Hobby vs. Sport is an interesting and fun one.
Darts? Golf? Bowling? Sailing? Chess? Archery? Trap Shooting? Poker?
Prior to being introduced to kiteboarding I was deep into a hobby. RC sail planes and RC electric 3d airplanes. When I started kiting I went from pretending to be flying to flying myself, much more fun.
I know the target market for skateboarding is huge vs. kiteboarding, I am sure that has a lot to do with things. But there can't be that many more people doing 400' jumps on snowboards than people doing kiteboarding big airs, or ripping waves with a kite. It's just cool to watch.
All of the surf events and snow events are condtion dependent, again I understand, a much bigger target market.
The audience issue is the same for surfing, or snowboarding, as it would be for our sport.
It seems the sponsers of the network are the advertisers that buy spots. They are the same folks sponsering the kiting events around the world. It would be cool to see our sport on TV, not even a competition just wave riding, big jumps, freestyle fun. Just like the snowboarders they are showing.
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