Evan Smith

Hello, my name is Elias Ochner, and I am 16 years old. I am from Italy, and my passion is kitesurfing. I started kitesurfing about four years ago. In this post, I will explain how to do a backmobe, and I’ll tell the story of how I learned this trick. I have been trying the […]

Sam Light, our favorite guest coach, put together this behind the scenes blog during the week that he spent with the team in October 2018. Sam goes into detail about the life of a World Class academy student and drops some of his knowledge and experience on the up-and-comers. Check it out!

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Isabel Lira, or Izzy for short.  I live in the small town of Hood River in northern Oregon.  For my senior year, I decided to forgo the normal experience of an American high school student and instead decided to travel the world with World Class Kiteboard […]

This video was produced by World Class Kiteboard Academy student Tom Seager during the first quarter of the 2018-19 school year. Tom has made huge progress in his riding– becoming more powerful, consistent, and technical. Watch for from Tom, who has heaps of talent as both a rider and a media producer!

The students of the Kite Academy were hard at work during the first quarter of the 2018-19 school year. The team spent seven weeks on the northern coast of Brazil, learning and progressing their riding. If that’s not enough, they also put together some hard-charging edits! Check out some of the video highlights below! Rider: […]