Rider's Profile

This month's Riders:
Mark Doyle
July 2008

Mark Doyle

Age: 25
Home base/spot: South Padre Island, Texas.
Riding for: My Dad.
Sponsors: Slingshot, Dakine, IK Electric, Hyperflex Wetsuits, Transcend, & Greenish.
Settings (kite + board): Rev Kites / favorite size: 7m - Misfit 08 / favorite size: 136 cm.

What do you like about the sport? 
I like the variety that kiteboarding brings to my life. The fact that you can go wake style kiting, surfkiting, or snowkiting and it incorporates many of these different sports that you are all able to do with a kite.

What’s your favorite trick? 
My favorite trick is the Back Mobe 720.

What’s your best moment? 
I have had too many of those to even count any more.

...and the worst one? 
Breaking my ACL.

Best spot you ever ridden? 
For freestyle I really like Cambuco Laguna and waves I am still searching.

According to you, how is the sport and equipment going to evolve? 
I think the sport is going to continue to take off in different directions and hardcore surfers, wakeboarders, and snowboarders will start gaining respect for the sport as this happens.

Favorite food and music? 
Mexican Food, Reggae Music.
 
What do you know about the IKO? 
t’s an organization setup to teach instructors how to teach kiteboarding and also to give the instructors insurance coverage.

Last words, express yourself, if you have anything else to say, it's now or never! 
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." So the next time you think about talking bull shit about others on the kite forums, make sure you have your facts straight.

For more info visit www.doylekiteboarding.com.