___Information from: The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, http://www.pbpost.com In 2011, LeRoy won the 2011 Kite Slalom World Championships in Mucia, Spain. JUPITER, Fla. (AP) " A professional kitesurfer is expected to recover after falling 150 feet from his motorized paraglider in Florida. Jon Modica said LeRoy broke a leg, punctured a lung and fractured his tailbone and parts of his spine in the fall. The Palm Beach Post quotes a friend of 34-year-old Damien LeRoy (http://pbpo.st/29C16xY ) as saying that LeRoy had been flying over the sands near the Juno Beach Pier on Monday evening when his steering equipment failed.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 13, 2016 14:15 UTC