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Wind and it lets him down hard. a pro kite boarder soars into the air and slams into solid steel. >> oh! >> i just saw my life flash in front of me. i started kite boarding 11 years ago when it first started. >> dimitri lives to fly. for wings he uses a kite in a relatively new sport called kite boarding. >> the appeal about this sport is the freedom. it's just like jumping and pure power house, but you are using nature to do that. >> the greek-born dimitri also flies to live. he's a pro and owner of a company that manufacturers and sells kite boards. >> i was very lucky to get into kite board...

Companies and eventually started my own kite company. >> kite boarding combines the appeal of boarding, riding the waves, with the pleasures of flying through the air on the kite. >> the main thing with kite boarding is the jumping, is the hang time. everything happens up there in the air. >> kite boarders can spin, pop off stationary obstacles and get really big air. >> i like the -- how you call it, the adrenaline. i like pushing the limits. but, of course, you have also the chance of getting hurt, so it's the chances you take. >> but because he knows the risks, dimitri stresses safety. he's...

Forget wind surfing. why not reach higher? try kite boarding this summer. a rapidly growing sport that uses a kite to propel surfing across the water. take a look. >> i'm billy bosch in cocoa beach at the ron john surf school and we teach people how to kite board. ♪ >> we get a lot of professionals, doctors, lawyers, the most we probably get are pilots and engineers. >> it's a form of flying and sailing so pilots are already kind of in touch with that. >> we're pumping up the kites and we're going to set the lines onto the kites. how it works is push and pull. i will turnnd i will push with

Why not reach higher? try kite boarding this summer. a rapidly growing sport that uses a kite to propel surfing across the water. take a look. >> i'm billy bosch in cocoa beach at the ron john surf school and we teach people how to kite board. ♪ >> we get a lot of professionals, doctors, lawyers, the most we probably get are pilots and engineers. >> it's a form of flying and sailing so pilots are already kind of in touch with that. >> we're pumping up the kites