{"id":31167,"date":"2016-05-31T07:11:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T07:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/?p=31167"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:36:38","slug":"kiteboard-4-cancer-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/kiteboard-4-cancer-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiteboard 4 Cancer 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"evm-last-updated\"><em>Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">NEWS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Mid July 2016 the 10th annual &#8220;Kiteboard 4 Cancer&#8221; festival takes place in Hoodriver, Oregon. Hundreds of kiteboarders and visitors attend the event to raise money, awareness, and to celebrate life.\u00a0<\/strong>The focus of the event is a 6-hour endurance kiteboarding race that challenges all attendees physically and mentally. (But no worries, everyone can attend and the participants don&#8217;t have to complete the full 6-hours on the water. The most importa<span class=\"b1\">nt<\/span><span class=\"b2\">\u00a0thi<\/span><span class=\"b3\">ng is taking\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"b2\">part &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"b1\">mo<\/span>re than victory.) However, the race is designed to embody the battle of someone suffering from cancer.\u00a0Participants and spectators fundraise in advance of the tournament to raise money for the &#8220;<a title=\"Athletes 4 Cancer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.athletes4cancer.org\/programs\/adolescents-young-adults\" target=\"_blank\">Athletes 4 Cancer\u2019s Camp Koru Survivorship Program<\/a>&#8220;. For the festival weeekend, there will be 10 different bands playing over the three days, great local food, Kids&#8217; fun, a live auction, and two days of kiteboarding, windsurfing and on-water celebrations.<\/p>\n<h4>You might also like<\/h4>\n[custom-facebook-feed]\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">Alec Chizhik<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">STATEMENT<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you love life and kitesurfing, &#8220;Kiteboard 4 Cancer&#8221; is the perfect event for you. Even if you can&#8217;t attend but think it&#8217;s a great institution you can go to the website and donate for the cause.<\/p>\n<h4>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mid July 2016 the 10th annual &#8220;Kiteboard 4 Cancer&#8221; Festival takes place in Hoodriver, Oregon. 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