Green Hat Kiteboarding, established in 2005 and located in Waretown, is one of the largest kiteboarding shops in North America. For 15 years, Green Hat had functioned as both a kiteboarding school and retail shop.
HANG ON: Rudy Wilemsen spots, Tanya Slesarvich, off in the distance. (Photos by Jack Reynolds)
“I certainly got the bug,” Danny Michelson, one of Green Hat’s first students, said when asked about the beginning of his kiteboarding career. “It became a passion of mine. I traveled the world to different spots, kiteboarding and meeting different people.”
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