ABOUT THE UTB KITE
BOARDING CLUB
COLLEGE KITEBOARDING CLUB

College Kiteboarding on South Padre Island

    The University of Texas at Brownsville Collegiate Kiteboarding Association was founded in 2009. The college kite surfing club is meant to give kids and students in the area a chance to learn more about the sport. The sport of kiteboarding is sometimes be referred to as kitesurfing, kiteboarding, flysurfing, kite boarding, or kite surfing, but they all mean the same thing, using a large kite to capture wind and pull oneself accross the top of a body of water. Since the campus is only 30 minutes away from South Padre Island, Texas, there is no reason why this college kiteboard club should not be able to compete with the top schools in the nation on the collegiate contest level. South Padre is home to fantastic year round winds in a warm climate that rivals the top kiteboarding destinations in the world. The Laguna Madre Bay is also a great location to learn how to kite surf. With over 1 million acres of shallow water, learning how to kite board couldn't be made easier. Since you can touch the ground everywhere in the bay, a student can spend more time flying the kites, and less time trying to relaunch them if they crash. In deep water, it is much harder to relaunch a kitesurfing kite, so the shallow water of the Laguna Madre is optimal for kiteboarding instruciton. Please feel free to come to our kiteboard meetings that are held twice a month at Wanna Wanna beach bar. You do not need any prior kite surfing experience to join the club. You only need to have a love for the beach.

The UTB Kiteboarding Organization

   The UTB Kiteboarding Club organization may also refer to itself as "Scorpion Kiteboarding." The mission of this organization to provide knowledge and an opportunity for its members to get involved in the sport of Kiteboarding. Our goals include educating students about the sport, providing the resources to enable students access into the sport, integrating into college kiteboarding competitions and events, as well as preserving the beaches and dunes of South Padre Island and the rest of Texas beaches. Membership is limited to any student who is currently paying activity and service fees and is enrolled at The University of Texas at Brownsville. No discrimination shall be made on the basis of sex, race, age, religion, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, or veteran's status. Hazing will not be used as a condition of membership in this organization. At any point in the year, a student can choose to join the club. There are no tryouts or time-frames to join the kite surfing club. There are four officer positions in the kiteboarding club at UTB. Active members can run for president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer.

Keep it Steezy

The 4th rule of the UTB Kiteboarding Association. Keep it steezy. Ride how ever you want to ride. Whether one chooses to kite board with straps, boots, strapless, or with shoes on; ride a skimboard, a twin-tip, wakeboard, wakeskate, surfboard, body board; fly a kite with bridles, without, with a fifth line, on a pulley bar, or even a 2-1 bar, unhooked, hooked-in, naked; fly a C-kite, a bow kite, hybrid, SLE, SSLE, delta-shaped, sigma shaped, floating mattress, or a foil kite. Whichever means of kiting you use, remember to remain steezy while kitesurfing.

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