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Weather planning and awareness are key to safe kiteboarding.

Weather forecasting and awareness is the principal factor to safe kiteboarding.

But the high arts of kiteboarding have less to do with surfing than they do with flight.

It is off Oahu, where the waves are huge and the winds are warm, that kiteboarding is the best.

Napeague Harbor is a well-known kiteboarding and windsurfing destination on Long Island.

Currently around 30 national kite class associations are affiliated to the International Kiteboarding Association and active fleets exist in more than 65 countries.

REAL Kiteboarding's Kite Kid class, a 90-minute lesson designed for children 10 and older, costs $69.

For 2010 Sam has been invited back to the Triple-S Invitational, establishing himself as one of the top names in professional kiteboarding.

His company, California Kiteboarding, offers lessons at Pismo State Beach from March through September.

The decision to replace windsurfing with kiteboarding was reversed by the ISAF general assembly in November 2012.

The Kiteboarding School of Maui (808-873-0015, www.ksmaui.com), in Kahului on the north shore, stresses private lessons - usually one on one.

Peter Lynn Kiteboarding (URL accessed 30-July-2009)

In 2009 Christopher Krug, an American kiter sponsored by Peter Lynn Kiteboarding pushed the envelope further to a speed of 73.5 mph/118 kph.

Ryan Riccitelli, the editor of Kiteboarding magazine, said, "If I had to send my mother to learn to kite, I'd send her to Texas or Hatteras."

Mr. Hutchinson has begun taking small groups to Cabarete in the Dominican Republic for weeklong kiting trips with his company, X-Rated Kiteboarding.

Broneah Kiteboarding, a company based in Traverse City, has adopted the M-22 marker as a logo and sells merchandise such as clothing and bumper stickers featuring it.

Based in North Carolina, REAL Kiteboarding employs 18 instructors to teach at Cape Hatteras; Cozumel, Mexico; and Newport, R.I., among other spots.

Sporting events, including the Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup and the Red Bull Masters of the Ocean event, draw world-class riders, as well as thousands of spectators, to the town.

Nitinat Lake has some of the most consistent winds in the world and offers some of the best kiteboarding & windsurfing in North America, which attracts kiteboarders & windsurfers from around the world.

Kiteboarding has proven to us that it is ready to be included into the list of prestigious ISAF Events and it is a fantastic addition to the sailing program for the 2016 Olympic Games."

ANNA BAHNEY REAL KITEBOARDING 47170 Highway 12, Buxton, N.C., (866) 732-5548; www.realkiteboarding.com.

In the land of 10,000 lakes - Minnesota for the uninitiated - the Lakawa School of Kiteboarding (651-428-4121, www.lakawa.com) has taught hundreds of students over the last four years on Lake Minnetonka, Mille Lacs and Lake Superior.

"Kiteboarding can be as safe or as extreme as you want it to be," said Ryan Riccitelli, 31, the editor of Kiteboarding Magazine, published in Winter Park, Fla. "It's whatever you want to make it."

J Map A sister location to its larger shop on Nai Yang beach, and operated out of the Phuket Scuba Club kiosk, Kiteboarding Asia can teach you how to surf and fly when the wind whips up and the waves arrive here during the low season.