Category Archives: Kitesurfing

Large Drone Pulls Paddle Boarder On Hydrofoil!

An industrial sized drone pulls Jason Lee on hydrofoil paddle board through Morro Bay! Using many motors and two 16,000mAh batteries, the custom built Hexacopter pulled the paddle boarder for up to 20 minutes on the water! After reaching a high enough speed the hydrofoil paddle board lifted out of the water, allowing the drone [...]

Pismo Beach Kite Expo 2018 April 13th-15th

Kinsley Thomas Wong started the Pismo Beach Kite Expo 16 years ago! Come celebrate the joy of kiteboarding and share the stoke he and so many others have created a lifestyle around. We encourage our board sport riders to #livelikekinsley and share the beach, the waves, the wind and the stoke with a smile. There's [...]

Epic Hydrofoil Stand Up Surfing on California’s Central Coast

Hydrofoil Surfing has opened up a lot of uncrowded surf locations with huge potential for the ultimate foil ride. Pismo & Oceano Beach has a long history of close out waves & mushy surf. At high tide the hydrofoil is fast enough to beat closeout sections and power through any mushy surf. Check out this [...]

2017 Naish World Dealer Meeting

California Kiteboarding's Jason Lee visited Maui recently for the 2017 Naish World Dealer Meeting. Dealers got to hear about Naish's new 2017 products and try them out for themselves. It wouldn't be a true SUP and kiteboarding event without actually partaking in the sports, so Jason got to both kiteboard and SUP in his time [...]

Kiting Route: Oceano to Shell Beach

California Kiteboarding's Jason Lee and friends Victor, Brian, Scott, Dave, John, and Caveman had quite the kiting adventure yesterday when they kited 18 miles from Oceano to Shell Beach and back. Jason used a foilboard and hydrofoil while the rest of the gang used kiteboards (giving him an edge on speed). Their route can be [...]

Kite Lessons and Foiling in Pismo

We've been really busy here at California Kiteboarding now that kite season has picked up! Kite lessons are in full swing now that the wind has arrived. We've had a great time teaching everything from the basics with our Slingshot B2 and B3 trainer kites to more advanced techniques out in the water with our [...]

2016 Pismo Beach Kite Expo & Kinsley Wong’s Celebration of Life Paddle Out

The 14th Annual Pismo Beach Kite Expo took place from April 15th - 17th and while we weren't able to attend all of the days, we were able to capture video of the  kiteboarders in action and of Kinsley Wong's Celebration of Life Paddle Out on the weekend's final day. In addition to the video, [...]

2016 Pismo Beach KiteXpo

[stark_headline title="The 14th Annual Pismo Beach KiteXpo"] Where: Pismo Beach, California When: April 15th-17th, 2016 Hosted by: The Kiteboarder Magazine and XtremeBigAir.com Schedule of Events: April 15th: Winemaker's Dinner & Kinsley's Birthday The time and place will be announced closer to the event, but to RSVP please contact: [email protected]. RSVPs must be in by April 3rd. [...]

Ashley’s First Kiteboarding Lesson

When Jason asked me to meet him at Oceano Beach last week, I thought we would be getting some aerial footage or doing another shoot with the gimbal. However, when I arrived and saw the big California Kiteboarding van, I knew we'd be doing something different today. It was time to learn how to kiteboard. [...]

Riding the Storm with Victor Sellinger

Victor Sellinger braves it all! With a World War II ambulance on site, Victor Sellinger is the ONLY kiteboarder with enough stones to brave the storm. Equipped with his custom shaped Loyd KiteSurf board, he charges the Oceano surf between squalls, thunder, rain, and huge surf. Luckily Victor is a veteran kiteboarder at Pismo Beach […]