"The Women’s Sports Foundation held their annual fundraising dinner, A Salute to Women in Sports, at the beautiful Waldorf=Astoria in New York City last weekend. 100 athletes from all sports are invited to the dinner where tickets go for over $1,000 This event was massive for the sport of kiteboarding. At the national press conference, WSF president and first woman to captain an America’s Cup yacht, Dawn Riley introduced the event to the press by saying: "The Women’s Sports Foundation is for all sports, even new ones, like kiteboarding, we even have a kiteboarder here today." Having an organization like the Women’s Sports Foundation on the kiteboarding team is an amazing blessing. The foundation (started 30 years ago by tennis legend Billie Jean King) provides grants for girls to train and travel, and distributes educational material, provides motivational speakers and reaches millions of women each year with the mission to ensure equal access to sports and leadership for women. |
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