Interview with Jason Lee of California Kiteboarding

Age: 31
Home location: Grover Beach, CA
Kite Style: Wake, Twin-Tip, Strapped Surfboard, Strapless Surfboard, Other – All the above
Stance: Regular
Years Kitesurfing: 10
Other sports or activities: SUP surfing / distance, swimming, cross training, snowboarding

Q. What or who got you started:
A.The Original Wipika Kiteboarding Website

Q. What is the biggest kitesurfing challenge you have had to overcome?
A.Catering my schedule around the wind.

Q. What do you like most about Kitesurfing Pismo, Grover and Oceano beaches?
A. Great conditions only 5 minutes away from my house. A great kiteboarding community.

Q. What are your favorite Kitesurfing conditions?
A. Steady 7M with a long period interval providing butter water between the section or fully powered 8M side shore  with double overhead peeling waves.

Q. The perfect Kitesurfing trip?
A. Kite, SUP, Scuba, snorkel, food, beer, travel and my wife.

Q. Worst Kitesurfing injury?
A. The ball slapper from doing low kite loops.

Q. Best Kitesurfing session?
A. Anytime the wind doesn’t die.

Q. Do you have any recommendations for people who want to pick up Kitesurfing?
A. Take a lesson from californiakiteboarding.com

Q. Where do you draw your Kitesurfing inspiration from?
A. Lou & Hadlow.

Q. What was the best advice you were ever given?
A. Unhook

Q. Do you have a saying or motto that you live your life by?
A. Grow a sac and send it back.

Q. What gear do you ride and why?
A. The latest and greatest because it’s not safe to ride dunnage.

Q. Anything else you’d like to share?
A. Kiteboarding is not just an extreme sport, it’s a lifestyle.