Utah Windriders Association

A great kiteboarder and awesome person, Christina Bockius from Hood River was fatally injured kiting in Southern Baja. I don't know all the circumstances but it seems like a self landing gone bad. She was a skilled rider with five years kite experience and twenty years of wind sports. She is survived by her husband Kelly and two daughters. I'll post more as details emerge. Let's all be safe, I don't want to loose any more friends to a sport love so much.

Bob Allen

Here is a link to a facebook page for her.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38933401247

Hood River woman dies in kiteboarding accident
by Desiree Aflleje, The Oregonian
Friday December 12, 2008, 11:41 AM

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Christina Bockius, 43, died Thursday morning.A Hood River woman has died from injuries she sustained in a kiteboarding accident on vacation near La Ventana, Mexico.

Christina Bockius, 43, was treated in a La Paz hospital Tuesday after breaking her neck and was transported by air to OHSU where she died early yesterday morning, her brother-in-law, Peter Hixson, said today.

"It was just a freak accident," he said. "We're just devastated."

She was not in the water when it happened, Hixson said, but was found on the sand with her kiteboard dragging her down the beach.

Bockius is survived by her husband, David Kelly Bockius, and two daughters, Sascha, 10, and Nina, 7.

An avid skier and windsurfer, Bockius spent 60 days or more a year kiteboarding after picking up the sport a few years ago, Hixson said, adding sports were "her path."

Hixson said her talents also transferred into the art world as a jewelry maker and advocate for keeping the arts in schools.

"She would teach classes herself," he said. "She would spearhead gathering supplies and get guests to teach painting and pottery."

Friends and family held a candle light vigil for Bockius in Hood River on Wednesday night.

"There wasn't anyone more positive in life," he said. "She made people feel special."


I was told that the family decided to stop life support today and and then her husband went home to tell his daughters.

She was well-known and well-liked in the area and will be missed by many.

Memorial Site
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38933401247

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I'm always at a loss for words at a time like this,,
So sad.

-Marty

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Bob-
That totally floored me the other day when you told me that. Christina and Kelly Dave were Cheap Beach regulars back in the day when all we had to worry about was when the wind was going to blow! She was a really genuine persin. Super sad news. I'm super bummed.