Women’s Kitesurfing Wave Riding Camp with Laurel in Baja - May 14-21, 2016 Join LEK's founder Laurel Eastman for a women's kitesurfing camp this May in Mexico. It's a week-long adventure on the wild west coast of Baja California. This exclusive location features a friendly fun wave - perfect for learning how to kitesurf on waves. Block off a week from your calendar this spring to kick your … [Read more...]
Kiteboarding the Exuma Chain – Bahamas Baby!
This blog post is a trip report and travel guide to kiteboarding Bahamas - the remote and wild Exuma Islands. Our amazing Baja kite buddies, Wayne and Sharon, have been exploring the Bahamas for many years on their Nordic Tug, My Sharona. After following their entertaining blog and hearing their stories, we finally found a way to make a Bahamas Exuma Chain trip happen and loved it so … [Read more...]
Beyond Cabarete – Dudu Lagoon LEK Team Trip
The rumors are true! There is more to the north coast of Dominican Republic than just kiteboarding in Cabarete! The LEK team loaded up in the guagua and headed east past Cabrera for an incredible fun-filled adventure to Dudu Lagoon. Thanks to LEK instructor Yony Espinal and Gear Room Guy Amauris for capturing our day and these amazing photos. … [Read more...]
International Female Kite Week by KB4girls
The KB4girls Foundation brings you the 3rd annual "International Female Kite Week" - a global celebration of women in kiteboarding! There are two easy and cool ways to get involved this week: RAFFLE The online raffle has some amazing prizes including a brand new 10m Neo from North Kiteboarding complete with control bar, a Soloshot (the automatic cameraman), a GoPro camera and more! Check it … [Read more...]
Coming Together as a Wind Loving Community
A big part of the reason I've spent the last 15 years in the kiteboarding industry, and 13 of them in Cabarete, Dominican Republic is because of the people in our town and in our sports. Being part of a community means enjoying good times together - perfect sessions out on the reef followed by sunset cocktail parties on the beach. It also means sticking together during the hard times - when one of … [Read more...]
Hamptons New York – Dream Extreme Kiteboarding
September in New York is a great time to visit - and beyond the glamour and glitz of NYC you'll find excellent kiteboarding opportunities. With both flat water and open ocean waves theres something for every kiter - including a great protected shallow water bay just West of Montauk - Napeague Harbor, East Hampton, NY, USA. That's me coaching in Napeague at the DREAM EXTREME kiteboarding … [Read more...]
Burning Man
It's difficult to explain. Burning Man is best experienced, not described. So you'll just have to trust me. If you're the kind of person who's into kiteboarding with all it's challenges, struggles, triumphs, adrenaline, great people and awesome parties then it's likely YOU WILL LOVE BURNING MAN. Laurel Eastman with MaiTai Global Co-Founder/President and Cabarete's own Susi Mai and Rocker … [Read more...]
MaiTai Kiteboarding Event in Cabarete
The MaiTai kiteboarding events founded and hosted by Cabarete's own professional kiteboarder Susi Mai and Silicon Valley's legendary VC Bill Tai are an incredible mix of inspiration, kiteboarding, networking, and parties. At LEK we're lucky enough to host the Cabarete MaiTai each July, a long weekend that extends before and after into a colorful blur of awesomeness. Enjoy a few photos from the … [Read more...]
LEK Website 2.0
A huge thank you to our delightful web designer/master Melanie from Modern Traction. We had a lot of fun working with Mel, including a personal meeting followed by a kiteboarding session in her hometown of Squamish, British Columbia, Canada last month. It’s a work in progress, we’re still updating all the pages with content, so if you see anything wonky just shoot us an email to … [Read more...]