A 42-year-old woman knocked unconscious on Union Lake on the Fourth of July was kite tubing, a new form of water sport that is both thrilling and, according to some, dangerous. The woman, who has not ...

The U.S. Corps of Engineers has banned kite tubing, a new extreme water sport, on its lakes in Arkansas and Missouri. Kite tubing has caused at least two deaths on other lakes in Texas and Wisconsin, ...

Park officials at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area have banned kite tubing following four serious accidents. Since April, four kite tubing riders – including a 14-year-old girl – have required ...

And I'm Melissa Block, reporting the end of a fad maybe before you've ever heard of it. Yesterday the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a nationwide recall of a product called the Wego Kite ...

July 14, 2006 — -- At the height of summer, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday the recall of a type of kite tube, a large inflatable device that lets people ride behind a ...

June 30, 2006 — -- The Fourth of July weekend is a time to celebrate summer. It's one of the biggest weekends of the year for outdoor activities and water sports. But as this holiday weekend gets ...

As the motorboat picks up speed, the rubber tube being pulled through the water by a rope goes from bobbing in the water to floating more than a dozen feet in the air, with a man clinging to its top ...

RALEIGH -- Following numerous reports of injuries, the enforcement division of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is warning the new, extreme water sport of kite tubing is potentially hazardous.

LITTLE ROCK, AR - The Army Corps of Engineers at Little Rock has issued a permanent ban on kite tubing on all Arkansas and Missouri lakes and the stretch of Arkansas River that are supervised by the ...