About Us

The US Kiters association is a kiteboarding organization for free riders and instructors alike based in Hawai’i

It began in 2010 as Maui Kiteboarding Network and became national in scope by the mid-2012. US Kiters Association was formed with the intent of creating safety for the beach & beach users and among kiteboarders & kite instructors and other wind sports, sharing local and international knowledge for overall safety.

Our Maui examiner is Paul Franco, who utilizes his years of experience in Paragliding and Kite boarding to promote safety. Paul Franco is certified on Safety standards by IKO, PASA & KISS bringing the best of the all that knowledge to US Kiters. He has travelled to 26 countries as a kiteboarding ambassador and technical representative for Naish International, learning safety practices of kiteboarding from many different instructors.

How do I become a US Kiter?

We will give you a US Kiters equivalency if you carry a IKO Level 2 Instructor certificate, but will still require that you do 3 days (3hr session) of shadowing with a experience local US Kiters instructor. And that your first lesson will be supervised by the same.

Our ITC (Instructor Training Course) consists of:

• First requirement is minimum 2yrs of Kiteboarding on a regular basis, knowing how to use different types of boards, kites and its safety
• 2 (4hrs) days of ground school , where we cover the material in our book, teaching syllabus, local kiteboarding rules and latest safety gear.
• 2 (3hrs) days where we cover a complete lesson plan
• 5 days of shadowing a US Kiters instructor
• 2 days of teaching supervised
• Pass written test
• Proof of CPR First Aid