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Images from first World Kiteboarding Championships - San Francisco
by Erik Simonson www.h2oshots.com on 10 Aug 2009
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Erik Simonson of www.h2oshots.com presents this gallery of the first ever World Championships of Kiteboarding Course Racing, held in San Francisco
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
Kiteboarding Worlds, Course Racing, San Francisco, August 2009 © Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
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