The connection between kiteboarding and hackers might be a bit far fetched, but somehow there are many entrepreneurs who are into the sport. There is a Founders Kite Club, exclusively for entrepreneurs who kitesurf. In the Netherlands we have an Kiteangels community, who do regular kitesurfing "downwinders" along our coast, kitesurfing trips and network for our businesses.
Kitesurfing is now more or less mature, the hacking is now happening in foils: surf foiling, wing foiling, sup foiling, e-foiling, many people are tinkering and hacking to invent new sports.
I don't think the article is claiming kite boarders = computer hackers, but instead is saying that the innovators in the kite boarding community hacked together better kites and rigs using a variety of tools and methods
Kitesurfing is now more or less mature, the hacking is now happening in foils: surf foiling, wing foiling, sup foiling, e-foiling, many people are tinkering and hacking to invent new sports.
https://www.founderskiteclub.com/