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Page Contents:
• Outer Banks (OBX) - Nags head, Hatteras etc. NC
• South Padre Island/Brownsville, TX
• Mexico
• Caribbean - St Lucia
• Southern California - LA
• Southern California - San Diego
• Colombia River
• Key West & FL
•     Other Links of Interest

Here are some of the shops and services we have dealt with.

Links are categorized geographically (generally favorite locations first) with weather, kiteboard shops and other services within each area.

At the bottom of the page are other links of interest.

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Outer Banks (OBX) - Nags head, Hatteras etc. NC, N to S

Forecast: Pamlico Sound NWS , Cape Hatteras Wind Guru , Surf zone , Avon , Discussion , NWS Radio 162.475 mHz,    Current: Radar , Cape Hatteras , Frisco Airport ,
S Chesapeake & N Currituck (Virginia Beach) , Virginia Beach (see Virginia Beach below for more links) ,

  Kitty Hawk Kites, Waves, NC, Chris; (252) 441-0265

  Hatteras Island Sail Shop, Waves, Bart; 252 987-2292

  Real Kiteboarding, Waves, Trip; (252) 987-9990

  Ocean Air, Avon, Brian; (252) 995-5000

  Outer Banks Kiting, Jay Crawford 252 305-6839

  Kite Hatteras, Avon, Capt. Ty Luckett; 252 305-5290

  12 Kite Instruction - George: OBX & FL

  Ride Hatteras, surfing, windsurfing etc. Avon, Charlie (252) 995-6755; Free WiFi!

  Wind-NC, Avon; windsurfing and more; Andy (252) 995-4400

  Kite Virginia Beach - kiteboarding etc., Mike Norment & Kelly; 757 754-8382
                                    Places to ride from FKA's website

  OBX KITE REPAIR   The best on OBX

  Atlantic Coast Cafe - Good food; Good people; Free WiFi! Waves & Avon

  Hatteras Island Board Sports - surfing lessons, gear etc.; Kevin & Drew; 866 HIB-WAVE

  Buxton Auto Marine; Woody & Doug; 252 995-6761

  Hatteras Island Performance: auto repair; Eric & Valerie 252 987-2097

  Waves Village, Kiteboarding in luxury; Marcus; 252 305-2629

  Frisco Wood Campground - excellent launch - especially E & NE winds

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South Padre Island/Brownsville, TX

Forecast: Laguna Madre , North Flats , Wind Guru , Surf zone , South Paddre Island;   Current: Radar , Graphic Conditions ,

  South Padre Island Kiteboarding<, Joel; (956) 772-1098; 9:30am-2pm daily

  XL Kites, Mark; (956) 761-9577; M-Sa 10-5 Su 1-4;
(also Houston, TX & Ft Walton, FL)

  Air Padre, Jeff; (956) 299-9463; 9-5 daily

  South Padre Kite Roundup, each May - one of the best and for all skill levels!

  South Padre Island Convention & Visitors Bureau 800-SOPADRE

  B & S Kites - kite repair; (956) 761-1248

  South Padre Island Rental - Ben and Betty

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Mexico

  Go 2 Rocky Point -  Tommy & Rita: kiteboarding; massage; rentals; morea

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Caribbean - St Lucia (LOO shah)

Forecast: Saint Lucia           Celcius to Farenheit conversion Chart.

  The Reef Kite + Surf, Toni & Jolien (758) 454-3418

  2 Elements, Chris; (758) 285-9956

  Kitesurfing St Lucia, Beth (758) 714 9589

  Hewanorra Gardens, near airport, Vieux Fort and the two southern kiteboarding locations. We can not say enough good things about Sammy and Esther Brice. They will take good care of you, give you a good good room and a good deal. 758 454-7007 (US 203 280-3206)

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Southern California:
Southern California kitesurfing beaches - Excellent guide of 15 beaches with maps, info, cautions etc.

- Los Angeles

Forecast: Inner Costal Waters , Los Angeles , Discussion , LAX Last 24 Hours , Radar ,

  Kitesurfari, Huntington Beach 714.964.KITE(5483)

  KitesEtc, Sunset Beach, CA 562 592-5483

  Captain Kirk's, San Pedro, CA 877-321-KIRK (5475)

  Sol Kiteboarding, Hank & Brittney 949 251-2549

  SCKA Southern California Kiteboarding Association

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Southern California - San Diego

  Cali Kites; Brian & Shane; 619 223-5483

  Manta Water Sports; John; 858-610-6000

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Colombia River Gorge/Hood River

Forecast: Graphic weather forecast from the University of Washington ,

  AirTime - good for kite repair etc. etc.

  Hood River WaterPlay, Jack; 541-386-WIND (9463)

  WINDWING kites

  Brian's Windsurfing & Kitesurfing, Brian; (541) 386-1423

  NorthWest Kite Association Hood River Kiteboarding Guide

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Key West, Location of the Keys Kite Kaper© 09 and Florida

Forecast: North Water Flats , Key West ,

  Key West Kiteboarding; Greg; 305 407-6748

  Kite House; Nick and Paul; 305 294-8679

  Kitetricity - AJ Morgan

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Other Links of Interest

  Air: Kiteboarding & other wind stuff; Charleston, SC; 843-388-9300

  WindFinder world wide etc.

  Riding 4 Adventure - Garmin Dealer; Gary & Lindsay, 303-805-4075

  Chatham Wind and Time - Lots of cool stuff; Jerry Evans, 508 274-9474

  Kitesurfing Schools   worldwide - a host of tips, techniques, triks and other information.

  Kite Beaches World Wide - 4213 beaches in 171 Countries

  Kite Adventures - Specializing in Brazil; 1 786 379-KITE (5483)

  Kite Roam - Good info from the Canadian viewpoint

  WeLoveToKite - News for Industry, Pros and Enthusiasts by Mathias Schindler

    Light Wave Boards & Globe Kites - Dave: 916-961-1117

  Underground Kite Sports, Phillipsburg, Montana; Cole 406 546-2709

  Kite World Magazine

  Kiteboarding Magazine

  IKO International Kiteboarding Organization

  PASA Professional Air Sports Association, Kiteboarding

  KiteAid: To quickly and permanently repair your kite check out what Will & Stephan have

  Hamilton Marine - Drysuit neck seal etc. repair. Talk to Chris
Chris does a good job 207 244-7870

  SNOWFER wind & fun - invented by Charles Chepregi

  HeadCamGuy for photographs, videos, editing etc., Josh Hartman

  Build Your Own Video KiteCam

  Sans Moi, contemporary jazz band: Scott, 602 821-9536

  George F Self Native American flutist and children's writer

  Michiko Baby - all sorts of cool items for your baby and young children

  Michael Ives Kiteboarder and Artist

  Gifted Treasures - lots of stuff...

  Jay Hayes Mineral Display Stands

  Electronic Cigarettes; Ben - Save money and polution while you "smoke"

  Gangplank, a Phoenix group of innovative high tech individuals and small businesses sharing the Internet at 250 S AZ Av, Chandler. Wed evening 6-9 we go to work on our website and other projects with others.
Interview of Brent Davis of Funding Universe about Gangplank's Crowd Pitch by Ken Colburn on KTAR's Computer Corner radio show Aug 14, 2010 (3.6mb audio file).

  HeatSync Labs: cool hardware & software, including object printing; Jacob; 480 389-4743

  Dev-Fu: cool custom web software; Remi and Byran; 480 270-4338

  ZoomActive: creative websites; logos; graphics; adds; Dallas 623 252-6579

  GoDaddy - Host of our website

  Submit Express - excellent free webmastr tools to do all sorts of things like check and count your links and optimize for search engines. Of course they have additional products for sale.