Abstract
In the context of the world energy crisis, how to achieve sustainable energy tran-sition for everyone is a heated topic. According to research, kitesurfing is now a popular ex-treme sport, compared to traditional surfing, kitesurfing has a greater potential to generate electricity due to its greater speed. This paper takes the Isles of Scilly in the UK as a case study, based on the energy dilemma caused by the many visitors in the Isles of Scilly. Through various methodologies such as design research, user interviews and business mod-els, this paper explores a way to make use of the visitors in Isles of Scilly, by combining the fun activity of kitesurfing with electricity generation, so that visitors can help with the local renewable energy transition. This paper concludes with the design of a surfboard that gen-erates electricity from the hydro-turbines of kitesurfing and envisages a future business model and new energy development approach for the community.
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