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Best for beginners
16 places in USA have at least one spot marked for beginners, and a school: Hood River / Columbia Gorge, San Francisco Bay, Maui - Kite Beach (Kanaha), Oahu - Kailua and 12 more. Between them, 34 beginner spots and 67 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
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3 of its 8 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: May 58%, Jun 65%, Jul 68%, Aug 52%, Sep 48%, Oct 24%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec. In season: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
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1 of its 6 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Mar 50%, Apr 77%, May 89%, Jun 100%, Jul 100%, Aug 92%, Sep 87%, Oct 37%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
Photo: Brocken Inaglory / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
2 of its 6 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Apr 2%, May 2%, Jun 0%, Jul 0%, Aug 3%, Sep 0%, Oct 2%, Nov 7%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec. In season: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
Photo: Kirt Edblom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2 of its 6 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
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3 of its 6 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Feb 60%, Mar 60%, Apr 45%, May 50%, Jun 35%, Jul 32%, Aug 35%, Sep 40%, Oct 42%, Nov 53%. No figure for Jan, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
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Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5 of its 5 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 61%, Feb 79%, Mar 71%, Apr 68%, May 60%, Jun 45%, Jul 44%, Aug 42%, Sep 50%, Oct 58%, Nov 68%, Dec 61%. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
also flat wateralso wavesalso foilingalso waves and flat
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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Photo: Mathieu Plourde, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 63%, Feb 68%, Mar 71%, Apr 85%, May 71%, Jun 85%, Jul 66%, Sep 53%, Oct 55%, Nov 62%, Dec 47%. No figure for Aug. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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Photo: Brendajane at English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
3 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Mar 31%, Apr 32%, May 37%, Sep 17%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Sep.
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2 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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1 of its 2 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: May 5%, Jun 23%, Jul 6%, Aug 11%, Sep 7%, Oct 10%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec. In season: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
Scott Rettberg from Bergen, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 2 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 45%, Feb 33%, Mar 48%, Apr 63%, May 31%, Oct 56%, Nov 52%, Dec 55%. No figure for Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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2 of its 2 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
2 of its 2 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Mar 23%, Apr 25%, May 29%, Jun 20%, Jul 8%, Aug 15%, Sep 23%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
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1 of its 2 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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2 of its 2 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 50%, Feb 72%, Mar 61%, Apr 63%, May 37%, Sep 23%, Oct 68%, Nov 77%, Dec 58%. No figure for Jun, Jul, Aug. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
Enzo Arcamone, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; beginners is the column you are on
A cell reading none in one of the five facet columns is a rule no spot at that place matches; in the Schools column it is a place with no school on file. A figure links to that facet's page for USA where there is one - 5 of the five clear the three-place gate here - except in the column you are already on, and the Schools figures, which are counts rather than facets.
Beginners nearby
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The closest countries with a page for the same kind of riding, centre to centre: Mexico 1,822 km, Colombia 4,654 km, Ireland 6,619 km, United Kingdom 6,919 km, Portugal 7,366 km.
A place is here when at least one of its spots is marked as suitable for beginners and the place has at least one kite school in the atlas. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.