Winds Up Baby!!

Weather forecast looks great through Sunday, 5/20.  PERFECT surfing wind.

We just added a new instructor, so we finally have some open training slots available. Book now!

Email or call us today to reserve your spot!

Kiteboarding added to 2016 Olympic Games

So it's official. You're not surfing, your TRAINING!!

Looks like they pulled Windsurfing and added Kiteboarding.  I think this will be a huge boon to the sport.  They haven't decided on the discipline yet though (style, or racing).  The chief sailing organization put out a post here.

More info over at Sailing Anarchy

Lessons

Free beginner group lesson Saturday!!

Get your spot now!!

10am Saturday April 14th  we'll be doing beginner kiteboard lessons. These are the land lessons where you learn to control and rig kites, landboard, etc.  Two hour class. Starts 10am.

If it's raining at 10am, we'll reschedule, but we'll probably be fine. Wind looks great.

Email shieldsinnovations@gmail.com to reserve a spot.

And yeah, whales are big.

Spring has sprung!!

Water's warm, wind is up. Let's get surfing!!!

Lessons are starting again!!
We now have:
Beginner Lessons (Kite control, safety, getting you on the water! 101)
Intermediate Lessons (Getting upwind, beginning jumps/tricks)
Expert Lessons (Big air jumps, tricks, etc)

Also landboarding and yacht sailing lessons.

Contact us for info.

Site news:  We now own the following domains, so hopefully we'll keep growing and become an even better place for the Oklahoma kiteboarding community.

www.lakehefnerkiteboarding.com
www.oklahomakiteboarding.com
www.okkite.com
okckiteboarding.com

Keep checking back for the all new forum so you can talk to other surfers and people in the scene in the midwest. We keep getting a lot of people asking about good used gear also, so we're putting that out front so you can buy and sell your gear locally.

How was ur Turkey Day?

     This is a blog that i want to make open. Not necessarily about kite-boarding or how awesome it is, but just how you enjoyed Thanksgiving. To tell you a little about my Turkey day, I ate way too much..to say the least. But I can't shut up so I'm not going to stop there! I called as many friends as I could and that would answer there darned cell phone! (not flagging any friends here but shame on u if u ignored a friend calling to tell you "Happy Thanksgiving!") And I told everyone just how much I care for them and how glad I am that I have them as a friend that I can talk to. That goes out to anyone pretty much,  if you would like to comment below I will do my best to get u a response.

    I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and remembers what it is all about. Every day should be this way, in my own opinion. But what the heck do I know?

Ok a little on the weather...I really am making it my goal to kite-board every month this year but i still have December to go. I really hope the air temp can get above 60 that month or...I will freeze out there and get sick trying to kite-board! Which is totally worth it! So pray if your the praying type for a good windy warm day this December so that I may conquer my quest of kite-boarding year round in Oklahoma!

i'm out ~N8~

Turkey and Kiteboarding! Kiteboarding in Turkey?

    I'm actually refrencing two differnt things, Turkey the animal and Turkey the Country. I would like to use a turkey to actually kiteboard but I just don't think it will work. Now, kiteboarding in the country Turkey would be interesting to say the least, because I have no idea what that would be like. I would do it though!
   Two great things i'm looking forward to this month. Yes, you guessed it! I want to dress up like a Turkey and Kiteboard! Not really. Well, if I didn't go out and purchase the costume myself I probably would give it a try! So, to recap since I have A.D.D obviously..if someone would like to donate a turkey outfit I will kiteboard in the costume for Thanksgiving. (I'm just listening to the birds cooing outside on my balcony for some reason.."..crickets..") But i'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year for the Turkey I have yet to procure.
   So let's talk about kiteboarding for a second here, whoever was out yesterday rippin it up, all I gotta say is WOW! That wind was really...gusty! It would go from 15-38mph at intervals that where short and long and really everything inbetween. With wind like that it takes a lot of concentration and knowing what to do at just the right time with the wind that is being givin to you. It was a really huge learning curve from low wind that just blows with small gusts and riding overpowered to the MAX and just learning via trial by fire(except with water.) It is a lot to overcome at times but when the really good wind comes (steady where you can park your kite at a 45 and just let the kite do all the work like a wakeboarder can do with a boat.) you'll know how to enjoy it!
    This sport has taken me to another level of Zen due to the fact that you don't Kiteboard when you want to. You have to wait till your Chi is centered and the wind let's you harness it's power and doesn't harm you. This takes Karma to another level here, you have to accept the fact that you are riding one of Nature's most unpredictable elements and hoping everything will be ok.
   I'm sure that answers a lot of people's questions so if you have any more questions, comments, or concerns..please feel free to leave them in the comments section below. oh yea and Have a great Turkey Day!

Thanks,
~N8 The Kiteboarder~

Thar she blows!!

Saturday, Friday 5th. 10am. It's going to be an AMAZING day on the lake. Twenty-four mph wind and 70 degrees.

We'll be out with all the training gear at Kite point (Just north of Loui's restaurant@Britton exit).

Email us if you can make it!!