Are you ready to experience the thrill of kiteboarding for yourself? California Kiteboarding offers kiteboarding lessons for every level of experience, from beginners who have never dipped a toe in the water to advanced kiteboarders looking to improve their skills with professional instruction.
Professional Instruction
We have over 18 years experience giving lessons and working with kiteboarders. We are certified, promising a fun and safe learning experience with a professionally trained instructor. A lesson with a certified instructor is the safest and most efficient way to learn to kiteboard.
We follow a structured lesson plan that can be tailored to meet your specific needs. We have identified specific skill levels to progress through as you learn. These are used internationally to identify any kiteboarder’s competency, and California Kiteboarding can guide you through each level.
Start With The Basics
You’ll start with the basics: learning to carry and set up the lines and kite, determining wind direction, and flying and stopping a small training kite. And of course, you’ll learn important safety rules like wearing the kite leash at all times. Then, you’ll move on to positioning and launching the kite (with instructor assistant), twisting and untwisting the lines while the kite flies, and recovering and landing the kite. Soon, you’ll be hooking your kite to a harness, using the kite’s power, and launching the kite unassisted. You’ll also start to identify potential wind obstacles that signify unsafe kiting conditions.
As you progress, you’ll become more comfortable controlling the kite while you’re in the water and learn to set up, fly, and adjust a standard 4-line kite. And as you achieve Independent Kiteboarder status, you’ll master more advanced maneuvers to control the kite and your course and start working on jumps and tricks.
| Â | Â Without Equipment Purchase |
| Private Kiteboarding Lessons:Â Learn the safety of kiteboarding and achieve the self confidence of controlling a POWERED kite of any size. Includes land and water training with basic water starts, wind theory, equipment setup/maintenance, body dragging, & water starts. Students who purchase a complete setup (kite, bar/lines, board, pump, & harness) within one week of their 1st lesson will get $100 off the gear purchase. | 3 hrs $400 |
| Private Advanced Lessons: Must be an independent kiteboarding with the ability to setup equipment, self launch, self land, self rescue, & water start. | Contact Us for Pricing |
| Kiteboarding lessons are offered: Monday – Friday @ 1pm  Kite Season on the Central Coast is roughly March – October |
- Save time and frustration
- Fast and effective training
- Learn from the pros
- Top of the line gear included
- Trainer kites
- Inflatable kites
- Pump
- Bar
- Lines
- Harness
- Helmet
- Life vest
You can rent a wet suit for $10 or bring your own
We accept cash or check. For credit cards, there will be a +3% fee.
Why Take A Lesson?
Ask any experience kiteboarder—lessons are CRUCIAL to get into the sport safely and successfully. Kiteboarding is a highly technical and extreme sport. Put it this way—a kite can lift a 250-pound kiteboarder 40-50 feet in the air. You’ll definitely want some quality instruction before you go that high! Trying to kiteboard without a lesson can also put others at risk and can lead to serious injury or death.
Instead, one or two lessons with California Kiteboarding will prepare you to fly across the waves safely and confidently. In your lesson, you’ll learn important safety tips, how to handle and care for your equipment properly, and how to control a powered kite—everything you need to know to become a true kiteboarder and get the most out of this exciting, fast-growing sport.
Lessons are also an excellent way to save time and money. Without an instructor guiding you, there’s no telling how much time you’ll spend on the beach before you manage to launch successfully and glide across the water. Talk about frustrating! But by the end of a three-hour lesson, you’ll have the skills and confidence to get in the water safely. Plus, this is your chance to try out different types and sizes of kites before investing in one yourself.
Finally, with California Kiteboarding, you’ll learn about kiteboarding culture on the central coast and other great spots to try out your new skills.
**24 Hour Cancellation Policy – A $50 Non-Refundable deposit required to reserve lesson.
If California Kiteboarding,LLC cancels the lesson due to bad weather the deposit is FULLY refunded**