BORN TO SOAR

The kiteboard racing superstar is leaning into the sport that has defined her entire young adult life, propelled across wave tops with an all-consuming goal of a medal.

DAVE REED

THERE’S a reason why Daniela Moroz, the six-time kiteboard world champion and four-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, is always quick to flash a radiant smile. Happiness comes easy for the 22-year-old foiling phenom from San Francisco, which most certainly has something to do with her parents, her upbringing on, in and now above the water, and the fact that she actually enjoys her training as she pushes ever closer to the Formula Kite’s Olympic debut. “I love pushing myself, and I love seeing how far I can go and how well I can perform,” she says. At the moment, she is performing as expected: fast and faster. In Marseille, France, on the very waters of next year’s Olympic regatta, she won a bronze medal in July and locked in…

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Sailing World (Digital) - 1 Issue, Fall 2023

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