New kitesurfing club set to launch

A private club for kite-surfing is to be established in the UAE, Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamdan bin Mohamed Al Nahyan announced yesterday.

A water sports enthusiast himself, Sheikh Ahmed participated this year in the free-style kitesurfing contests at Al Gharbia Watersports festival, which is being held at Mirfa Beach until Saturday.

He said in a statement that the private club will be launched in Abu Dhabi and then extend to Mirfa and Delma, to be followed by the other emirates including Dubai, where a distinguished kitesurf club already exists, and that the remaining steps only pertain to official measures.