Category Archives: California Kiteboarding Lessons
Kite Masters Kite School
Company: Kite Masters Kite School
Location: Belmont Shore, Long Beach, CA
Owner/lead instructor:
Overview: Kite Masters is IKO certified with lessons offered by both male and female instructors! As many kiteboard instructors tend to be male, seeing a female instructor is refreshing. Lessons are also available in English, French or Spanish. Lessons are available 7 days a week and usually begin around 2pm.
Teaching style: coming soon!
Contact information:
1-310-989-9858
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Kite Zombies
Company: Kite Zombies
Location: Weed, CA
Owner/lead instructor:
Overview: This school teaches with both foil and inflatable kites which distinguishes it among the rest (many school teach with only inflatable kites). There are pro’s and con’s to flying each style. Lessons are taught in a lake and a jet ski is available for assistance. This provides additional safety. Lake lessons may also be helpful to those with reservations about ocean kiting.
Teaching style:
Contact information:
1-800-969-6199
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SCKitesurfing
Company: SCKitesurfing
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Owner/lead instructor: coming soon!
Overview: This school is unique because it offers video support. If your having trouble visualizing what you are doing wrong, or are a very sight-oriented learner then this school is a good choice. Lesson packages and pricing is comparative to others in the area and is straight forward. Pricing as well as what to expect in each lessons is also clearly stated on the website.
Teaching style: Teaching style is very hands-on and visual.
Contact information:
info@sckitesurfing.com
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Wind over Water
Company: Wind Over Water
Location: San Francisco, Ca
Owner/lead instructor:
Overview: This school is the only Bay area company that uses a personal watercraft during lessons. This is very helpful because it allows you to travel farther than usual when learning to ride. It also adds an element of safety to the lessons.
Teaching style:
Contact information:
1-650-218-6023
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KGB Swag
Company: KGB Swag
Location: Emeryville, CA
Owner/lead instructor: coming soon!
Overview: KGB Swag is IKO certified. The offer many unique lesson plans, such as down-winder assistance (riding ‘down wind’ for a long distance as opposed to working to stay up-wind in a certain area), and another 10hr course boasting to teach you to fly the kite proficiently. The school also offers water-to-snow lessons for assistance in taking kiting to the next level during the winter! Overall, this school appears to be the intense bootcamp version of lessons. If your serious and want to kite NOW, then this may just be your school.
Teaching style: coming soon!
Contact information:
1-888-411-0732
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California Kiteboarding
Company: California Kiteboarding
Location: Pismo Beach, CA
Owner/lead instructor: coming soon!
Overview: This school teaches both kiteboarding and stand up paddle boarding (SUP). The school reminds me of a adventure junkies paradise! The website even boasts a BLOG reviewing equipment and sharing stories so you can get a better feel of what the school/teachers/atmosphere is like.
Teaching style: coming soon!
Contact information:
1-805-550-3768
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Captain Kirk’s
Company: Captain Kirk’s
Location: San Pedro, CA
Owner/lead instructor: coming soon!
Overview: This school offers lessons for kiteboarding, windsurfing and SUP! Want to be out on the water but not sure if you’d rather kite or windsurf? This school offers a variety of lessons. They are IKO and PASA certified. The packages make learning affordable and ‘bring a friend’ offers are available- which is a plus because you should never kite alone!
Teaching style: coming soon!
Contact information:
1-310-833-3397
1-877-321-5475
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SoCal Kitesurfing
Company: SoCal Kitesurfing
Location: Belmont Shore, Long Beach, CA
Owner/lead instructor: coming soon!
Overview: This school is IKO certified. It really has a unique concept in terms of booking lessons because a calender of available dates is found on the website. This allows you to instantly see which dates are available! The pricing is very reasonable comparative to other schools featured on windplease.com.
Teaching style: coming soon!
Contact information:
1-800-939-4640
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Malibu Kitesurfing
Company: Malibu Kitesurfing
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Ventura, CA
Santa Barbara, CA
Owner/lead instructor: coming soon!
Overview: This school emphasizes safety when kiting which is very important.
Teaching style: coming soon!
Contact information:
1-310-430-5483
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