Run by the people who ride it
Initiatives
Access, stewardship and training, run chapter by chapter, at 66 spots worldwide.
01The main line
Access and advocacy
What it is
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.
What a chapter does
- Holds the relationship with its park or county
- Gets launch rules confirmed in writing
- Keeps launch, parking and time-of-year limits current for riders
- Brings in professional lobbying when a spot comes under threat
What your gift pays for
- Meeting preparation and travel
- Launch signage that states the rules
- Professional advocacy when a spot is at risk
- Filing and permit fees
Look up your spot
Pick a chapter to see what access looks like there.
02Riders clean it up
Stewardship days
What it is
Debris comes in on tides and storms. Riders clean it up. Cleanups, launch care, dune and mangrove protection and hazard marking. Riders, boards, trash bags, done by noon.
What a chapter does
- Calls a cleanup after big tides and storms
- Looks after the launch and the path to it
- Protects dunes and mangroves around the spot
- Marks hazards in the water and on the beach
What your gift pays for
- Bags, gloves and grabbers
- Signage at the launch
- The rescue and first-aid kit that lives in the truck
- The fees that let us gather there at all
Meet at the launch
Riders, boards and bags at the launch. Sign in, grab gloves, split into crews by zone.
Safety brief
Zones, hazards, sharps and anything that needs a ranger instead of a bag.
Sweep the tide line
Debris comes in on tides and storms. Crews walk the wrack line and the launch path.
Launch care
Clear the rigging area, mark hazards in the water and on the beach, check the signage.
Sort and haul
Bag, sort and haul out. The chapter logs what came off the beach.
Ride
Done by noon. Then the session.
Chapters on the map
03Certified through 1ISO
Certification weekends
What it is
Sponsored weekends at every chapter. Riders leave trained and self-policing: right-of-way, self-rescue and respect for the launch.
What a chapter does
- Hosts a sponsored certification weekend
- Certifies anyone who signs up and shows up as an independent rider, free
- Puts qualifying stewards and members forward for instructor certification
- Keeps a trained crew on the beach year round
What your gift pays for
- Instructor time on the weekend
- Safety and rescue gear
- Certification for new instructors
- Weekend logistics at the spot
Sign up and show up
Anyone can sign up for their chapter's weekend. Free, sponsored, at your home spot.
Right-of-way
Who gives way on the water and on the beach, and how riders share a busy launch.
Self-rescue
Depower, self-rescue and getting back to shore when the wind or the gear lets you down.
Respect for the launch
Launch and landing etiquette, the park's written rules, and leaving the spot better than you found it.
Independent rider
You leave certified as an independent rider through 1ISO.
Instructor path
Qualifying stewards and members can go on to instructor certification and teach at their chapter.
Back an initiative
Pick how you give
Recognition on your chapter's supporter list, and the impact report when it publishes. Nothing physical, so every dollar goes to the chapter instead of to postage.
Give as SupporterName on the Founding Wall and the chapter member list. Rider profile, chapter directory and session finder, spot guides and conditions digest, digital member card. Invited to every stewardship day at your home spot.
Give as Founding MemberEverything in Founding Member, plus the role: a local moderator and named point of contact who counts toward the head count that activates a chapter. Numbered first-run oversized kite handles. Demo-day first call and first seats at local clinics.
Give as StewardEverything in Steward, plus $750 retreat credit with a companion seat and priority booking. A stewardship day named for you, with photo and video from it.
Give as Wind SafariLifetime everything. Two retreat seats. A permanent place on the Lifetime honour roll. The organiser's direct line and input on where the next chapter happens. A junior program seat funded in your name.
Give as Lifetime
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What's next
Progression, scouting and trips across the network.
Kiteloops
The trick side of the network.
Coaching across the whole network. Gives riders somewhere to go after their first certification.
Scouting. Opens 2027.Windy Dreams
Where the next chapters get chosen.
Wherever riders propose the next chapter. Turns local knowledge into the queue that decides what forms next.
Trips. Opens 2027.Adventure Excursions
Where the Wind Safaris live.
Between chapters, once the chapters are running. Wind Safaris organised for members.
Every initiative runs through a chapter.
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 · WingFlagship chapterEl GounaKite · WingFlagship chapterJericoacoaraKite · WingTopicRider boardTalk by chapter
Flagship chapterKanaha, MauiKite · WingFlagship chapterLa VentanaKite · WingFlagship 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 · WingEuropeBrouwersdamKite · WingDirectoryRidersInstructors and schoolsGreat LakesClevelandKite · Wing
Gulf CoastCorpus ChristiKite · Wing
EuropeCosta TeguiseKite · Wing
US West CoastCrissy FieldKite · Wing