By Molly Snyder Senior Writer Published Oct 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM

Red Bull athlete and water sports superstar Kai Lenny will arrive in Milwaukee on Thursday and attempt to kiteboard from Milwaukee to Chicago starting Friday morning at sunrise.

Lenny -- who just turned 18 on Oct. 8 -- is an accomplished surfer, kiteboarder, long distance paddler, stand-up paddler, tow surfer, canoe surfer and windsurfer.

If he completes his goal, he will be the first person to ever kiteboard from Milwaukee to Chicago. Kiteboarding -- also called kitesurfing -- is a surface water sport in which the wind pulls a rider through the water on a small surfboard / kiteboard.

"I just want to keep having fun, take it in stride," says Lenny.


Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.

Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.