Kiteboarding School of Maui

Specialties

When it comes to kiteboarding lesson on Maui KSM has some of the best, most dedicated and passionate kiteboarding coaches/​instructors in the world who are trained and registered with International Kiteboarding Organization (IKO). In fact, KSM is the first IKO certified and affiliated kiteboarding center on Maui and one of the first IKO centers in the USA. The KSM team’s primary goals in every kiteboarding lesson, are to help reduce the frustration level of learning kiteboarding and to accelerate the learning curve. To help achieve these goals, all of KSM’s kiteboarding lessons offer one-​on-​one instruction for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. This arrangement, which has proven extremely successful, allows instructors to tailor each kiteboarding lesson to individual learning rates and needs. As a result, KSM students become independent kiteboarders more quickly and safely making kiteboarding lessons Maui an experience of a life time.

History

Established in 1999.

KSM was one of the first kiteboarding schools on Maui. Established with many of the original kiters that have been involved in the evolution of the sport.

Meet the Business Owner

Markus S.

Business Owner

Owner of the Kiteboarding School Maui. Following a decade of global travelling as president of North America’s leading luxury travel company Markus finally settled down in Maui in 2008. Markus was born in Germany, raised in the Netherlands and spend the past 17 years freezing in Canada. As he soon discovered that he was not cut out for sub-​arctic temperatures Markus moved his family to the island and became immediately an avid kiteboarder in addition to several other Maui water sports. He now tries to divide his time equally between the office and the water with an occasional special wind dance performance when required.