CEO and GKA family urge support for Maui victims
by GKA Kite World Tour 16 Aug 2023 13:33 PDT
CEO and GKA family urge support for Maui victims © GKA Kite World Tour
The CEO of the Global Kitesports Association (GKA), Dr. Jörgen Vogt, has expressed deep concern and sadness for the victims of the Maui wildfires' tragedy and has urged the industry and the wider watersports' community to pledge its support to help.
Dr. Vogt and the GKA family have called on the entire community to offer any assistance it could to ease the burden for the bereaved and the untold numbers of others who lost homes and livelihoods in Lahaina.
The Hawaiian island is the spiritual home of surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, and wingfoiling. It has been used as a stunning backdrop for countless shoots to promote the sports for generations. Now, in its hour of need, it is time for the watersports' community to recognize that debt of gratitude, said Dr. Vogt.
"Quite simply, without Maui and the Maui watersports' scene, our whole community and industry would not be where it is today," he said. "The watersports' house is burning down, and it's vital that we all do our bit to help the families of the victims."
Already, a number of the leading kitesurfing brands have made appeals and have used their platforms in Hawaii and worldwide to raise funds to ease the plight of the victims.
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