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into my hand.”^146
Both Branson and Page enjoys kitesurfing, which is an
extreme sport that combines windsurfing, gymnastics, and
paragliding. Kitesurfing has become popular among tech-
nology enthusiasts and Elon has joined the crowd. “I’m a
terrible kitesurfer,” Elon said. “At some point I would like to
be less terrible. It’s kind of a fun thing. It definitely appeals
a lot to the high-tech crowd because it’s sort of a high-
tech sport. The kite-technology is constantly evolving, it’s
an interesting challenge to manage the kite while you’re
surfing across the waves, it’s a good adrenaline rush. Yeah,
it’s fun. It’s like the most fun thing you can do if you have
some spare time.”^441
The name of Elon and Justine’s first child was Nevada
Alexander. When the boy was ten weeks old, they put him
to bed on his back for a nap. But he stopped breathing. This
was at the age when male infants are most susceptible to
sudden infant death syndrome. The paramedics arrived and
they resuscitated him. It was too late. The boy had been out
of oxygen for so long that he was brain dead.^182
In 2004, the twins Griffin and Xavier were born, and in
2006, the triplets Kai, Damian, and Saxon were born. The
children inherited the genius-boy-genes and at least one of
them scored in the top percentile when he did an IQ test.
He had neither the same problems with bullying in school
as his parents had. “Even the older boys like to play with
him,” his teacher said.^135
Before the children went to bed, they enjoyed listening
to their mother’s made up Darth Vader stories. Vader is the