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Skilled Advice

Kitty Hawk Kites is the foremost authority on a wide array of outdoor and sporting activities such as kiteboarding, kayaking, hang gliding, and kiting on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Our instructors are the most knowledgeable in their respected fields. So stop in and check out our knowledge base to see how much you can learn!


General Kite Flying Guidelines

Kite Diagram

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Kayaking

Skilled Advice about kayaking

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Kites

General Advice for flying kites, tuning kites and all things kites

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Outer banks group activities

Hang Gliding

General Advice for beginners looking to start out hang gliding

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Kiteboarding Sunset

Kiteboarding / Buggying / Snow Kiting

Skilled advice from Kitty Hawk Kites about Kiteboarding, Snow Kiting and land boarding

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