Welcome to California Kiteboarding the only Kiteboarding Shop in the Central Coast and the 1st Central Coast SUP shop.
Recognize any of California's greatest Premier Kiteboarding Locations?
Pismo Beach, Morro Bay, Oceano, San Simeon, and Cayucos, Waddell, Scott Creek, Crissy Field, Cresent City, Rio Vista, C-Street, Mission Bay, Seal Beach, Jalama, and some other spots we have yet to kite!
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What is Kiteboarding?
There is a sport that is like surfing, wakeboarding, and flying all at once. If you’ve ever been to Pismo Beach on a windy day, you will see over two dozen kiteboarders in the water or doing tricks high above it. Most of these riders are ordinary people that are simply addicted to this amazing extreme sport called kiteboarding.
Kiteboarding uses the wind to combine the aspects of surfing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and windsurfing into one extreme ocean sport. The kite, anywhere from 6-20 square meters, powers the rider through the water. The kite will have either 4 or 5 lines up to 27 meters long that connect to a control bar, which the rider pushes and pulls to control the kite in any direction. The bar hooks into the rider’s harness, which is most often worn around the waist. A board similar to a wakeboard or surfboard enables the rider to fly over the water. Check out our kites, boards, and harnesses here
We carry Naish, DaKine, Slingshot, Neil Pryde, Caution, NPX, Starboard, Creatures of Leasure, Ocean and Earth, Werner, Garmin, AzHiAzIaM, MBS, and much more.
ou're invited to see how Jamie's achievements transpired at the Decade of Dominance movie premiere. The film features Jamie Mitchell, Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Gerry Lopez, Dave Kalama and was directed by Brent Deal. Premiere begins at 6:15 pm Saturday, April 28th at the Lido Theater in Newport Beach, CA. Jamie Mitchell will be at the Premiere so don't miss this chance to meet the man himself and share in his historical 10th straight Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championship victory!
Read MoreKiteboarding should be easy. That's why we created a kite and board combo that delivers easy control and use with no loss of performance.
Read MoreJames Stewart takes us to his home compound in Haines City, Florida and talks about his season up until his win in Daytona. Music C65 "Let's Go"
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One Richman was not enough! Naish Kiteboarding is stoked to announce that Shawn Richman, brother to team rider Jesse Richman, has joined our International team. Shawn's testimony on the new kit: "The Torch is the best kite ever for freestyle. So happy to be back on a real C-shape...better to boost tricks and big airs; and the Park is unreal for wave riding."
Read MoreWatch Kevin L in Brazil, and get the inside scoop on how the 2010 PKRA World Champion gets ready for competition.
Read MoreOne Richman was not enough! Naish Kiteboarding is stoked to announce that Shawn Richman, brother to team rider Jesse Richman, has joined our International team.
Read MoreReady to take your kiteboarding to the next level? Jo Wilson announces her UK Short Burst Sessions.
This just in from Steve Gates, one of the Gorge's Big Winds owners and renowned waterman:
Ewan: "So living in Australia might not always mean sunny white beaches, meaning where I live, Melbourne, isn't always what you would stereotypically think of when Australia comes into mind. Melbourne has its days of blue sunny skies and a 20 knot sea breeze, but most of the time the water is full of sewerage and the beaches are packed every time there is wind. This being the case, I decided to go to Perth in Western Australia for 6 weeks over our summer, to find wind, warmth and blue water. Arriving in Perth was the same as it was the year before, 10am and signs of the Fremantle Doctor (the famous sea breeze) were already evident, so straight to the beach with the 10m torch it was for another epic session. Perth as a place to kite has to be one of the best in the world. Through a normal summer (October - March), the wind blows 6-7 days a week anywhere between 15-30+ knots, making it ideal for a kiter of any level.
Read MoreSound the horns! Ice climbers from around the world gather at the Winter Teva Mountain Games to tackle an iceless synthetic wall. Artley Goodhart, Emily Harrington, Marcus Garcia, Justin Spain and GoPro collaborate to capture a few never-before-seen angles. Music Thriftworks "Trotter"
Read MoreIt was one year ago this month that Naish team rider, Karen Wrenn, took on the challenge of crossing the seven channels of California's Channel Islands - all on her Glide 17'0". The epic paddle, over five consecutive days and 150 nautical miles, made Karen the first stand up paddler to cross all seven channels (let alone the first female to brave crossing the sharky waters of SoCal's Santa Barbara Channel on an SUP).
Read MoreTeam Naish (including defending World Champion Kai Lenny, big wave legend Chuck Patterson, young Frenchman Benoit Carpentier, Oahu local Noa Ginella and Maui's Kody Kerbox) put on an incredible performance this past week at the 3rd Annual Sunset Beach Pro on Oahu's North Shore. The first stop on the 2012 Stand Up World Tour was treated to some epic waves where the world's best riders stepped up to do battle.
Read MoreSydney, Australia - Strive Surfboards newest team rider, Jamie Mitchell, earns "Biggest Paddle In" award at the 2011/2012 Surfing Life's Oakley Big Wave Awards.
This has been a full summer of paddling for sure, whatever your style: downwinders, flat-water, waves or the Moto X of SUP: SUPCross. I’ve been getting lots of emails from you as you improve your SUP skills and increase your strength. That’s awesome! I’m glad the SUP-specific fitness tips I’ve designed for you are working and will continue to help you each and every session.By now, your core, legs and upper body are getting stronger and you are learning the fine dynamics of building your strength specifically for stand up paddling. So it’s time to go to the level of power here. In these exercises, we’re not only going to engage our core to the highest degree, but I’m going to give you the power to learn how to get the most of each stroke so you can really turn on the juice!
Read MoreFlexifoil and Aaron Hadlow present, fresh for the 2011 season, the new HADLOW. Building on the exceptional performance of the 2009 Hadlow Pro, the 2011 HADLOW is the next evolution in freestyle kitesurfing. Created following an intense two year development period, the HADLOW builds on the foundation of precision performance and astounding power to create a kite that continues to redefine the boundaries of freestyle kitesurfing. Designed with Aaron’s unprecedented attention to detail and exacting attitude, the 2011 HADLOW aims to offer the complete package for today’s advanced kitesurfer. Traditionally aimed purely at the highly competent and advanced freestyle kitesurfer, the HADLOW continues to be the very purest performance machine on the market; however with a new depowered setting, Aaron has targeted a greater span of ability with his 2011 signature model. With a new focus on the progressive rider, you might be thinking that this year’s model has been scaled down. Far from it, Aaron has maintained his focus throughout the HADLOW’s development to produce the peak of performance in freestyle kitesurfing
Read MoreFlexifoil strive to meet the demands of all levels of kite flier. We design and manufacture kites for every area of kite sports, from the sturdy and fun twoline Buzz to our World Championship-winning HadlowPro. If you already trust in the high quality and performance of our products, the Blurr is the perfect reason to continue flying Flexifoil if you want to go very fast in a bugg
Read MoreAaron Hadlow and Flexifoil present the next step in the HADLOW series. Having revolutionised the kite in the sky, Aaron has focused his attention on bringing his skills and expertise to the kiteboard market.Having worked alongside the late, great Colin McCulloch on his way to the achievement of 5 consecutive PKRA World Championships, Aaron has developed a freestyle board with unrivalled proven success
Read MoreThe Blade V is the unrivalled jumping fixed power kite. With the Blade V you will jump higher than ever, and experience the raw power that only this kite can generate, giving pure exhilaration every time you fly the kite. The all new design pushes more raw power and lift, into a legendary powerful canopy, giving all air junkies the ultimate weapon.
Read MoreThe Anarchist is designed for free riders and those who enjoy all aspects of kiting. The board has a very positive driving turn thanks to the fin position being set very in board. This makes it ideal for those looking for that Surfing feel. The Anarchist is also very smooth in even the choppiest of conditions thanks to the flip tips. You’ll find it’ s also very quick to get up on the plane as it has a wide centre, and you will scream upwind as the critical mid section is identical to the Hooligan which was design for both speed and upwind tracking. The Anarchist is all about going anywhere and trying everything. Never say Never. Anything is possible.
Read MoreBrothers David and Billy Werth race down a runway in Indiana to perform their favorite stunt, the "inverted tail grab".
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