Santiago de la Ribera is home to the next weekend the highest concentration of kiteboarding from Spain will bring together about 400 people registered on the occasion of the Third Crossing Mar Menor and the 1 Cup of Spain Kiteboarding in the form "Racing Long Distance" held on 11 and 12 September at the camp Mar Menor, sponsored among others by the departments of Tourism and Youth of the City of San Javier.
The mayor of San Javier, Pepa Garcia, the mayor of Youth, José Luis Espinosa, and the organizer, Francisco José Pardo, "The Peel", presented this morning in the municipality of San Javier sporting event will attract 1,500 people estimated audience of the organization.
Kiteboarding tests will start at 12:00 pm
Saturday and continue throughout the day and on Sunday will begin at 09:00 h.
The last part of the wind will decide the specific time of the journey is across the Mar Menor from the beach camp to La Manga del Mar Menor covering a total distance round trip, between 14 and 20 kilometers.
Francisco José Pardo explained that this is the first time that Spain is organized in a national long-distance "so that will bring together the best runners in the country", and welcomed the cooperation of national and regional federations of sailing.
For when the wind is scarce and for family and friends have organized a number of registered alternative activities in the campsite and mechanical surfboard, wakeboarding, X-box consoles, inflatables and trampolines among many others.
The event, for which the camp has made a special offer of 5 euros to shop, car, light and water, includes other activities like a giant paella, BBQ on the Saturday night party at the club's surf camp.
Both the mayor and the councilman of Youth have agreed about that event is a "very attractive to also enjoy the family with activities for all" for what they have made a general invitation to attend as a registered or public.
Kite's journey began in 2008 with about thirty friends with Francisco Pardo at the forefront of the organization because of the importance that it acquired in 2009 was raised into a public sports event and in that year becoming the sporting event of this type more entries from Spain with a total of 250 participants.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier