Hi, I'm "Zing" - a.k.a. Mike Sainz - owner and instructor at KiteSurfDallas.com.

I've been a full time web developer and part time certified waterski, wakeboard, windsurfing and kitesurf instructor in Dallas since 1986 and I founded KSD in 1999 to serve the special needs of inland kiters to have a totaly safe way to learn and kite in local winds and lakes. I've taught over 400 students 100% injury free and no student has ever reported an injury after lessons. All new students will be patiently helped to learn to do the same and will be required to master all aspects of safety before moving to the board lesson and graduation.

Click the image above to see a small photo gallery of some of the kite beaches I've ridden in the US, Carribean, Hawaii and Southern France.

KiteSurfDallas is the only 100% incident and injury free kitesurf school and shop in Texas and is an authorized retailer of new and used kites, boards and accessories of the manafacturers on the left side of this page. As a special incentive for all kiters to take full quality safety lessons I sell to anyone that has taken full quality lessons at prices below most internet shops. I'll refund 100% of the lesson fees of my students for purchases. For all in stock gear click the "Click to buy" image above.

If you're insterested in taking a $360 6 hour lesson program including 3 hours of my required safety training that far exceeds that taught by PASA and IKO certified instructors please call me. I've taught over 400 people to kite incident free for 12 years. I'm reknowned for my seriousness on safety so additional 1 hour private lessons are available for any student that needs more time to master safety skills or wants more board lessons at the end for $60 each.

If you've already taken a PASA or IKO course please call me for a 1 - 2 hour "Resort Course" that will teach you everything that was not included by your instuctor purely for time/money reasons but you MUST know to really kite safely in Dallas . I taught 14 safety lessons last year alone to students from Ft. Worth, Houston, Corpus, S. Padre, carribean, S African and European schools that simply did not recieve near enough training on how to kite 100% safetly. Safety and consistent progression are your keys to learning to kitesurf at full pace and learn to ride upwind and jump sooner.

Either way 1) you will be learning the same system that all my students have used to kite safely here for 12 years, 2) your safety lessons will be given with 2 instructors so I'll be right beside you the whole time and not 100 ft away, 3) I'll go with you in the water for your body drags, 4) all students that buy a kite receive a FREE rigging and bail'n'rescue lesson on that rig (all rigs were not created equal), 5) all students can recieve FREE upwind and jumping lessons - just for following a custom 5 hour practice schedule that I'll help you use after my lessons and before you take your new board out the first time - and 6) all students can attend anytime I'm teaching other students for reinforcement.

This whole program is far less profitable for me than the PASA system almost all other schools use, but I'm different in that work full time 9-5 as a computer programmer for money and I've been teaching kitesurfing in Dallas since '97 so I can afford to and like to do my lessons this way. I've been freestyle wakeboarding since High School, jumping/racing/teaching windsurfers for 23 years, kiting for 13 years (doing 1,000's of jumps a year world wide), have just learned to paraglide and fly accrobatics in byplanes...and have never been to an ER. So safety and patience are my 2 main requirements. Students must remain commited to being 100% incident free, to continue my schools 100% safety record ( I sleep perfect at night this way) so I'll be happy to refund all un-used lesson fees at any time for any reason..

For all the information about lessons click the "Click for Lessons" image on the top left and check out a couple testimonials below...Click my email address above or call my cell beside it. Have a rippin day!