The windsurfers and joggers at Crown Memorial State Beach stood and watched.

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The sport remained a curiosity until the mid-1990s, when a few windsurfers braved the ridicule of their friends to try kiting in Maui.

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Below you'll see the white salt flatlands being crisscrossed--if it's a windy day--by landsailers, zipping around on what look like windsurfers on wheels.

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Looe beach was closed by coastguards and windsurfers have been told to get out of the sea at Exmouth because of the dangerous conditions.

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It's in the pool, on the track, in shooting arenas, in canoes, on the tennis court, on windsurfers, at the volleyball net and off the diving platform.

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Here on Brandenburg Beach, the combination of rough North Sea waters and strong winds draws windsurfers from more than 30 nations for the biggest event of its kind.

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On Maui's North Shore, where the trade winds gust past 30 mph most days, windsurfers are developing a new repertoire of jumps and aerobatic maneuvers using man-size kites instead of conventional sails.

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