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Kristin Boese (born 1 July 1977 in
She became the German Kitesurf Champion and in 2003 finished in fourth place in the PKRA world ranking. In 2004, she became Vice World Champion, winning her first PKRA Freestyle World Champion title a year later in 2005. This was followed with further success. In 2006, she won the PKRA Freestyle.
In 2008, Boese became the KPWT Course-race World Champion. In September 2009, she competed at the Greek PKRA.
Besides her active career in kitesurfing, she also founded the KB4girls foundation (now: Women's Kiteboarding Collective) which empowers kiteboarding women around the world.
She is the author of two instructional books and an instructional DVD on kitesurfing. In 2009, she published the guide ''Kitesurfing in the Waves: The Complete Guide''. She has also done modelling work, and has modelled for ''
Official site
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Potsdam
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) is a German female kite surfer. In 2009, she was shortlisted by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards.
Biography
Boese was born inPotsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...
, East Germany
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, on 1 July 1977. At school, she excelled in a wide range of sports and became a semiprofessional handball player from the age of 9 in 1986 until 1999. She took her A-levels in 1997 and began to develop a passion for windsurfing
Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...
and mountain biking. In 2000, she attended a windsurf-instructor license course and began working as a windsurf instructor in her summer holidays while studying journalism and communication at the University of Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative ...
.
In summer 2002, she met a kitesurfer at her windsurf center and within a matter of months had left Berlin and moved to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands to learn how to kitesurf and become an instructor at the Pro Center Egl.
She became the German Kitesurf Champion and in 2003 finished in fourth place in the PKRA world ranking. In 2004, she became Vice World Champion, winning her first PKRA Freestyle World Champion title a year later in 2005. This was followed with further success. In 2006, she won the PKRA Freestyle.
In 2008, Boese became the KPWT Course-race World Champion. In September 2009, she competed at the Greek PKRA.
Besides her active career in kitesurfing, she also founded the KB4girls foundation (now: Women's Kiteboarding Collective) which empowers kiteboarding women around the world.
She is the author of two instructional books and an instructional DVD on kitesurfing. In 2009, she published the guide ''Kitesurfing in the Waves: The Complete Guide''. She has also done modelling work, and has modelled for ''Vogue
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'', and in September 2007 appeared in the German ''Playboy
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'' magazine, appearing on the cover with Theresa Klein and Jenny Bongardt. She is sponsored by Best Kiteboarding, Rial, Air Berlin
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and Maui Magic. In July 2012, she won the bronze medal in the Slalom World Championships, finishing behind Katja Roose
Katja Roose (born 27 March 1981) is a Dutch female professional kite surfer.
Biography
Early life
Playing with wind and water is something Roose grew up with. Her parents took her out sailing when she was just three weeks old. At her first bod ...
and Caroline Adrien
Caroline Adrien (born 23 December 1987) is a French professional kite surfer.
In July 2012 she won the silver medal in the Slalom World Championships, finishing behind Katja Roose, but in front of Kristin Boese.
Achievements
Source:
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Titles
*2004 PKRA 2nd place *2005 PKRA Freestyle Champion *2006 PKRA Freestyle Champion *2007 KPWT Course Race Champion *2007 KPWT Wave-riding Champion *2008 KPWT Course Race ChampionReferences
External links
Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boese, Kristin 1977 births Living people German kitesurfers German female models German female handball players People from Potsdam Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Female kitesurfers