British Virgin Island - First Annual Kite (Boarding) Jam, March 1st through 5th, 2010

The inaugural BVI Kite Jam taking place March 1-5, 2010, will be a unique kite boarding experience and internationally renowned affair presented by the BVI Tourist Board and including Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island. Richard Branson, an avid kite boarder himself, conceived of the event after staging an impromptu race between Necker Island and Anegada with friend and Google Founder Larry Page.

BVI Kite Jam will be a five-day event aimed at building awareness of the destination to the international kite boarding community and will highlight BVI as a Mecca for this growing sport. BVI provides the perfect weather conditions and winds necessary for kite boarding.

The event will bring together amateurs and professionals alike such as Susi Mai, with visual competitions, demonstrations, and technique clinics, taking place in key locations including Necker Island, the North Sound, Virgin Gorda and Anegada.

“BVI Kite Jam will be a unique annual sporting and lifestyle event showcasing BVI’s beauty, charm and sophistication. We’re thrilled to have the tremendous support of Necker Island, a huge believer of BVI Kite Jam and advocate for the growing kite boarding community, in our inaugural year,” says Myron Walwyn, Chairman of the BVI Tourist Board. “We can’t wait to bring together kite boarding athletes, first-timers, sports enthusiasts and VIPs for this exciting event and shed light on this burgeoning water sport.”

Events, competitions, parties and meals will be hosted at Necker Island, Bitter End Yacht Club, Anegada and Moskito Island for Kite Jam participants throughout the five days.

In addition, the event will support green and eco-friendly operations by obtaining a “Sailors for the Sea,” Clean Regatta Certification in conjunction with BVI Kite Jam accommodation partner Sunsail Yachts. Clean Regattas is a third party certification program that helps regattas, yacht clubs and sailing programs voluntarily achieve higher environmental standards.

Other high-profile sponsors include; Bitter End Yacht Club, Cape Air, Green Technology BVI, Sunsail, Delta Petroleum, Coors Light and others.

For more information and to register for the event, please visit BVIKiteJam.com