June 12, 2006:  Once again, San Quintin delivered perfect conditions for our West Coast Kiteboarding San Quintin trip.  It you are interested in coming along our next trip (July 21-23), please check out out Baja Page.

April 25, 2006:  West Coast Kiteboarding is featured in a San Diego Union Tribune article about kiteboarding.  Check it out at The San Diego Union Tribune, Go fly a Kite.

April 24, 2006:  Another successful San Quintin Trip!  Perfect weather greeted ten participants for the first WCK Baja Trip of the season.  Unfortunately, instructor Paul Lang broke his fibula while riding and will be on the injured list for a little while.

March, 2006:  West Coast Kiteboarding begins the 2006 season!  We will be open for lessons on weekends until June, when we will be available during the week as well.

Winter, 2006:  West Coast Kiteboarding will be open for kiteboarding lessons in March, 2006.  Until then, get in the water and enjoy the large swells we've been getting!

October 16, 2005:  Congratulations to Ruben Lenten, winner of the Red Bull King of the Air completed today in Maui!  See his website at http://www.rubenlenten.com

September 16, 2005: WCK instructor Paul Lang is featured on the first ASNews.net Podcast.  Check it out at the ASNews.net homepage.

September, 2005: Oh no! The summer season is over!  Time to go back to school and back to work!  WCK has started our fall/winter schedule.  Lessons are still available on weekends at our San Diego location.

August 20, 2005: The new and improved West Coast Kiteboarding web page begins to go up.  The new site will contain loads more information as well as new pictures and videos.  Keep coming back to see the improvements and let us know what you think!

July 19, 2005: Another successful trip to San Quintin!  If you are serious about learning the sport, you should seriously consider coming to Baja with us.  The learning conditions are ideal and there are NO CROWDS!  More info about San Quintin here!

June 29, 2005: West Coast Kiteboarding participates in a info session and safety lesson for North San Diego County Lifeguards.  We feel it is very important to always maintain a great relationship with the lifeguards.  If you run into a lifeguard, tell them thanks for doing a great job!  You might have to rely on their services one day!  

May 16, 2005: The Baja Boarder Bash is done!  If you were not there, you missed a great time!  Mike Norman and Dave Blair showed everybody how wakestyle is done.  Look for an story about the Bash to be published in The Kiteboarder in three months.  Check out the press release here!

April 2005: WCK Instructors just finished participating in a photo shoot and travel story to be published in the first issue of Adventure Sports Extreme Magazine, due out in August. 

March 2005: Lessons are underway!  Check out our new baja page, we have just announced an upcoming San Quintin Trip and will be offering lessons and clinics with some top professional riders!

February 2005: The 2005 Season is now underway.  We are currently waiting for the rain to stop falling so fiesta island will dry out.  San Diego is up to 16 inches of rain for the year so far!  We usually only get 9 in a whole year!  The instructors have enjoyed getting some good days in the storm-driven winds!

January 2005: West Coast Kiteboarding has a new owner!   Keep coming back as we will be introducing some exciting changes over the next few weeks and months.  We will be starting lessons again on February 5!

Summer 2004: Thanks for making this another incredible summer of kiteboarding! Instructor Paul Lang joined us at our San Diego location and was a fixture on Mission Bay. Paul ended up liking San Quintin so much he bought a trailer to be able to go as often as possible.

Winter 2003-2004: Winter is definitely more relaxed than summer! Many of our instructors are traveling or in school. There have been some good days on the water, especially during clearing winds after storms. Most of the action has been in San Diego because it is way too cold for mortals in San Francisco during the winter.

September 14, 2003: The kite surfing instruction season at the Shack in San Francisco officially ends. See you next Spring! Kite surfing lessons continue year round at all other West Coast Kiteboarding locations.

August 2, 2003: Gaastra shipped the new Phoenix 25 meter kites. These light wind machines are revolutionizing light wind San Diego kite surfing. You can check out these incredible kites at the Gaastra web site.

August, 2003: An interview of Presidential candidate John Kerry (by West Coast Kiteboarding instructor Ryan Levinson) appears in the newest issue of Kiteboarding Magazine.

July 4, 2003: Happy 4th of July!

July, 2003: Welcome to Ben Epstein! Ben will be working with us at our Alameda location. Ben is a popular local rider who has been teaching kite surfing at Crown Beach for the past few years. Feedback has been especially positive from female students who seem to swoon over the guy.

June, 2003: West Coast Kiteboarding joined Save the Bay, an organization dedicated to preserving the aquatic resources in the San Francisco Bay area.

June 18, 19, and 22, 2003: Kiteboarding will be featured on Destination Outdoors (ESPN2). The segment includes footage of West Coast Kiteboarding instructor Ryan Levinson on the water and at our trampoline.

May 18, 2003: Congrats to Gaastra team member Jonah Lepak for his victory at Waddell!

May 15, 2003: First day of the kitesurfing contest at Waddell Creek near Santa Cruz. Strong winds and large surf are forecast.

May 11, 2003: Naish Kiteboarding Demo at Enchanted Cove in San Diego. The winds were up and down (mostly down...). The big Aero IIs were impressive and kept people on the water even in the light winds.

May 10, 2003: Slingshot Kiteboarding Demo at Enchanted Cove in San Diego. Light winds, but the big kites worked well. People were especially stoked on the new boards. This was the first demo for the new Slingshot tech rep, Bob. Great guy with tons of unreal stories from his travels around the world.

May 10, 2003: We are pleased to welcome Alameda local Don Hitchens to our team. Don will be primarily teaching at our San Francisco location. Don is a solid rider and a great guy. He will be helping the local scene by providing safe instruction, continuing the tradition of placing cones to designate the rigging/launching area, and by keeping the area around the shack as clean and free from kite-killer debris as possible.

May 3, 2003: FINALLY! The Alameda season has "officially" started, the shack is open, and lessons have begun. The first weekend was phenomenal with sunny weather, great wind, and surprisingly warm water.

May 2003: Berkeley Boardsports Equipment Swap. Huge success. Lots of deals. The dates of any upcoming swap meets will be posted here.

May 2003: Marin Boardsports Equipment Swap. The last swap at the current location. When the new address is announced we will post it here.

April 2003: Welcome to Michelle Aftimos! She will be helping in the main office and wooing everyone with her amazing Kiwi accent. We're glad to have her as part of our team.

February 2003: ESPN2 shot video of instructor Ryan Levinson for their popular show "Destination Outdoors." The footage includes Ryan and a friend learning new tricks at our trampoline facility and riding in good wind and decent surf at Tourmaline in San Diego.

January 2003: West Coast Kiteboarding assisted with a photo shoot for Vogue magazine. Photographer Annie Liebowitz was photographing presidential candidate (and kitesurfer) Senator John Kerry for an article in the magazine. Senator Kerry handled the powerhouse 19.5 Gaastra GXR like a pro.