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Kitty Hawk Kites (Kiteboarding Program)

Voted 'Best Kiteboarding School on the Outer Banks' by Outer Banks Coastal Life Readers' Choice for three consecutive years; parent company Kitty Hawk Kites established 1974

Cape Hatteras / Outer Banks · USA · active · unclaimed

Since 1974

Kitesurf school in USA — lessons, rental, foil, wingfoil, wing and 1 more.

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What they teach

What they sell

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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 teachPrivate lessons for all levels taught in the Pamlico Sound (warm, shallow, sandy-bottom water);step-by-step progression from wind/gear/safety basics through riding;multi-day packages available

What it costs

every figure in the words it was quoted in

Kiteboarding lessons from ~USD 400 + 6% online fee (2025/2026)

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: The Slick

  1. Jan58
  2. Feb79
  3. Mar, riders' month71
  4. Apr, riders' month68
  5. May, riders' month60
  6. Jun, riders' month40
  7. Jul, riders' month44
  8. Aug, riders' month37
  9. Sep, riders' month50
  10. Oct, riders' month56
  11. Nov68
  12. Dec56

share of days with three consecutive daylight hours at 12 knots or more

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.

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.

Water15–26 °Csound at The Slick
Windiest monthFeb79% of days at The Slick

Wind on the beach

side-shore

What the spot record warns about

  • private launch access
  • shallow sound bottom
  • other riders in lesson traffic
  • managed launch rules and lesson priority
  • no self-launching or self-landing in the REAL yard
  • lesson traffic

More on The Slick, the spot itself →

Where you will ride

4 spots

Pinned at 35.5940, -75.4660 — the coordinates the record carries for the school itself.

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USA

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Known for USA:Southwest AirlinesDelta / American / United

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Run this school?

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Open weeks, the team, and photographs

A claimed page carries the weeks the school is open against the wind months above, the instructors by name, and its own pictures. None of that is held for anyone yet.

Last updated: August 2026

Kitty Hawk Kites (Kiteboarding Program)Kiteboarding lessons from ~USD 400 + 6% online fee (2025/2026)
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