About
A grassroots network of local wind-sport chapters: kite, wing, windsurf and foil, with surf as family.
You didn't learn to ride at a park. You learned at your park.
Nobody owns those places. That's the point of them. But somebody has to look after them, and for thirty years that's been us: riders, quietly, on our own time and our own money.
Our model
The water is public and the wind is free, but access is not. Spots get restricted or banned one county meeting at a time, and no single rider ever gets that meeting. A chapter does.
World Wind Sports forms a chapter at each spot to hold that seat: stewardship so the parks see riders as an asset, certification so riders self-police and show up trained, and advocacy — including professional lobbying — when a spot comes under threat.
Chapters are not self-serve. A rider or crew proposes a chapter, World Wind Sports verifies the spot and the people, and grants it. One chapter per location.
The technology behind the chapter sites is donated by ITHOS, a platform built by riders in West Palm Beach. ITHOS gives the build and the margin. Donations never fund ITHOS product development.
Our history
World Wind Sports grows out of USA Wind Sports and three decades of riders, events and photos. The archive of that history is part of what members get access to as it opens back up.
Today the network reaches ~400,000 riders across our sites and partner channels.
The people
Chapters are run by riders who already launch there.
Founding names and faces go up as they are confirmed.
Want to run a chapter? Propose one.
Title sponsor openCabareteKite · Wing
Title sponsor openCrandon ParkKite
Title sponsor openCumbucoKite
Title sponsor openCurry HammockKiteFreeMembershipJoin any chapter, free
Title sponsor openDakhlaKite · Wing
Title sponsor openHood RiverKite · WingTitle sponsor openMatheson HammockKite
Title sponsor openTarifaKite · WingOpenWind Safari75 seats
Flagship chapterBlouberg, Cape TownKite · Wing
Flagship chapterCape HatterasKite · Wing
Flagship chapterEl GounaKite · Wing
Flagship chapterJericoacoaraKite · WingTopicRider boardTalk by chapter
Flagship chapterKanaha, MauiKite · Wing
Flagship chapterLa VentanaKite · Wing
Flagship chapterLe MorneKite · Wing
Title sponsor openBig Pine KeyKite · Classroom And ClinicsOpenLifetime25 seats, never reopened
Title sponsor openCancúnKiteTitle sponsor openLong KeyKite (Access Being Established)Title sponsor openMiddletown and NewportKite · Wing · Windsurf
Title sponsor openPuro MiamiKite · Wing · FoilProgram1ISOCertification pathway
Title sponsor openVeterans Memorial BeachKite
EuropeAlaçatıKite · WingUS East CoastAvon and Waves, OBXKite · Wing
EuropeBrouwersdamKite · WingDirectoryRidersInstructors and schools
Great LakesClevelandKite · Wing
Gulf CoastCorpus ChristiKite · Wing
EuropeCosta TeguiseKite · Wing
US West CoastCrissy FieldKite · Wing