Kitesurfing / Kiteboarding Intro

Kitesurfing or kiteboarding is a combination  of the best elements of surfing, windsurfing, wakeboarding, and snowboarding.  There is crossover from those sports so anyone good at those sports can pick up power kite sports fairly quick. But kite surfing is a bit different as you don’t need waves, a boat or an expensive lift ticket- only a few knots of wind. It is the perfect sport for those who enjoy the freedom of sailing and jumping without the huge cost.

Is a Power Kite the Same as a Kite Surfing, Snowkiting or Traction Kite?

Some people get a bit confused at first on the terminology. A power kite is is any large controllable kite designed to provide significant pull to the user. So all kitesurfing, landboarding, snowkiting, kite buggying kites are in the category of power kites. Kites that are not considered power kites would be stunt kites or those little one line kites you see on the beach.

Power kites can be flown  anywhere, can fit your own specific personality and can be done by anyone from ages 7 to 70). So it’s easy to understand why kiteboarding is one of the fastest growing sports.

Where Can You Go Kiteboarding?

One of the greatest part of getting into power kites is the ability to do it almost anywhere. You can use a kite in all of these areas:

• Lakes, oceans, rivers (Kitesurfing Kites)
• Beaches, parks, grass, parking lots (Traction Kites)
• Large open flat areas (Kite Buggy Kites)
• Any snowy surface (Snowkites)
• Absolutely anywhere (Trainer Power Kites)

It doesn’t matter if you want to kitesurf on a lake or the ocean landboard over the neighborhood hills, or snowkite up a mountain, it’s all possible.

So there are lots of options depending on where you live and also where you want to travel. It may seem like you need a lot of power kites if you want to do all these sports but most kites can be used for multiple purposes.

Why Did We Create this Kitesurfing Site?

When several of us were first getting started in learning how to kitesurf we noticed there was a lack of good information out there. It’ was hard to figure out which kite to buy, which to avoid and how to progress safely and quickly.

We set out to create the kitesurfing site to educate and inform future power kiters about the safety, fun and freedom that the sport can offer.  All of the information in these pages come from our training and trial and error as kiteboarding addicts.  You still should get lessons as your progress to a larger kitesurfing kite.