THE TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS

TURKS & CAICOS WEATHER

KiteProvo is located on Providenciales , a 25 mile long island in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Fondly called Provo, it belongs to an archipelago of eight major islands and numerous uninhabited cays located 575 miles south of Miami and 39 miles southeast of the Bahamas.

Providenciales is rated among the top ten beaches in the world by Conde Naste. Imagine kitesurfing across Turtle Tail Bay, a spectacular shallow bay of clear flat turquoise water with pristine sandy white beaches. Or Long Bay, shallow flat water as far as the horizon. For the advanced riders, kiteboard the waves on the north shore reef. A Caribbean kitesurf paradise for taking kiteboarding lessons or for the advanced kite boarder.

Turks & Caicos climate offers consistent winds, warm  water and plenty of sunshine throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands to create the best kiteboard conditions you can find anywhere. The only months we hesitate to recommend visiting Turks & Caicos Islands for kite surf are Aug, Sept, and Oct., which mark the peak of hurricane season. Our kite boarding school is closed during these months.

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WHAT IS KITEBOARDING ?

Kiteboarding or sometimes called kitesurfing is like wakeboarding without a boat. Instead of a boat pulling you along the water, you are creating power with a giant sail and that giant sail is a kite.

The kite is controlled by the rider with a bar that is attached to the kite by four lines. Depending on the placement and movements of the kite, the kiteboarder controls his direction and the amount of power that is generated.

The control bar is hooked into a harness, so the load of the kite is not on the kiteboarder's arms. The arms have very little pull on them and are mostly used for steering the kite.

The board that is used is very much like a wakeboard but is designed to be ridden more on the edge. Kiteboards tend to be thinner in shape and most have only foot straps for your feet to slide into instead of the booties that you see on wakeboards.