The document provides a brief history of kitesurfing, beginning with interpretations of cave paintings from 2800 years ago in China that depicted early kite designs. It notes that the first recorded uses of kites made with paper and silk date back to 549 AD in China, often depicting musical instruments and mythical figures. The document then states that kitesurfing as a new sport was born in 1977 when an Englishman used a kite's power to cross a canal by boat in 4.5 hours, and traces some of the early developments in using kites to power boards, kite-skis, and kite surfboards between 1985 and 1999, which helped establish kitesurfing as a new popular sport
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