In 1997, soon after he became involved in kitesurfing, Don attached a kite to a boat for the first time. It was a Hawaiian surfing canoe. From 1997 to 2006, he worked with a team in Hawaii to develop kites for use with surfing canoes, small catamarans, and large sailing cats, and the team used those boats for wave-riding and to complete several island crossings. In 2006, the project moved to Alameda, where we began experimenting with hydrofoil test platforms and eventually transitioned to building our own platforms from scratch.
