Kitesoul Magazine #17 English Edition

competed nationally. Her mom,
Linda, sailed a windsurf regatta
on San Francisco Bay while
pregnant with Daniela. By the
time Daniela had to choose
between windsurfing and
kitesurfing her father had taken
up the latter and she saw it as
the next wave of water-borne
participatory sport.
“Kiting is an extreme sport and
can be dangerous. By the time
I started learning it had gotten
a lot safer than when my dad
started five years earlier,”
said Daniela Moroz. “A lot of
windsurfers are transitioning to
kiting. It’s easier on the body
and you go a lot faster. I’d
done windsurfing when I was
younger and kiting is the next
progression of water sports.”
Moroz looks up to Johnny and
Erika Heineken, the legendary
brother-sister kitesurfing duo,
but also to her instructor, Sandy
Parker, who provided the right
amount of guidance to develop
a world champion and Rolex
award winner before she even
earned her driver’s license.
“She’s an amazing girl, very
mature for her age,” said
Parker. “When we first met her
dad introduced us and I didn’t
believe it when she said she
was 11 years old. She’s tall for
her age.
“The hardest part of kiting is
understanding how the wind
works and how it interacts with
the kite,” Parker said. “Daniela’s
windsurfing background helped
her understand all of that early
in her lessons. Kitesurfing is
about multitasking, flying the
kite and controlling the board.
She was able to put it all
together very quickly.”
What she really does is putting
together her passion for the sea
and water sports with a pure
talent, just as an outstanding
athlete, this is Daniela Moroz.