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Kite the Gorge
Hood River / Columbia Gorge · USA · active · unclaimed
IKO-certified kitesurf school in Hood River / Columbia Gorge, USA — lessons, wing and camp.
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What they teach
on the IKO system
What they sell
Levels are not a field any school record holds, so this page cannot group courses by level. No line on this page names one. What the water takes is under When to come.
How they teachIKO progression at Hood River Sandbar; open-water lessons available
What it costs
every figure in the words it was quoted in
- Kite lesson examples: 2.5h private $375;
- 3h open water $450;
- 5h camp $743
Prices are quoted as we found them; where a value carries a year, that is the year it was quoted. Confirm with the school.
When to come
the water this school teaches on: Stevenson, WA
- Jan37
- Feb14
- Mar13
- Apr8
- May, riders' month23
- Jun, riders' month15
- Jul, riders' month27
- Aug, riders' month27
- Sep, riders' month32
- Oct21
- Nov30
- Dec48
share of days with three consecutive daylight hours at 12 knots or more
Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
modelled
A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it, run over 2023-2024. Good for comparing one place with another, weaker for one beach.
Wind on the beach
What the spot record warns about
- slippery rocks and a steep bank at the launch
- Kiteboarding from Bob's Beach is prohibited by Port of Skamania; use designated kite areas instead.
- Steep, rocky, slippery launch with little room for error at Stevenson/East Point.
- No real beach at the kite launch: expect to wade off rocks while a helper launches you from the grass.
- Funky wind in the downwind cove on west-wind days.
- Moderate Columbia River current.
Where you will ride
5 spots
Pinned at 45.7160, -121.5110 — the coordinates the record carries for the school itself.
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Open weeks, the team, and photographs
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Last updated: August 2026