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A full kite travel quiver — three kites, two boards, a bar, lines, a pump, and a harness — fills most of a hatchback. At an airport check-in desk it becomes a conversation about oversize sporting equipment fees that you should have already understood before you arrived. Kitesurfing is one of the more logistically demanding destination sports to travel for. Here is what the process actually involves.