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Buyer Beware

Many Retailers, both online and store fronts sell Kiteboarding gear who don't have a clue about the sport because they don't ride, or don't ride well enough to understand the pros and cons of the different types of gear.  Other retailers will sell you gear without concern for your safety.   Its already happened in my own town.  Shop from and support resellers who are REAL Kiteboarders and NOT just posers.  
Be cautious of retailers that only sell "one" brand, or tell you that there is only one brand worth buying.  The fact is there are lots of excellent kites and boards on the market,  and most have more similarities than differences. 
Its OK, to shop around, ask questions, check a few prices, and make an educated decision AFTER you complete a lesson. 
Have more questions?   That's why we're here!  Toll free #  877-829-0015

In rare cases, some retailers are complete idiots and even dishonest!  

A friend in Pensacola told me they went into a local kiteboarding shop to purchase a kite to use on the road with roller blades.  a 2 meter kite, or maybe a 3 meter foil kite would be about right.
The local shop tried to sell them an 11.5m Inflatable to use on concrete
with skates!  

Here's a good one,  In September 2000, Kitemare.com visited Tarpon Springs, Florida to do a Kiteboarding demonstration. the plan was to teach people how to fly 2m trainer kites, Teach the importance of safety, and to 
do a bit of riding to promote our new sport.
Upon arriving at "fred howard Park"  the park supervisor informed me that they had just banned the sport at the park "yesterday" based on one out-of-control rider named Howard who was apparently terrorizing the place by yellow a swimmers to get out of his way.
Here comes the good part.....  A local St.Pete watersports shop was fasely telling people that KITEMARE.com  was responsible, in part, for the ban, that occurred "before" we even showed up.    Yeah.... I know......  its amazing, the world has its share of loosers. 

**On the flip side, there are lots of honest professional kiteboarding business owners around the world that really care about the customer, Kiteboarding, and sharing the stoke.

Daryl and Kristen of OceanExtremeSports.com
Steve and Marty of  SandyPointProgressiveSports.com
Andy of kitehigh.com,
Mike of Sea-Sky-Sports.com
and Jeff of Kitemare.com ( You're here! )


All good people! :)