Lessons cost is $75-120 per hour depending on level.
Shop is right next to the Best Western Motel and Casa Bella Motel.
5790 A Padre Blvd.
http://www.airpadrekiteboarding.com
Air Padre Kiteboarding Dot Com offers kiteboarding lessons and equipment sales on South Padre Island along the Texas Gulf Coast. Kitesurfing lessons are taught using the PASA method and are led by a certified kiteboarding instructor. In compliance with Federal Maritime law, all instructors who use a waverunner or boat during instruction have a valid United States Coast Guard Captain's Licience. This is required if the student is going to catch a ride back to the beach on any US waters.
An experienced instructor will have knowledge, patience, and the ability to communicate, each of these are essential to a safe learning environment. The huge kites used in kiteboarding can be very dangerous in the hands of a person lacking instruction. Remember these things are used to get huge air, we are talking about the ability to generate major power. So do yourself a favor and take your kiteboarding lessons in Texas, with Air Padre.
South Padre Island boasts warm, flat and shallow water coupled with consistent winds and tropical temperatures, all perfect for kite surfing. Additionally, S. Padre offers a variety of riding conditions at surf, bay and mainland locations. Add all these factors together and you get the best place to take a kiteboarding lesson, period. Being able to stand up after a gulp of sea water or a head first plunge into the bay is not only convenient but comforting. Having the waverunner right there where you need it saves time, as the beginner will end the kitesurfing lesson far down wind from where he or she started. At Air Padre we pride ourselves in our state of the art equipment. We use 2005 kites for all training.
Kiteboarding is the fastest growing water sport in the world, and for good reasons. The freedom of jumping 10, 20, 30ft off the water, without the necessity of a wave for a ramp, means that people can go home to a lake and still fly through the air. Snowboarders love it as a summer alternative to riding on snow, not to mention there's no lift ticket to buy. Windsurfers love it because you can kiteboard in less wind, and the gear fits in a economy car, instead of the van, truck, or trailer. Surfers can get out on the water when the surf is too low or blow out. Wakeboarders can save all the gas money they were putting into their boats every weekend. People who have never tried a board sport at all are getting into kiteboarding.
Taking lessons with a qualified instructor is a must. The best thing to do first is to buy or rent a trainer kite, and the Boost II video to get the basics down (if you don't want to wait don't worry, we have taught many people to kiteboard who had never flown a multi-line kite before). Next, is the first three hour kiteboarding lesson, in which you will learn the safety issues and systems, setup of the kite, launching and landing, the wind window and power stokes, water relaunching and body dragging. At this point if you like to learn on your own, and don't mind the "walk of shame" back upwind, then you have the foundation skills to build on. Many decide that the convenience of waverunner/ boat support, and the presence of an instructor are far to valuable to pass up.
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The summer has the very warm water in the bay with lower wind speeds good for learning. Spring and fall offer warm water and stronger winds. Winter has the northern blasts which leave many riders in spectator mode. The blast
We have a 2 bedroom condo which is offered in packages. Downwinders and Holly trips are offered as well.