnessing the wind’s power, steering the kite and wishing it could pick me up and take me somewhere far ...

When it comes to extreme sports, Joshua Ossinger will be the first to tell you that he is an adrenaline junkie. Having grown up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and relocated to Seattle, he developed a ...

On a windy October afternoon, a half-dozen kiteboarders skimmed the waves off Miami Beach, pulled along the water by brightly colored kites. The sport has grown increasingly popular on the island in ...

In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the Miami Beach City Commission left most of the beach open to experienced kiteboarders, backing off what one commissioner called a “knee-jerk” reaction to restrict the ...