United States Kiteboarding Association
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These rules comprise the terms under which the FAA permits kiteboarding within 5 miles of Kahului Airport.
All kitesurfing participants must be responsible for seeing and avoiding aircraft.
No kiteboarding in the 2 nautical mile long by one nautical mile wide corridor. The corridor’s length starts at the end of the OGG airport runway. The corridor’s width is comprised of one half a nautical mile on each side of the runway, from the runway’s end to sea. Please refer to the Map below.
The waiver is applicable and only valid between the hours of official sunrise and sunset
All kiteboarders shall be responsible for seeing and avoiding non-participants
The rope or attaching cables must not exceed 125 feet in length and no kite shall be operated more than 125 feet above sea level.
Kiteboarding safety meetings will be conducted within every 12 month period
The IKO has released the latest release of the IKO Kiteboarding Instructor Manual. The IKO manual is regularly updated and this version is the 6th and latest revision in 14 years.
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IKO USA Press release,
The International Kiteboarding Organization is best known as the world’s largest professional kiteboarding community.
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Kiteboard insurance program for Schools, Instructors, USA members has been restored and improved.
Kiteboarding instructors choose to teach with the International Kiteboarding Organization because it is not only the largest organization, with thousands of certified instructors, but because it is also the only certification offered in the USA that is recognized internationally.
All kiteboarders need to maintain their access to kite beaches launch sites and ride areas.
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