Welcome to Gnarly Harley’s Kiteboarding School! Kiteboarding is not only a watersport but a lifestyle. The people, places and opportunities are endless. Learn how to harness the power of the wind and ride the waterways around the world with only a kite & board or foil! To make learning even easier, our students will be geared up with BBTalkin headsets in order to make long distance commutation clear and timely. All Kite lessons will be Waverunner assisted unless location does not require.

Meet Your Instructor

Justin Chait, Professional Kiteboarder

Meet head instructor Justin Chait. He’s a Professional Kiteboarder with North Kiteboarding and Mystic Boarding and has been kiteboarding since 2005. Justin has over 10 years of teaching kiteboarding and wakeboarding from the beginner's to professionals. His unique teaching style and methodical curriculum will make your learning experience efficient and safe.

Kiteboarding Made easy...

Justin's teaching style and methodical curriculum ensure that students progress quickly and safely, with the ultimate goal of achieving their kiteboarding dreams. At Gnarly Harley's Kiteboarding School, we believe that kiteboarding should be accessible to everyone, and we are committed to making it easy and enjoyable for all of our students.

Lesson's Include:

Arrive at your lesson with confidence, knowing your lesson includes a personal pro coach, kiteboarding rental, safety gear, and an uncrowded teaching area. Additionally, we'll include Waverunner-assisted coaching, we'll be riding alongside you geared up with BBTalkin headsets to ensure students can receive real-time feedback throughout the lesson.

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Kiteboarding Lessons

Intro To Kiteboarding Course

3 Hour Intro Kite Course

Phase 1: Land Clinic Phase
- Overview of what’s to come. Identify & Understand safe locations to launch and land. Identify & understand wind speed, direction and quality. Understanding the Wind Window, Equipment knowledge, Rigging and inflating the kite, Safety systems knowledge and practice (kite on ground). Then you'll discover the wind clock, Fly kite along the edge of the wind window while utilizing Low, Medium, and High Power Strokes. As well as on land tacking with and without board. Then we'll simulated safety releases and recovery as well as self rescue.

Phase 2: Enter the water
- Understanding the board and how to properly ride on edge, Water Launch and relaunch. We'll then cover, edge of widow, straight downwind, and tailing edge. Next we'll be covering body dragging upwind, body dragging board, body dragging board recovery, Body Dragging Downwind utilizing power strokes, Body Dragging downwind board recoveries. Then we'll get in the water and breakdown water starts in both direction. Then wrap up the lesson with kite recovery, self rescue on land & water.

Phase 3: Board Control
- First we'll cover advanced edging and body position, understanding apparent wind, Kite placement/harmonizing body, board and kite position. Next we'll dive into turning and transitions. It's time to practice going upwind. If you're a super star student, maybe we'll try your first jump!

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Hourly Kiteboarding Lesson

Course 1: Land Course

Course 1: Land Course
- In this beginner lesson, student's will Identify & Understand safe locations to launch and land. Identify & understand wind speed, direction and quality. Understanding the Wind Window, Equipment knowledge, Rigging and inflating the kite, Safety systems knowledge and practice (kite on ground). Then you'll discover the wind clock, Fly kite along the edge of the wind window while utilizing Low, Medium, and High Power Strokes. As well as on land tacking with and without board. Then we'll simulated safety releases and recovery as well as self rescue.

Course 2: Enter The Water

Course 2: Enter the Water
- Understanding the board and how to properly ride on edge, Water Launch and relaunch. We'll then cover, edge of widow, straight downwind, and tailing edge. Next we'll be covering body dragging upwind, body dragging board, body dragging board recovery, Body Dragging Downwind utilizing power strokes, Body Dragging downwind board recoveries. Then we'll get in the water and breakdown water starts in both direction. Then wrap up the lesson with kite recovery, self rescue on land & water.

Course 3: Board Control

Course 3: Board Control
- First we'll cover advanced edging and body position, understanding apparent wind, Kite placement/harmonizing body, board and kite position. Next we'll dive into turning and transitions. It's time to practice going upwind. If you're a super star student, maybe we'll try your first jump!

Advanced Lessons

Advanced Lessons:
Ready to up your kite flying?
Strengthen your kiteboarding with pro kiteboarder, Justin Chait.
Ride smoother, ride faster, and learn how to land more tricks.

Trick List:
- Tacking and transitioning
- Catching air
- back loop and downloop transitions
- Toeside riding
- Back/front roll
- Hand drags
- Kite foil
- Unhooking
- Kite loops
- Downwinders
- And much much more!